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heaviest of karmas; this mantra will make the pain of severe
suffering appear as a mere pin prick.
Questioner : The Navkar Mantra incorporates the
essence of all the scriptures, does it not?
Dadashri : If that were the case, Lord Mahavir would
not have made Gautam Swami write the forty-five Agams. He
would have given him just one mantra. The Navkar Mantra
destroys the obstacles that come your way. If you were doomed
to face an obstacle as heavy as a hundred ton stone, it would
become light like a pebble through the Trimantra.
Questioner : Do karmas become lighter by reciting the
Trimantra?
Dadashri : Yes karmas become lighter by reciting the
Trimantra; there is a relief too. This is because there is the help
of the Gods and Goddesses who protect this spiritual path (of
the five Parmeshtis). Trimantra can only give results if one recites
it with focused harmony of the mind, the body and the speech.
People are able to recite their mantra in peace when others
around them are asleep otherwise they all become restless and
agitated when everyone is awake. The moment they wake up,
they emit vibrations. The Self has the quality that illuminates both
the non-Self as well as the Self (swa-parprakashak). This
means that the vibrations that are spread by others are received
by the relative self (Chandulal). That is why people discipline
themselves to do their vidhi (the spiritual recitations) and recite
the Trimantra at four in the morning.
Questioner : Dada, what is the meaning of the Navkar
mantra?
Dadashri : ‘Namo Arihantanum’ refers to the Arihant
Lord who has conquered the internal enemies of anger, pride,
deceit (illusion) and greed; they have a physical body and are
living. To such exalted being I pay my obeisance. ‘Namo