At Nadiad in Kaira District, SHRIMADJI wrote out HIS famous ATMASIDDHI in the form of a poetic dialogue in 142 verses, at the suggestion & request of Shri Sobhagyabhai, in the gathering darkness of the night when Shri Ambalalbhai stood with a lantern in his hand while the composition was on.
The prose version by the name "A letter about six fundamental truths" could not be easily memorized by the aspirants & hence, Shri Sobhagyabhai requested SHRIMADJI to put the matter in verse.
This succinct & accurate composition is a masterpiece in philosophical literature.
SHRIMADJI has, in a simple form of question and answer, explained the gist of Jainism & of all true religion namely the six fundamental truths, that the soul exists, that it is eternal, that it is the author of its activities, that therefore is responsible for the results of its activities, that it aspires for liberation and that this is achieved by following a right kind of religion.
SHRIMADJI instructed Shri Ambalalbhai to make out four copies of the manuscript & give one copy each, to HIS close & deserving disciples namely, Shri Sobhagyabhai, Shri Ambalalbhai himself, Shri Lalluji Maharaj & lastly to Shri Zaveri Maneklal Ghelabhai.
HE instructed to Shri Lalluji to study & reflect upon the ATMASIDDHI in solitude & not to make it a subject of collective reading or public discourse.
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