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Trimantra 3 4 Trimantramantra (sanyasta means that which breaks bondage andattachment towards the worldly life, here it refers to the Navkarmantra) are different, as are the devas for all the other mantras;they are all different.Questioner: But what is the advantage in reciting all thethree mantras together?Dadashri: The existing difficulties of life go away! Theincoming difficulties in life are reduced. If you have a problembut have connection with the right people or know the rightpeople, will your problems not be easily solved? For example,if you are in violation of certain minor laws and the policemanis your friend; wouldn’t you be able to go free?Questioner: Yes.Dadashri: This Trimantra comprises the mantras of theJain, of the Vasudev, and the Shiv; they are all put together. Ifyou want protection or help from the celestial devas, you haveto say all the three mantras together. There are celestial protectorsand guardians for each mantra who can help you. The Trimantrais an instrument to please each mantra’s respective celestialprotectors.There are always celestial protectors behind each religion.By reciting this mantra, we please these deities and hence yourobstacles are removed.If you have any difficulties in life, reciting all the threemantras together will soften them. This mantra is the solution toreduce the effects of your past karmas that are unfolding. Thismantra gradually leads you towards the spiritual path. The forceand the impact of an unfolding karma that was meant to be‘sixteen annas’ worth becomes four annas (division of a rupee),i.e. it is reduced significantly. By reciting this mantra, the incomingdifficulties become light, and peace prevails.Trimantra Makes You ImpartialThese three mantras have been in existence from timeimmemorial but through quarrels people have divided them. TheJains kept the Navkar mantra and discarded the rest. TheVaishnavs kept whatever was theirs and got rid of the Navkarmantra. This is how the mantras came to be divided. In theirprejudices that divides, people have left nothing untouched. Thatis why India is in such a state of shambles today! Ignorantpeople who wanted to prove their point created these divisions.The Gnani on the other hand, would reunite everything andmake everyone unbiased. That is why we have written the threemantras together. So when all the mantras are recited together,you will be blessed.Partiality Leads To Divisions & Prevents SalvationQuestioner: What circumstances led to the division ofthe Trimantra?Dadashri: The propagation of and walling off of one’sown bias and belief; ‘Ours is the correct way’. A person whoclaims that his way is correct is saying that others are incorrect.Would God concede to this? To God both are equal. This iswhy man is not able to achieve his own salvation, nor can hedo so for others. On the contrary they walk further away fromtheir salvation. People caught up in religious sects and divisionsare hurting themselves as well as others.Yet, it is not necessary to remove these divisions. Theyare needed because we need to have religions of all differentlevels or standards, starting from the kindergarten level all theway to the Ph. D. level. Along with these standards we alsoneed their respective teachers. It does not mean they are incorrector that there is no need for different standards. It is notappropriate to call the kindergarten level as being wrong if youare in the higher grades. All the standards are correct but notthe same.
Trimantra 5 6 TrimantraTrimantra Benefits AllA Vaishnav would say, ‘This is our Vishnav opinion!’Some other people would say ‘This is our belief!’ Such peoplewith their viewpoints have confused and muddled things. ThisTrimantra is an impartial mantra. There is nothing here thatbelongs strictly to the Jains or the Vaishnavs. It is a mantra foreveryone in Hindustan. You will benefit greatly by reciting itbecause it teaches you to bow down to individuals of the highestorder. You benefit by doing the obeisance (namaskar). Youbenefit even by merely saying the word ‘namaskar’. This iswhen you realize that this mantra if for your own benefit. If itbenefits even you, then how can it be called ‘a mantra for theJains’? But what do people, infected with the disease of opinions,say? They say such things as, ‘This cannot be ours’. Nonsense!Why can it not be ours? The language is ours. Everything isours! All such talk is senseless. When I explain the meaning ofthis mantra, people come to their senses.This is The TrimantraThat is why I have you recite it loudly:1. Na-mo Ari-hanta-namNa-mo Siddha-namNa-mo Aaya-ree-ya-namNa-mo Oovazza-ya-namNa-mo Lo-ye Savva-saahu-namAiso panccha na-mukka-roSavvah pavvah pa-nasa-noMangala-nam cha savve-simPaddha-mam hava-yee manga-lam2. Om Na-mo Bhaga-vate Vasu-de-vaya3. Om Na-mah Shi-vayaJai Sat Chit AnandNow if I were to explain the meaning of the Navkar(number 1) mantra to you, you will feel, ‘this is our mantra’.Once you understand it’s meaning, you will not let go of it. Atthe moment all you see is, ‘this is the Shiv mantra’ and ‘this isthe Vaishnav mantra’. You need to understand the meaning ofthe mantra. Let me explain you the meaning of the Navkarmantra, then you will never say so again.Namo ArihantanamQuestioner: Please explain in detail what ‘NamoArihantanam’ means?Dadashri: ‘Namo Arihantanam’. ‘Ari’ means enemiesand ‘hantanam’ means to conquer. So in this obeisance we arebowing down to the Arihant Bhagwan, the one who hasconquered all the inner enemies of anger, pride, deceit, greed,attachment and abhorrence. From the moment of total destructionof the inner enemies, to the state called keval gnan, until finalliberation, one is an Arihant. Such a one is the absolute manifestedliving God. He may have become so from any religious order- Hindu, Jain or any other race and he may be found anywherein the universe. This obeisance says, ‘I bow down to the ArihantLord wherever He may be.’Questioner: Does an Arihant have a physical form?Dadashri: Yes, he has a physical body. He has a bodyand also a name. He cannot be called an Arihant if he does nothave a body.Questioner: Does the title of Arihant apply to thetwenty-four tirthankaras?Dadashri: No. Only a tirthankar who is currently livingcan be called an arihant. Lord Mahavir has attained moksha.People say, “These are our twenty-four tirthankaras” and thenthey recite, “Namo Arihantanam, Namo Siddhanam…”, and if
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