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Mandir Ke AashirvaadMandir hamare jiwan ke liye lakshye pradaan karta hain. Woh hamare aatma

mein shaanti laata hai—manushye dwara di gai shaanti nahin magar woh shaanti jo Parmeshwar ke Putra dwara vaada kiya gaya jab Usne kaha, “Main tumhein

shaanti diye jaata hoon, apni shaanti tumhein deta hoon.”

Mandir mein hum Prabhu ke kareeb mehsoos karte hai

Main sochta hoon duniya mein aur koi aesi jagah nahin jahan main Prabhu ke itne kareeb mehsoos karta hoon jitna Unke kisi ek pavitra mandiron mein. Ek kavita apne shabdon mein dohraata hoon:

Kitna door hai swarg?Woh bahut door nahin.Parmeshwar ke mandiron mein,Woh wahin par hai jahan hum hai.

Prabhu ne kaha:“Apne liye prithvi par dhan ikattha na karo, jahan

kida aur kaai bigaadte hain, aur jahan chor sendh lagaate aur churaate hain:

“Parantu apne liye swarg mein dhan ikattha karo, jahan na to kida aur na kaai bigaadte hain, aur jahan chor na sendh lagaate aur na churaate hain:

“Kyunki jahan tera dhan hai, wahan tera mann bhi laga rahega.” 1

Ishu Masih ka Girjaghar Antim-dinon ke Santon ke sadasyon ke liye, mandir dharti par sabse pavitra

sthaan hai. Woh Prabhu ka ghar hai, aur jaise mandir ke baahar ka lekh batlaata hai, mandir “Prabhu ke prati pavitrata” hai.

Mandir hamein ubhaarta aur unnat karta haiMandir mein, Parmeshwar ka bahumulye yojna sikh-

laaya jaata hai. Woh mandir ke andar hi anant vaade kiye jaate hai. Mandir hamein ubhaarta, unnat karta, sab ke liye ek prerna hai, aur hamein swargiye mahima ke or nirdesh karta hai. Woh nishchay hi Parmeshwar ka ghar hai. Jo kuch mandir ke deewaaron ke andar hota hai ubhaarta aur prerit karta hai.

Mandir parivaaron ke liye hai, maranshilta mein hamara sabse bada khazaana. Prabhu hum pitaaon se baatein karte samay bahut spasht raha hai, yeh batlaate hue ki hamari zimmedaari hai apne pure hriday se apne patniyon se prem karna aur unke aur hamare bachchon ka khayaal rakhna. Usne batlaaya ki sabse mahaan kaarye jo hum kar sakte hai woh hamare gharon mein hai, aur hamare ghar swarg ban sakte hai, khaas jab hamari shaadiyaan Parmeshwar ke gharon mein seal hui hai.

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Swargiye Elder Matthew Cowley, jo Barah Devduton ke Parishad ke sadasye the, ne ek baar ek aja ke anub-hav ko batlaaya jab ek Shaniwaar ke shaam ko woh apne poti ka haath thaame ek janam din bhent par gaya—na ki chidiya ghar ya pikchar magar mandir ke aangan mein. Aangan ke rakshak ki ijaazat se, donon mandir ke bhaari darwaaze tak gaye. Usne kaha ki woh pehle apna haath mazboot deewaar par rakhe aur phir us bhaari darwaaze par. Komalta se usne phir usse kaha, “Yaad rakhna ki is din tumne mandir ko chua tha. Ek din tum andar jaaogi.” Us choti bachchi ke liye unka uphaar laali ya ice cream nahin tha magar ek anubhav jo aur bhi mahatvapurn aur anant hai—Prabhu ke ghar ki ek prashansa. Usne mandir ko chua tha, aur mandir ne usko chua.

Mandir hamare aatma mein shaanti laati haiJab hum mandir ko chute hai aur mandir se prem

karte hai, hamara jiwan hamara vishwaas pradarshit kar-enge. Jab hum pavitra ghar ko jaaenge, jab hum un vaa-don ko yaad karenge jo hum wahan banate hai, hum har pariksha ko jhel sakenge aur har behkaawe ka saamna kar sakenge. Mandir hamare jiwanon ke liye lakshye pradaan karta hai. Woh hamare aatma mein shaanti laata hai—manushye dwara di gai shaanti nahin magar woh shaanti jo Parmeshwar ke Putra dwara vaada kiya gaya jab Usne kaha, “Main tumhein shaanti diye jaata hoon, apni shaanti tumhein deta hoon: jaise sansaar deta hai main tumhe nahin deta. Tumhara mann vyakul na ho aur na dare.” 2

Antim-din Santon ke beech bahut vishwaas hai. Prabhu hamein mauke deta hai dekhne ke liye ki kya hum Unke aadeshon par chalte hai, kya hum us maarg ko apnaaenge jo Nazareth ke Ishu ne apnaaya tha, agar hum Prabhu se apne pure hriday, praan, mann, aur buddhi se prem karenge aur apne padosiyon se apne jaisa prem rakhenge. 3

Main us muhaaore mein vishwaas karta hoon “Prabhu par apne sampurn mann se bharosa kar; aur tu apni sam-ajh ka sahaara na lena.” 4

Aysa hamesha raha hai; aysa hamesha rahega. Agar hum apna kaam karenge aur Prabhu par sampurn bha-rosa rakhenge, hum Unke mandiron ko bhar denge, sirf apne hi dharam vidhi ko nahin karte hue, magar auron ke liye kaarye karne ka saobhaagye bhi paaenge. Hum

pavitra vediyon par ghutne tekenge un sealings mein pratinidhi banne ka jismein pati aur patniyaan ek dusre se bandhte hai bachchon ke saath hamesha ke liye. Yogye jawaan purush aur jawaan mahilaaen 12 varsh ki umra se pratinidhi ban sakte hai un mare huwon ke liye jinko baptisma ka ashirvaad nahin mila tha. Yeh hai hamare Swargiye Pita ki ichcha tumhare aur mere liye.

Ek chamatkaar huaKai varsh pehle, ek vinamra aur vishwaasi kul-

pati, Bhaai Percy K. Fetzer, ko niyukt kiya gaya tha un Girjaghar sadasyon ko kulpati ashirvaad dene ka jo saamyavaad(communist) desh ke seemaao mein rehte the.

Bhaai Fetzer Poland ke bhumi par gaye un kathin dinon mein. Seemaaen band thi, aur kisi bhi naagrik ko kahin jaane ka ijaazat nahin tha. Bhaai Fetzer Germany ke Santon se mile jo wahan fass gaye the jab seemaaon ko badla gaya tha Vishwa Yudh II ke baad aur woh bhumi jahan woh rehte the Poland ka bhaag ban gaya.

Hamara neta un German Santon mein se tha Bhaai Eric P. Konietz, jo wahan apni patni aur bachchon ke saath rehta tha. Bhaai Fetzer ne Bhaai aur Bahan Konietz aur unke bade bachchon ko kulpati ashirvaad diye.

Jab Bhaai Fetzer United States laute, usne mujhe phon kiya aur pucha ki kya woh mere saath bhent kar sakta hai. Mere daftar mein baethte hi, woh rone lage. Usne kaha, “Bhaai Monson, jab mainne Konietz parivaar ke sadasyon ke siron par haath rakha, mainne aise vaade kiye jo pure nahin ho sakte. Mainne Bhaai aur Bahan Konietz se vaada kiya ki woh apne mulniwaas sthaan Germany laut sakenge, ki unhe kabza karne waale deshon ke hukum chalane waale nirnayon se roka nahin jaaega aur woh ek parivaar ki tarah bandh sakenge Prabhu ke ghar mein. Mainne unke bete se vaada kiya ki woh prachaar kaarye par jaaega, aur mainne unke beti se vaada kiya ki woh Parmeshwar ke pavitra mandir mein vivaah karegi. Tum aur main jaante hai ki band seemaaon ke kaaran, unhein un aashirvaadon ki purti nahin praapt hogi. Mainne kya kar daala?”

Mainne kaha, “Bhaai Fetzer, Main aapko itni achchi tarah jaanta hoon yeh jaanne ke liye ki tumne wahi kaha jo hamare Swargiye Pita ne chaha ki tum kaho.” Hum donon mere mez ke bagal mein ghutnon par hue aur prarthna kiya hamare Swargiye Pita se, yeh batlaate

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hue ki ek sewanisht parivaar ko Parmeshwar ke mandir ke baare mein vaade aur anye aashirvaad diye gaye hai jo unhe abhi nahin mil rahe hai. Sirf Woh hi yeh chamatkaar kar sakte the jiski hamein zaroorat thi.

Woh chamatkaar hua. Ek vachan patra par dastakhat(sign) kiye gaye Poland desh ke netaaon aur Federal Republic of Germany ke nataaon ke beech, un German naagrikon ko Pashchim Germany jaane ka mauka diya jaaye jo us jagah par fase the. Bhaai aur Bahan Konietz aur unke bachchein Pashchim Germany chale gaye, aur Bhaai Konietz us ward ke bishop ban gaye jahan woh rehte the.

Pura Konietz parivaar Switzerland ke pavitra mandir mein gaye. Aur kaun tha woh mandir pradhaan jin-honne unhein safed suit pehne khule baahon se swaa-gat kiya? Koi aur nahin par Percy Fetzer—woh kulpita jisne unhe woh vaada diya tha. Ab, apni pradhaan ki niyukti mein Bern Switzerland Mandir ke pradhaan ke rup mein, unhonne unhe Prabhu ke ghar mein swaagat kiya, us vaade ki purti ke liye, aur pati patni ko ek saath baandha aur bachchon ko maata-pita se.

Us jawaan beti ne kuch samay baad vivaah kiya Prabhu ke ghar mein. Us jawaan bete ne call praapt kiya aur ek pure-samay ka mission samaapt kiya.

“Hum tumse mandir mein milenge!”Hum mein se kuch ke liye, hamara mandir tak ka

safar thodi dur ka hai. Auron ke liye, samudra paar karna aur meelo jaana hota hai Parmeshwar ke mandir mein daakhil hone se pehle.

Kuch varsh pehle, Dakshin Africa mandir ka nir-maan samaapt hone se pehle, ek jila sammelan mein bhaag lete samay jo Salisbury, Rhodesia mein tha, main wahan ke jila pradhaan, Reginald J. Nield, se mila. Woh aur uski patni aur sundar betiyaan mujhse mili jaise main chapel mein daakhil hua. Unhonne mujhe bataya ki woh dhan ikattha kar rahein hai aur

tayyaari kar rahein hai us din ki jab woh Prabhu ke mandir tak ka safar tay karenge. Magar, o, mandir to kitna dur tha.

Bhent ki samaapti par, chaaro sundar betiyon ne mujhse mandir ke baare mein sawaal puche: “Mandir kaisa hai? Humne to sirf tasveer dekhi hai.” “Hum kaisa mehsoos karenge jab hum mandir mein prawesh karenge?” “Hum kya achchi tarah yaad rakhenge?” Lagbhag ek ghante tak mainne un chaar ladkiyon se Prabhu ke ghar ke vishay mein baatein ki. Jab main hawaaiadda ja raha tha, unhonne haath hilaaya, aur sabse choti beti ne kaha, “Hum tum se mandir mein milenge!”

Ek varsh baad mujhe mauka mila Nield parivaar ka swaagat karne ka Salt Lake Mandir mein. Ek shaant baandhne waale kamre mein mera yeh saobhaagya tha anantta, aur samay ke liye bhi, Bhaai aur Bahan Nield ko baandhne ka. Phir darwaaze khule, aur woh sundar betiyaan, safed kapdon mein, us kamre mein aayi. Woh pehle maata se, phir pita se gale mili. Unke aankhon mein aansu the, aur unke hriday mein kritigyata. Hum swarg ke paas hi the. Ab har ek keh sakta, “Ab hum anantta tak ka ek parivaar hai.”

Yeh hai woh behtarin aashirvaad jo unke liye hai jo mandir aate hai. Hum sab yogye jiwan jiye, saaf haathon aur pavitra hridayon ke saath, taaki mandir hamare jiwan ko chu sakein aur hamare parivaaron ko bhi.

Swarg kitni dur hai? Main gawahi deta hoon ki pavitra mandiron mein woh kuch bhi dur nahin—kyunki inhi pavitra sthaanon par swarg aur dharti milte hai aur hamare Swargiye Pita Apne bachchon ko Apna sabse shaandaar aashirvaad dete hai.

ViVaran 1. Matthew 6:19–21. 2. John 14:27. 3. Dekhiye Matthew 22:37–39. 4. Proverbs 3:5–6.

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Pradhaan Boyd K. Packer dwara,

Barah Devduton ke Parishad Pradhaan.

Pavitra MandirMandiron mein, Girjaghar ke sadasye jo apne aap ko

yogye banaate hai sabse unche mukti ki dharam vidhiyon mein bhaag le sakte hai jo manushye ke liye prakat kiya gaya hai.

Mandiron mein hum sabse unche mukti ke dharam vidhiyon mein bhaag le sakte hai

Kai kaaranon ke liye kisi ko mandir jaana chahiye. Jis tarah se woh baahar se dikhta hai bhi uske gehre dhaarmik lakshye ki jhalak deta hai. Yeh dhaarmik lakshye aur bhi spasht hai uske deewaaron mein. Mandir ke darwaaze ke upar shriddhaanjali likhi hai “Prabhu ke Liye Pavitrata.” Jab tum kisi samarpit mandir mein pravesh karte ho, tum Prabhu ke ghar mein hote ho.

Mandiron mein, Girjaghar ke sadasye jo apne aap ko yogye bana lete hai sabse unche mukti ki dharam vid-hiyon mein bhaag le sakte hai jo manushye ke liye prakat kiya gaya hai. Wahan, ek pavitra vidhi mein, ek vyakti ko dhoya jaata aur abhishek kiya jaata aur sikhlaaya jaata aur endow kiya jaata aur baandha(sealed) jaata hai. Aur in aashirvaadon ko apne liye haasil karne ke baad, hum unke liye kaarye karenge jo in aashirvaadon ko praapt kiye bina hi mar gaye hai. Mandiron mein pavitra dharam vidhiyaan rachi jaati hai jiwit aur mrit logon ke liye bhi.

Mandir ke dharam vidhi aur samaaroh saral, sundar, aur pavitra hai

Dharamshaastra ko saodhaani se padhne se yeh prakat hoga ki Prabhu ne sabhi logon ko sabhi baantein nahin batlaai. Kuch kaabliyat banaye gaye the jo pavitra

jaankaari haasil karne ke liye avashyak the. Mandir ke samaahron bhi isi darje mein shaamil hai.

Hum mandir ke dharam vidhiyon ka zikr mandir se baahar nahin karte. Parmeshwar ne kabhi mandir ki in samaahro ka gyaan sirf chune hue logon ke liye nahin rakha tha yeh tay karne ke liye ki anye log inke baare mein jaan na lein. Vaastav mein, yeh to bilkul alag hai. Badi koshish se hum har ek vyakti se aagrah karte hai ki woh yogye bane aur tayyaari kare mandir jaane ke anubhav ke liye. Jo mandir gaye hai unhein ek aadarsh sikhaaya gaya hai: Kisi din har ek jiwit aatma aur har aatma jo kabhi jiwit tha ko susamachaar sunne ka mauka diya jaaega aur jo mandir bhent karta hai ko thukraae ya apnaae. Agar yeh mauka aswikaar ho gaya, aswikriti vyakti ki taraf se honi chahiye.

Mandir ki dharam vidhiyaan aur samahro saral hai. Woh sundar hai. Woh pavitra hai. Unhe batlaaya nahin jaata ki shaayad woh unhein mil jaaye jo tayyaar nahin hai use praapt karne ke liye. Samaahro ke baare mein jaanne ki chahat ek tayyaari nahin hai. Gehri ichcha khud hi ek tayyaari nahin hai. Dharam vidhiyon ki tayyaari mein kuch praarambik kadam shaamil hai: vishwaas, pashchataap, baptisma, pushtikaran, yogyata, ek sampurnata aur aatma-sammaan uske yogye jisko ek mehmaan ki tarah amantrit kiya jaata hai Prabhu ke ghar mein.

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Jo yogye hai mandir mein pravesh kar sakte haiJo bhi yogye hai aur jo laayak hote hai har tarah se

mandir mein pravesh karne ke liye, wahan par pavitra rasm aur dharam vidhiyon se waakif hone ke liye.

Ek baar tum mein mandir ke aashirvaadon ke keemat ka kuch ehsaas ho aur un dharam vidhiyon ki pavitrata ke prati jo mandir mein puri hoti hai, tum hichkichaaoge Prabhu dwara tay kiye gaye unche star par sawaal karne mein jo pavitra mandir mein pravesh karne se taalukh rakhta hai.

Tumhare paas ek vartamaan ka mandir sifaarish hona chahiye mandir mein pravesh karne ke liye. Is sifaarish ko Girjaghar ke sahi afsaro dwara sign karaana hoga. Sirf jo yogye hai unhein hi mandir jaana chahiye. Tumhara sthaaniye bishop ya shaakha pradhaan ke paas zim-medaari hai tumhare niji yogyata ke vishay mein jaanne ke liye tumhein mandir dharam vidhiyon ko haasil karne se pehle. Yeh baat cheet bahut mahatvapurn hai, kyunki yeh ek chan hai jismein tum Prabhu ke ek niyukt sewak ke saath jaanjh karoge apne jiwan ka naksha. Agar kuch thik nahin hai tumhaare jiwan mein, bishop tumhari sahayta kar sakega use thik karne mein. Is kriya se, tum bata paaoge ya tumhein sahayta di jaa sakti hai apne mandir mein jaane ki yogyata ko kaayam karne mein Prabhu ki swikriti dwara.

Niji rup se mandir sifaarish ke liye bhentvaarta bishop [ya shaakha adhyaksh] aur sambandhit Girjaghar sadasye ke beech hoti hai. Yahan sadasye se vishesh sawaal puche jaate hain jo vyaktigat aacharan aur yogyata par hote hain aur Girjaghar aur uske adhikaariyon ke prati uski wafadaari par hote hain. Vyakti ko ghoshit karna hai ki woh naetik rup se saaf hai aur Buddhimaani ke Shabd ka paalan karta hai, pura tithe deta hai, Girjaghar ke shik-shanon ke saath sangati mein rehta hai, aur dharamtyaagi dalon se koi sambandh ya hamdardi banae nahin rakha hai. Bishop [ya shaakha adhyaksh] ko adesh diya jaata hai ki pratyek vyakti jiski bhentvaarta hoti hai uske saath maamlon ka nirwaah karte samay vishwastata (confiden-tiality) sabse mahatvapurna hai.

Bishop ke sawaalon ke swikritik jawaabon se ek vyakti ki yogyata saamaanye rup se sthaapit hoti hai ek mandir sifaarish praapt karne ke liye. Agar ek aawedak(applicant) aagyaaon ka paalan nahin kar raha hai tab kuch baaton ka pashchataap nahin hua hai uski jiwan ke vishay mein aur use ab thik karna hai, ek mandir sifaarish dene se

pehle zaroori hai ki sachcha pashchataap ho jaaye.Jab bishop ne aisi bhentvaarta le li hai, stake prad-

haan isi prakaar ka bhentvaarta leta hai tumhara mandir dharam vidhiyon mein bhaag lene se pehle.

Mandir ka shikshan prateek(symbolic) haiPehli baar mandir jaane se pehle, ya baad mein bhi

kai baar, tumhare liye achcha hoga ki tum yeh samjho ki mandiron ka shikshan prateek dhang se hota hai. Prabhu, jo Mukhye Shikshak hai, ne Apna zyaadatar shikshan isi tarah se diya.

Mandir ek mahaan paathshaala hai. Woh vidhya ka ghar hai. Mandiron ka vaatavaran aisa hota hai ki aatmik gehraai ke baaton ka shikshan praapt kiya ja sake. Swargiye Elder John A. Widtsoe jo Barah Devduton ke Parishad ke the ek vishist vishwavidhyalay pradhaan aur vishwa ke ek jaane-maane vidhwaan the. Mandir kaarye ke liye un mein badi shraddha thi aur ek mauke par usne kaha tha:

“Mandir dharam vidhiyon mein puri mukti ki yojna aati hai, jaise samay samay par Girjaghar ke netaaon dwara sikhlaaya gaya hai, aur un baaton ko saaf kar deta hai jo samajhne mein kathin hai. Mandir ke shikshan mein koi madodna ya badlaao nahin hota use mukti ke yojna mein laane ke liye. Endowment ko puri tarah se samjhna ek mahaan bahas ka vishay ho gaya hai mandir dharam vidhiyon ki sachchaai ke liye. Aur bhi, aesi purn jhaanj aur Susamachaar yojna ko saamne laane se, mandir kaarwaahi ko ek upyukt tarika banata hai yaaddaash tez karne ke liye Susamachaar ke aakriti ko samajhne mein.” (“Temple Worship,” Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, Apr. 1921, 58).

Agar tum mandir jaaoge aur yaad rakhoge ki shikshan prateek hai, tum sahi vyavahaar se andar nahin jaaoge magar baahar nikal kar apne samajh ko sahi paaoge, thoda aur unnat mehsoos karoge, aur aatmik baaton ka gyaan badh jaaega. Shikshan ka yojna to badhiya hai. Woh prerna se milta hai. Prabhu Khud, jo Mahaan Shikshak hai, ne nitikathaaon mein hamesha Apne chelon ko sikhlaaya—ek muh jawaani tarika un kathin cheezon ko samjhaane ke liye jo prateek hai.

Mandir khud ek prateek ban jaata hai. Agar tumne kisi mandir ko raat ke samay dekha hai, puri raushni mein, tum jaante ho woh kitna aakarshak drishye ho sakta hai. Prabhu ka ghar, raushni se ghira, andhere mein spasht dikhaai deta, prateek hota hai us shakti aur prerna ka jo

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Ishu Masiha ke susamachaar se aata hai jaise ek sanketak-prakaash ek duniya ke liye jo aatmik andhere mein dubta ja raha hai.

Mandir mein pravesh karne par, tum apne aam kapde badalte ho mandir ke safed kapdon ke liye. Kapdon ka yeh badlaao ek alag kamre mein hota hai, jahan har ek ke liye ek locker aur ek vyaktigat kapde badalne ki jagah hoti hai. Mandir mein maryaada ke aadarsh ka achchi tarah paalan kiya jaata hai. Jab tum apne kapde locker mein rakhte ho, tum apni saari chintaaen aur dilchaspiyaan aur ghabraahat usi ke saath chod dete ho. Tum is vyaktigat kapde badalne ki jagah se baahar nikalte ho safed kapdon mein, aur ekta aur saamaanyeta mehsoos karte ho, kyunki tumhare aas-paas ke log bhi isi prakaar se poshaak pehne hue hai.

Mandir vivaah mandir ki antim dharam vidhi haiTum mein jo mandir vivaah ki pratiksha karte hai jaanna

chahoge ki kya hoga. Hum sealing(vivaah) ke dharam vidhi ke shabdon ko mandir se baahar nahin kehte, magar hum sealing kamre ki sundarta, shaanti aur aatmik swachta, aur woh pavitra kaarye jo wahan ghatta hai se woh kaise pavitra ho jaata hai ke baare mein bataaenge.

Dampati ko sealing dharam vidhi ke liye vedi(altar) tak aane se pehle, yeh kaaryekarta ka vishesh adhikaar hai ki woh dein, aur jawaan dampati ka saobhaagye ki woh haasil karein, kuch salaah. In mein se kuch baatein ek jawaan dampati sochenge ki unhein batlaaya jaaega is avsar par.

“Aaj tumhara vivaah diwas hai. Tum apne vivaah ke baare mein hi soch rahe ho. Mandiron ko aisi hi dharam vidhiyon ke liye banaya gaya tha. Hum is duniya mein nahin hai. Duniya ki baatein yahan se taalluk nahin rakhti aur jo hum yahan karenge par prabhaao nahin daal sakti. Hum duniya se baahar aa gaye hai Prabhu ki mandir mein. Yeh tumhare jiwan ka sabse mahatvapurn din ban jaata hai.

“Tum janme the, dharti par amantrit kiye gaye the, maata-pitaaon dwara jinhonne ek maranshil deh banaya tumhare aatma ko niwaas karne ke liye. Tum har ek ne baptisma liya hai. Baptisma, ek pavitra dharam vidhi, pra-teek hai ek saaf karne ka, prateek hai maut aur punruji-wan ka, prateek hai ek naye jiwan mein waapas aane ka. Is mein shaamil hai pashchataap aur paapon se chama. Prabhu ke Antim bhojan ka prabhubhoj baptisma ke

vaade ka nawikaran(renewal) hai, aur hum sakte hai, agar hum uske liye jiye, apne paapon ka chama praapt karein.

“Tum, dulhe saahab, ko purohiti mein niyukt kiya gaya tha. Pehle tumhe Aaronic Purohiti mili thi aur shaayad uske sabhi daftaron se guzar chuke ho—deacon, teacher, aur priest. Phir woh din aaya jab tumhein Melchizedek Purohiti praapt karne ke yogye paaya gaya. Woh purohiti, jo uncha purohiti hai, ko Parmeshwar ke sabse pavitra darje ka puro-hiti kaha gaya hai, ya Pavitra Purohiti Parmeshwar ke Putra ke Darje se(dekhiye Alma 13:18; Helaman 8:18; Doctrine and Covenants 107:2–4). Tumhe us purohiti mein ek daf-tar diya gaya tha. Tum ab ek elder ho.

“Tum donon ne endowment praapt kiya hai. Us endowment mein tumhein anant shakti pradaan ki gayi thi. Magar yeh sabhi cheezein, ek tarah se, praarambhik thi aur tayyaari thi tumhe is vedi tak aane ke liye ek pati aur patni ki tarah bandhne ke liye samay aur pure anantta ke liye. Tum ab ek parivaar ban gaye ho, jiwan ki rachna karne ke liye mukt, ki tumhe woh mauka mile shraddha aur balidaan dwara bachchon ko is duniya mein laane ke liye aur unka dekh-bhaal kare aur unhein is maran-shil jiwan mein surakshit rakhein; ek din unhein dekhein, jaise tum aaye ho, in pavitra mandir dharam vidhiyon mein bhaag lene ke liye.

“Tum apne ichcha se aaye ho aur tumhe yogye paaya gaya hai. Ek dusre ko vivaah ke vaade mein apnaana ek badi zimmedaari hai, ek jismein anginit aashirvaad shaamil hai.”

Baandhne ki shakti dharti aur swarg mein bhi baandhti hai

Agar hum mandir kaarye ka itihaas aur siddhaant sam-ajhna chahate hai, hamein samajhna chahiye baandhne ki shakti kya hai. Hamein aage ki sochni chahiye, kuch had tak hi, kyun baandhne ki shakti ki chaabiyon ka adhikaar atyant mahatvapurn hai.

“Jab Ishu Caesarea Philippi ke desh mein aaya, usne apne chelon se pucha, kehte hue, Log manushye ke Putra ko kya kehte hai? . . .

“Aur Simon Peter ne uttar diya aur kaha, Tu jiwit Parmeshwar ka Putra, Masih hai.

“Aur Ishu ne uttar diya aur usse kaha, Tu dhanye hai, Simon Bar-jona: kyunki maas aur lahu ne nahin, parantu mere Pita ne jo swarg mein hai, yeh baat tujh par prakat ki hai.

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“Aur main bhi tujh se kehta hu, ki tu Peter hai, aur main is patthar par apni girjaghar banaaunga; aur nark ke faatak us par prabal na honge.

“Aur main tujhe swarg ke raajye ki chaabiyaan dunga: aur jo kuch tu dharti par baandhega woh swarg mein bandhega: aur jo kuch tu dharti par kholega woh swarg mein khulega” (Matthew 16:13, 16–19).

Peter ko chaabiyaan praapt honi thi. Peter ke paas baandhne ki shakti honi thi, woh adhikaar jisse dharti par baandhne ya kholne ki shakti milti hai aur waisa hi swarg mein hoga. Woh chaabiyaan Girjaghar ke Pradhaan ki hoti hai—jo bhavishyevakta, devdut, aur divye gyaan prakaashak hai. Woh pavitra baandhne ki shakti ab Girjaghar ke paas hai. Jo is adhikaar ka mahatva jaante hai unke liye isse pavitra aur kuch nahin hota. Aur kuch itna priye nahin hota. Bahut kam purush hai jinhein yeh baandhne ki shakti dharti par di gayi hai kisi ek samay par—har mandir mein bhraathaaen hai jin-hein yeh baandhne ki shakti mili hai. Kisi ko nahin mil sakta siwaae bhavishyevakta, devdut, aur divye gyaan prakaashak aur Ishu Masih ke Girjaghar Antim-Dinon ke Santon ka ke Pradhaan se.

Bhavishyevakta Joseph Smith ne kaha ki usse zyaadatar pucha jaata tha yeh sawaal “‘Kya hum in sabhi dharam vidhiyon ko praapt kiye bina mukti nahin paa sakte, etc.?’ Main jawaab deta, Nahin, puri tarah se mukt nahin hoge. Ishu ne kaha, ‘Mere Pita ke ghar mein bahut se rehne ke sthaan hai, aur main tumhare liye jagah tayyaar karne jaata hoon.’ [Dekhiye John 14:2.] Ghar jo yahan zikr kiya gaya hai ko raajye anuwaad karna chahiye tha; aur koi bhi vyakti jise sabse unche manzil mein jaana hota ko celestial kaanoon ka paalan karna padta, aur pura kaanoon bhi” (History of the Church, mein 6:184).

Mandir kaarye aatmik shakti ka srot haiMandir Girjaghar ke aatmik mazbooti ka mahatvapurn

bhaag hai. Hamein shatru ki pratiksha karna chahiye ki woh hamare saath ek Girjaghar ke rup mein ulajhna cha-hega aur humse akele bhi jab hum is pavitra aur prerit kaarye mein bhaag lena chahenge. Mandir kaarye itna zyaada virodh laata hai kyunki woh Antim-din Santon aur pure Girjaghar ke liye aatmik shakti ka srot hai.

Logan Utah Mandir ke kone-ka-patthar ke chadhaawe

par, Pradhaan George Q. Cannon, jo tab Pratham Adhyakshta mein tha, ne yeh ghoshna ki:

“Har ek neev ka patthar jo ek Mandir ke liye bithaaya jaata hai, aur har Mandir jo nirmaan hota hai Prabhu ke kaayde anusaar jo uske pavitra Purohiti ke liye prakat kiya gaya hai, Shaetaan ke shakti ko is dharti par kam karta hai, aur Ishwar aur Ishwartav ki shakti ko badhaata hai, hamare liye swarg ko badhiya shakti se hilaata hai, hamare upar Anant Ishwaron ke ashirvaad laata hai, aur jo unke upasthiti mein rehte hai” (“The Logan Temple,” Millennial Star, mein Nov. 12, 1877, 743).

Jab Girjaghar ke sadasye chintit rehte hai ya jab mahat-vapurn nirnay unke mann par bojh daalti hai, unke liye saamaanye hai ki woh mandir jaaye. Woh achchi jagah hai apne chintaaon ko le jaane ka. Mandir mein hamein dhaarmik drishye dikhta hai. Wahan, mandir sewa ke daoraan, hum “duniya se baahar hai.”

Kabhi kabhi hamara mann itna musibaton se daba rehta hai aur itni saari cheezein hamara dhyaan chahati hai ek hi waqt ki hum saaf soch aur dekh nahin sakte. Mandir par baadhaaon ka dhul hat jaata hai, dhund aur kuhra uthne lagta hai, aur hum “dekh” sakte hai woh cheezein jo hum pehle nahin dekh sakte the aur apne musibaton mein ek raasta dhoondhte hai jo hum pehle nahin jaante the.

Prabhu hamein aashirvaad dega jab hum mandir ke pavitra dharam vidhi ke kaarye mein bhaag lenge. Aashirvaad sirf hamare mandir sewa ke liye nahin hogi. Hamein hamare sabhi kaaryon mein aashirvaad milegi.

Hamare kaarye mandir ke andar hamein ek kawach aur ek suraksha se dhaak deta hai

Koi aur kaarye Girjaghar ke liye suraksha ka nahin jitna mandir kaarye aur parivaar itihaas khoj hai jo use sahara deta hai. Koi aur kaarye aatmik rup se itna shuddh nahin karta. Koi aur kaarye jo hum karte hai hamein itna shakti nahin deta. Koi aur kaarye ke liye itna uchch darja ki sachchaai nahin chahiye hoti.

Hamare mandir ke andar ka kaarye hamein ek kawach aur ek suraksha se dhaak deta hai, donon vyaktigat rup se aur logon ke rup mein bhi.

Tab mandir aaiye—aaiye aur apne aashirvaad paaiye. Yeh ek pavitra kaarye hai.Preparing to Enter the Holy Temple se liya gaya (booklet, 2002)

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