How can we know whether one is striving for the Self?Ī. What are these vasudevas like? They are so powerful that thousands of people can be moved to fear. Questioner: 'Namo Loye Savva Sahunam…'ĭadashri: Loye means loka (different worlds in the cosmos). What are the qualities of an Upaadhyaya?ĭadashri: This obeisance refers to the upaadhyayas. So far we have discussed two, what's next? Tri Mantra is impartial and so it is.Īrihant lord is the state before moksha. Tri Mantra includes the mantras of Jain, Vasudev and Shiva. What is the meaning of Tri Mantra and what is the benefit of reciting them?Ī. Namo Arihantanam I bow to the Lord who have annihilated all the inner enemies of anger, pride. It does not harm the Vitarag Lords it has no effect on them, but it is very damaging for you.Ī. If a collector has been promoted to a Governor, would it not be disrespectful to continue addressing him as a collector?ĭadashri: In the same token if you believe the twenty-four Tirthankaras to be Arihants, then you are incurring a big loss. The current living Tirthankar is Simandhar Swami it is through His name that your work for liberation will have to be carried out, only then can the Navkar mantra be complete. There has to be a living and present Tirthankar. So the mantra of Navkar remains incomplete, and by being incomplete, it does not give result. But that leaves the category of the Arihant vacant. So when we say ' Namo Siddhanam' we are paying obeisance to them. People refer to the twenty-four Tirthankaras as Arihant, but if you think about it, they have actually acquired the state of Siddha. So then who is in the Arihant category? Arihant means they have to be currently living. Questioner: At this moment they are in the Siddha Loka - the location of all liberated Souls.ĭadashri: Are they Siddha? Are you hundred percent sure of this?ĭadashri: Then they fall in the category of Siddha. Do you know why I say that? Are all the twenty-four Tirthankaras, Arihants or Siddhas? Is their status that of Siddha or Arihant? Right now Lord Simandhar Swami is the Arihant. The twenty-four Tirthankaras are no longer Arihants they do not have a physical body! This misunderstanding is precisely why there is so much confusion. Questioner: The twenty-four Tirthankaras have become Siddha!ĭadashri: Then should you not question why they call the one who is Siddha an Arihant? The level of the Siddha is a different level altogether. Are you calling a Siddha an Arihant? Whom do you call an Arihant? But really the twenty-four Tirthakars are all now called Siddha because they have already achieved liberation. Then if you ask them who is the Arihant, they will say that the twenty-four Tirthankaras are the Arihants. People say, "These are our twenty-four Tirthankaras" and then they recite, " Namo Arihantanam, Namo Siddhanam…", and if we ask them, 'are these two the same?' They say yes. Only a Tirthankar who is currently living can be called an Arihant. Questioner: Does the title of Arihant apply to the twenty-four Tirthankaras?ĭadashri: No.
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