Dil jo Dhaarmikta aur Ekta me Jodaan Rahe

Elder Quentin L. Cook dwara

Barah Devduton ke Quorum ke

Girjaghar itihaas ke ih 200-saal ke zaroori samay pe, aao hum waada kare dhaarmikta se jiye ke aur pehle se zyaada ekta me rahe ke.

Dhaarmikta aur ekta bahut mahatwapurn hai. ¹ Jab insaan Parmeshwar se apan pura dil se pyaar kare aur imaandaari se koshish kare hai Uske rakam bane ke, samaaj me kamti jhagda aur ladaai howe hai. Wahan dher ekta rahe. Hamme ih sachcha kahani pasand hai jon iske ek uddharan hai.

Ek jawaan admi jon ki girjaghar ke sadasye nahi raha, General Thomas L. Kane, Santo ke sahara dees aur bachaais jab uh log ke Nauvoo se bhaage ke raha. Uh dher saal tak Girjaghar ke wakeel raha. ²

1872 me, General Kane, uske guni patni, Elizabeth Wood Kane, aur unke do bete apan ghar Pennsylvania se Salt Lake City ge. Uh log Brigham Young aur uske saathiyon ke saathe St. George, Utah jaawe la dakshin maarg pe jaata raha. Elizabeth jab Utah pehla dafa ge uske nahi lagta raha wahan ke aurat log achcha rahi. Woh achambhit hui jab usne kuch baate jaani. Jaise ki, uh jaanis ki Utah me aurat log sakta raha koi bhi kaam karke paisa kamae. ³ Uh yeh bhi jaanis ki Girjaghar ke sadasye log kripalu aur samajhne waale the Native Americans ko lekar. ⁴

Safar bhar uh log Fillmore me rahe jo ki Thomas R. aur Matilda Robison King ke ghar raha. ⁵

Elizabeth likhis ki jab Matilda President Young aur uske saathi log ke liye khaana banata raha, paanch American Indians kamra me aais. Bhale uh log ke bulaaya nahi ge raha, aise lagta raha uh mangta raha saathe khaawe. Bahan King uh log se “uh log ke bhaasha me” baat karis. Uh log apan kambal le ke achcha se baeth geis. Elizabeth usme se ek King la ladkan se puchis , “Tumaar maa uh admi log se konchi bolis?”

Matilda ke ladka ke jawaab raha, “Uh bolis ‘Ih ajnabi log pehle aais hai, aur hum abhi khali uh log ke liye khana pakaya hai; lekin tum log ke khana abhi pake hai, aur hum tum log ke bulaaega jaise taeyaar hoi jaai.’”

Elizabeth puchis, “Uh sachche ke waise kari, ki khali bacha kucha khana rasaoi-ke-darwaaza ke paas de di?” ⁶

Matilda ke ladka batais, “Maa uh log ke wahi bhojan dei jonchi aap log ke dewe hai, aur uh log ke taibal pe jagah bhi dei.”

Aur uh waise hi karis, aur “uh log kaeda se baeth ke khaais.” Elizabeth ke kehna raha ki uske raae me ih aurat khaatirdaari me 100 pratishat niklis. ⁷ Ekta dugna howe jab logon se sammaan aur kadar se pesh aawa jaae, bhale uh log dekhe me alag lage hai.

Leaders hone ke naate, hum galti se nahi maan lete hai ki sabhi rishte pehle perfect the, sab rawaiya Masih-jaisa tha, ya sab nirnay theek the. Haalaanki, hum log ke dharm sikhaawe hai ki hum log sab hamare Swarg ke Pita ke ladkan hai, aur hum log Uske aur Uske Putra, Ishu Masih ke maanta hai, jon hum log ke Rakshak hai. Hum log ke ichcha ih hai ki hum log ke dil aur dimaag dhaarmikta aur ekta me jodaan rahe aur ki hum log Uh log ke saathe ek ban jaaega. ⁸

Dhaarmikta shabd ke dher, faelaan rakam ke matlab sake rahe lekin zyaada karke isme Parmeshwar ke aagya anusaar jeena shaamil rehwe hai. ⁹ Isse hum log vachanbadh maarg pe rehwe la pawitra dharamvidhiyon ke kaabil banta hai aur hum log ke ashish mile hai Aatma ke nirdeshan ke hum log ke zindagi me. ¹⁰

Dhaarmik/sachcha hona sirf ispe nahi nirbhar hai ki hum log yahi samay pe har ashirwaad mile zindagi me. Saait hum log abhi shaadi nahi kara hoi ya ladkan nahi hum log ke paas ya aur kuch ashirwaad mangta hoi. Lekin Prabhu waada karis hai ki jon sachcha insaan vishwaasi rahi “saki Parmeshwar ke sange anant sukh ke stithi me rahe.” ¹¹

Ekta bhi ek dher, faelaan rakam ke matlab sake rehwe lekin sabse achche se uh pehla aur dusra mahaan aagyaa ke uddharan me hai Parmeshwar aur apan padosi se pyaar karna. ¹² Isse pata chale ek Zion insaan ke baare me jiske dil aur dimaag “ekta se jodaan hai.” ¹³

Hamaar sandesh me aaj pawitr dharamshaastra ke virodh aur seekh hai.

Dui sao saal beet ge hai jabse Pita aur Uske Putra pehla dafa dekhaais raha aur Ishu Masih ke susamachaar ke Punahsthaapna ke shuru karis raha 1820 me. Mormon Dharamshaastr ke 4 Nephi ke kahani me ek yahi rakam ke 200-saal ke samay hai jiske baad Rakshak puraana America me Apan Girjaghar me aais aur sthaapit karis.

Jon itihaasik lekh hum padhta hai 4 Nephi me kuch logon ke baare me batawe jiske beech koi jaran bhaao, jhagda, halchal, jhoot, hatya, ya kisi tarah ke kaamukta nahi raha. Yahi dhaarmikta ke kaaran, ih lekh me likha hai, “jitne log Parmeshwar ke haathon dwara banawa ge raha, un saare logon me zaroor se itna khush koi bhi nahi raha hoga.” ¹⁴

Ekta ke dhyaan me rakhte huwe, 4 Nephi me likhaan hai,“Aur aysa hua ki logon ke dilon me Parmeshwar ka jo prem niwaas kar raha tha, uske kaaran desh me koi vivaad nahin tha.” ¹⁵

Durbhaagye se, 4 Nephi uske baad ek naatakiye badlaao ke baare me batata hai jo “dui sao aur ek saal” ¹⁶ me shuru hua, jab adharm aur algaao se dhaarmikta aur ekta ka naash hua. Us samay jetna dushtta hota raha etna bura raha ki anth me mahaan prophet Mormon apan beta Moroni se shok prakat karis:

“Lekin He mere bete, is tarah ke log, kaise itne grihnit karmo me anand lene lage—

“Hum ab kaise soch sakte hai ki Parmeshwar apan haath roke sakta raha hum log ke nyayedand dewe se?” ¹⁷

Ih yug me, bhale hum log ek khaas samay me jeeta hai, duniya ke uh dhaarmikta aur ekta ke ashirwaard nahi mila hai jon 4 Nephi me batawe hai. Sach me, hum log bahut mazboot batwaaro ke samay me jeeta hai. Toh bhi, jetna saekdo log jon Ishu Masih ke susamachaar ke apnaae lees hai ab koshish kare hai dono dhaarmikta aur ekta haasil kare ke. Hum log sab janta hai ki hum behtar kar sakte hai, aur ki in dino me wahi hamara chunaoti hai. Hum sakta pura samaaj ke sudhaare aur ashirwaad dewe la ek taaqat bane. Hum log ke Girjaghar itihaas ke ih 200-saal ke zaroori samay pe, aao hum Prabhu ke Girjaghar ke sadasye hone ke naate waada kare dhaarmikta se jiye ke aur pehle se zyaada ekta me rahe ke. Pradhaan Russell M. Nelson hum log se maangis hai “zyaada sabhyata, jaatiye ekta aur ek duje se sammaan se pesh aaye.” ¹⁸ Iske matlab hai ek dusre aur Parmeshwar se pyaar karo aur sab ke bhaaiyo aur bahano jaisa swikaar karo aur sach me ek Zion logon jaisa bano.

Hum log ke sab-ke shaamil kare la siddhaant ke sange, hum bhi sakta hai ekta ke misaal bane aur anekta ka jashn manaye. Ekta aur anekta ek dusre ke virodhi nahi hai. Hum log sakta zyaada ekta haasil kare jab hum log sab ke shaamil kare la aur anekta ke sammaan kare la vaatavaran ke protsaahan dega. Jon samay me hum San Francisco California Stake presidency me sewa karte bitaaya, wahan hamare saath Spanish-, Tongan-, Samoan-, Tagalog-, aur Mandarin-bhaasha-bolne waale congregations the. Hum log ke Angrezi-bole la ward me dher jaati aur sanskriti ke log raha. Usme pyaar, dhaarmikta, aur ekta raha.

Ishu Masih ka Girjaghar Antim-dino ke Santo ka ke wards aur branches ke jagah ya bhaasha se jaana jaata hai, ¹⁹ jaati ya sanskriti se nahi. Membership records me jaat nahi likhaan rehwe hai.

Mormon Dharamshaastr ke shuru me, Masih ke janam se lagbhag 550 saal pehle, hum log ke uh zaroori aagya sikhaawa ge raha Swarg ke Pita ke ladkan ke rishton ke beech. Sab koi ke Prabhu ke aagya maane ke hai, aur sab ke amantrit kara jaawe hai Prabhu ke achchaai me bhaag lewe ke; “aur uh koi ke thukraae nahi jon uske paas aawe, kariya aur gor, bandi aur aazaad, aadmi aur aurat; aur uh naastiko ke bhi nahi bhule; aur sab ek jaisan hai Parmeshwar ke liye, dono Jew aur Gentile.” ²⁰

Rakshak ke prachaar aur sandesh me lagataar bola ge raha sab jaati aur rang ke log Parmeshwar ke ladkan hai. Hum log sab bhaai aur bahan hai. Hum log ke dharamsiddhaant ke anusaar hum log jahan Punaahsthaapna bhe ke desh, the United States, the U.S. Constitution ²¹ aur usse sambandhit dastawezon ²² me, jo doshi logon ne likha hai, jon ke Parmeshwar se prerna mila raha sab logon ke ashirwaad dewe ke. Jaise hum log Doctrine and Covenants me padhta hai, ih dastaawez “likha ge raha, aur uske kaayam rakkho maango sab insaan ke, adhikaar aur suraksha ke liye sahi aur pawitr niyamo ke mutaabik.” ²³ Isme se dui niyam raha chune ke shakti aur uttardaaita hum log ke apan paap ke liye. Prabhu ghoshna karis:

“Isliye, ih sahi nahi hai ki koi admi ke chaahi koi dusra ke niche bandi bano.

“Aur yahi kaaran uh ih desh ke liye Constitution banais hai, budhimaan admi log ke haatho jiske uh yahi kaam ke liye taeyaar karis raha, aur ih desh ke mukti dewaais khoon bahaae ke.” ²⁴

Ih revelaishan 1833 me mila raha jab Missouri me Santo pe bahut dukh takleef aais raha. Doctrine and Covenants section 101 ke shirshak me aise kuch likhaan hai: “Uttejit bheedh uh log ke apan ghar jon Jackson County me raha se le ke ge. … Girjaghar ke [sadasyon] ke khilaaf dher maut ke dhamki deta raha.” ²⁵

Ih bahut tanaao ke samay raha kayi tariko se. Dher Missourians, Native Americans ke ek kathor dushman samajhta raha aur mangta raha uh log ke apan zameen se hatawe. Iske alaawa, dher Missouri me base log gulaam rakkhe la raha aur uh log ke nahi achha laga ki kuch log gulaami nahi mangta raha.

Iske bawajood, hum log dharamsidhaant Native Americans ke sammaan karta raha, aur hum log ke ichcha raha uh log ke Ishu Masih ke susamachaar sikhaao. Gulaami ke aadar karte huwe, hum log ke shaastron ne yeh saaf tay kiya tha ki koi aadmi ko kisi aur ke niche bandi nahi ban ke rehna hai. ²⁶

Anth me, Santo ko zabardasti Missouri se nikaala gaya ²⁷ aur phir jabran Pakshim(West) bheja gaya. ²⁸ Santo ne pragati ki aur woh shaanti paai jo dhaarmikta, ekta, aur Ishu Masih ke susamachaar ko jeene se milta hai.

Hum Rakshak ke Intercessory Praathna se khushi paata jon John ke Susamachaar me likha hai. Rakshak ih maanis ki Pita Uske bhejis raha aur ki Uh, jo Rakshak hai, uh kaam khalaas kar lees raha jiske liye Uske bheja ge raha. Uh Apan chela log ke liye praathna karis aur jon Masih me vishwaas kare maangta raha: “Ki uh sab ek howe; jaise aap, Pita, hum me hai, aur hum aap me hai, ki uh log bhi sake hum log me ek hoe jaae.” ²⁹ Ekta ke liye hi Masih praathna karis Apan pakarwaane aur Krus pe Chadaae Jaane se pehle.

Ishu Masih ke susamachaar ke Punahsthaapna ke pehla saal ke baad, jo likha hai Doctrine and Covenants ke section 38 me, Prabhu yudh aur dushtta ke baat kare hai aur ghoshna kare, “Hum tumse bolta hai, ek bano; aur agar aap ek na huwe aap mere nahi ho.” ³⁰

Hum log ke Girjaghar ke sanskriti Ishu Masih ke susamachaar se hai. Rome ke logon ke liye Devdut Paul ki Chitthi bahut gehri samajh ka hai. ³¹ Rome me jo pehla Girja tha usme Jews aur Gentiles raha. Ih shuru ke Jews log ke ek Judaic sanskriti raha aur “apan mukti jeetis raha, aur badhis aur safal hoe ke shuru karis.” ³²

Rome me jo Gentiles the unke sanskrit me Hellenistic(Greek) prabhaao tha, jo Devdut Paul achchi tarah samajhta tha Athens aur Corinth ke apan anubhawon ke kaaran.

Paul Ishu Masih ke susamachaar ek badhiya tarika se samjhais raha. Woh Judaic aur Gentile sanskriti ke milte julte pehluwon ka itihaas likhta hai ³³ jo Ishu Masih ke sachche susamachaar se virodh me hai. Woh khaaskar har ek jan se sanskritik baadhaaon ko piche chodhne ko kehta hai apne vishwaas aur sanskriti se jo Ishu Masih ke susamachaar se mel nahi khaate. Paul Jews aur Gentiles ko samjhaata hai aagya paalan kare ke aur ek dusre se pyaar kare ke aur maanta hai ki dhaarmikta se uddhaar hota hai. ³⁴

Ishu Masih ke susamachaar ka sanskriti na Gentile sanskriti ka hai na Judaic sanskriti ka. Yeh kisi ke chamde ke rang se ya kahan koi rehta hai se nahi jaana jaata hai. Jabki hum alag alag sanskriti se khush hai, hamein uh sanskritiyon ke un bhaagon ko piche chodhna hai jo Ishu Masih ke susamachaar ka virodh karte hai. Hum log ke sadasye aur naye converts aksar alag alag jaati aur sanskriti se aate hai. Agar hum log ke President Nelson ke baat manni hai bikhre Israel ko ikattha karne ka, hum dekhenge ki hum utne hi alag hai jitna Paul ke samay ke Jews aur Gentiles the. Toh hi hum ekta banae rakh sakte hai Ishu Masih se pyaar aur uske vishwaas me. Paul ke Chitthi Rome ke logon ke liye ih niyam ko tay karta hai ki hum log Ishu Masih ke susamachaar ke sanskriti aur dharamsiddhaant par chalenge. Yeh aaj bhi hamare liye aadarsh hai. ³⁵ Mandir ke dharamvidhiyaan hum log ke khaas tariko se ekta me laawe hai aur hum log ke maoka dewe hai ek ban ke rahe ke har ek avashyak anant tarika se.

Hum log duniya bhar ke apan pratham aguwaa sadasyon ka sammaan karte hai is kaaran nahi kyunki woh bina dosh ke the par isliye kyunki unhonne mushkilon ka saamna kiya, balidaan diye, Masih-jaisa banne ki koshish ki, aur vishwaas badhaane ki koshish karte the aur Rakshak ke saath ek banne ki. Uh log ke Rakshak ke rakam bane se uh log ek dusre ke jaisa bhi banais. Ih niyam aaj aapke aur hamaar liye bhi sachcha hai.

Ishu Masih ka Girjaghar Antim-dino ke Santo ka ke sadasyon ke liye woh zor ki pukaar hai ek Zion log bane ke koshish karo jon ek dil aur ek vichaar ke rahe aur dhaarmikta me zindagi bitaae. ³⁶

Ih hamaar vinti hai ki hum log dhaarmik aur ekta me rahenge puri tarah hamare Rakshak, Ishu Masih ki sewa aur bhakti pe gaor karke, jiske hum gawahi deta hai. Ishu Masih ke naam se, amen.

Notes

1. Dekhiye Doctrine and Covenants 38:27.

2. Thomas Kane jon sewa pradaan karis raha sadasye log ke liye hamesha dikhaaya jaawe hai “ek niswaarth balidaan ke rakam ek jawaan aadarshwaadi se jisne un galat baato ko hote dekha tha ek dharm ke kuch logon pe jinko kathor aur shatru jaisa vyavahaar mila tha bade sankhya ke logon se” (introduction to Elizabeth Wood Kane, Twelve Mormon Homes Visited in Succession on a Journey through Utah to Arizona, ed. Everett L. Cooley [1974], viii).

3. Dekhiye Kane, Twelve Mormon Homes, 5.

4. Dekhiye Kane, Twelve Mormon Homes, 40.

5. Dekhiye Lowell C. (Ben) Bennion and Thomas R. Carter, “Touring Polygamous Utah with Elizabeth W. Kane, Winter 1872–1873,” BYU Studies, vol. 48, no. 4 (2009), 162.

6. Spasht rup se, Elizabeth sochis raha zyaada karke American log us samay pe Indians ko sirf bache kuche hi diya karte honge aur unke saath baaki mehmaano jaisa bartaao nahi karte honge.

7. Dekhiye Kane, Twelve Mormon Homes, 64–65. Yeh yaad rakhna zaroori hai ki dher America ke Deshwaasi, jisme dher chiefs(mukhya) bhi shaamil hai, Girjaghar ke sadasye ban gaye. John Alton Peterson, Utah’s Black Hawk War (1998) 61; Scott R. Christensen, Sagwitch: Shoshone Chieftain, Mormon Elder, 1822–1887 (1999), 190–95 bhi dekhiye.

8. Ih yug me “dhaarmik log sabhi deshon se ikattha honge, aur Zion me aayenge, anant khushi ke gaana gaate huwe” (Doctrine and Covenants 45:71).

9. Dekhiye Doctrine and Covenants 105:3–5. Scriptures khaas taur se batais hai gareeb aur zarooratmand ke parwaah karna dhaarmikta ke ek zaroori tatva hai.

10. Dekhiye Alma 36:30; 1 Nephi 2:20; Mosiah 1:7bhi dekhiye. Alma 36:30 ke aakhri bhaag me likhaan hai, “Jahan tak tum Parmeshwar ke aagyaaon ko na paalan karoge wahan tak tum uski upasthiti se alag kar diya jaaoge. Yeh sab usi ke shabdo ke anusaar likha gaya hai.”

11. Mosiah 2:41. President Lorenzo Snow (1814–1901) sikhaais: “Koi aisan Antim-din Sant nahi hai jon ek vishwaasi jiwan jiye ke baad mar jaawe hai jon sake kuch khowe kaae ki uh kuch kaam nahi kare paais raha jab uske maoka mila raha. Dusra shabdon me, agar ek jawaan ladka ya ladki ke maoka nahi mila raha shaadi kare ke, aur uh log vishwaasi jiwan bitaais apan maut tak, uh log ke sab ashirwaad, unnati aur mahima mili jon koi aur admi ya aurat ke mili jiske maoka mila raha aur uske faeda uthaais. Yahi ekdam sach aur sahi hai” ( Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Lorenzo Snow [2012], 130). Richard G. Scott, “The Joy of Living the Great Plan of Happiness,” Ensign, Nov. 1996, 75 bhi dekhiye.

12. Dekhiye 1 John 5:2.

13. Mosiah 18:21; Moses 7:18bhi dekhiye.

14. 4 Nephi 1:16.

15. 4 Nephi 1:15.

16. 4 Nephi 1:24.

17. Moroni 9:13–14.

18. Russell M. Nelson, “First Presidency and NAACP Leaders Call for Greater Civility, Racial Harmony,” May 17, 2018, newsroom.ChurchofJesusChrist.org; me, “President Nelson Remarks at Worldwide Priesthood Celebration,” June 1, 2018, newsroom.ChurchofJesusChrist.org bhi dekhiye.

19. Doctrine and Covenants 90:11 me likhaan hai, “Har ek insaan susamachaar ke sampurn rup se suni … apan bhaasha me.” Wahi rakam se, bhaasha ke congregations aksar swikaar hote hai.

20. 2 Nephi 26:33.

21. Dekhiye Constitution of the United States.

22. Dekhiye United States Declaration of Independence (1776); Constitution of the United States, Amendments I–X (Bill of Rights), National Archives website, archives.gov/founding-docs.

23. Doctrine and Covenants 101:77; par zor diya gaya.

24. Doctrine and Covenants 101:79–80.

25. Doctrine and Covenants 101, section shirshak.

26. Dekhiye Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days, vol. 1, The Standard of Truth, 1815–1846 (2018), 172–74; James B. Allen and Glen M. Leonard, The Story of the Latter-day Saints, 2nd ed. (1992), 93–94; Ronald W. Walker, “Seeking the ‘Remnant’: The Native American during the Joseph Smith Period,” Journal of Mormon History, vol. 19, no. 1 (Spring 1993), 14–16.

27. Dekhiye Saints, 1:359–83; William G. Hartley, “The Saints’ Forced Exodus from Missouri, 1839,” in Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and Kent P. Jackson, eds., Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer (2010), 347–89; Alexander L. Baugh, “The Mormons Must Be Treated as Enemies,” in Susan Easton Black and Andrew C. Skinner, eds., Joseph: Exploring the Life and Ministry of the Prophet (2005), 284–95.

28. Dekhiye Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days, vol. 2, No Unhallowed Hand, 1846–1893 (2020), 3–68; Richard E. Bennett, We’ll Find the Place: The Mormon Exodus, 1846–1848 (1997); William W. Slaughter and Michael Landon, Trail of Hope: The Story of the Mormon Trail (1997).

29. John 17:21.

30. Doctrine and Covenants 38:27.

31. Rome ke logon ko likha gaya Chitthi dharamsiddhaant ke goshna dher rakam se kare hai. Nawa Niyam ke Romans me Praeshchit ke zikr ek hi dafa hois hai. Hum Rome ke logon ke liye ih Chitthi ke pasand kare laga kaae ki uh dher rakam ke insaan ke ek karis Ishu Masih ke susamachaar ke zariye jab hum ek stake president raha aur sadasye kayi jaati aur sanskriti ke rata dher rakam ke bhaasha bolta raha.

32. Frederic W. Farrar, The Life and Work of St. Paul (1898), 446.

33. Dekhiye Farrar, The Life and Work of St. Paul, 450.

34. Dekhiye Romans 13.

35. Dekhiye Dallin H. Oaks, “The Gospel Culture,” Liahona, Mar. 2012, 22–25; Richard G. Scott, “Removing Barriers to Happiness,” Ensign, May 1998, 85–87 bhi dekhiye.

36. Dekhiye Moses 7:18.