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In the same token, recite this Navkar Mantra after
understanding it. Where does this Mantra reach? To whom does
it reach? Understand that first and then send your mantra.
Whom does the Lord call a sadhu? It is the one who has
attained the Self and is proceeding on the path to become the
Supreme Self. Such a one is a sadhu. Others are not real
sadhus. They are wrong sadhus (kusadhus). Those who point
out any paths, other than that of the vitarag Lords, have been
called sectarians. What can you possibly get from these people?
We just have to accept what Lord Mahavir told us as the truth.
We should recite, ‘Namo Vitragaya.’
Understand this Navkar mantra and then recite it. This
universe is very big and collectively there are twenty living
Tirthankaras at the moment. If you recite the Navkar mantra
after correctly understanding it, then even if you do not have the
knowledge of the Self, you will reap the benefit of Om ( ); the
benefit of paying obeisance to all Panch Parmeshtis, i.e. starting
from those who have attained the Self to those who have
attained moksha (final liberation). You will reap the benefit of
Om ( ) if you recite the mantra after understanding who the
Panch Parmeshtis are and who the Tirthankaras are.
Exact understanding of Om ( )
Questioner : Dada, what is Om ( )?
Dadashri : Om is to recite the Navkar mantra with a
focused concentration (ekagrata). To recite the Navkar Mantra
with the awareness of ‘I am pure Soul’ is Om kar bindu
sanyuktam.
‘Om kar bindu sanyuktam, nityam dyayanti yoginah
Kaamdum mokshadum chaiva, Omkar namo namah.’
‘The constant meditation on the full Omkar Mantra by the
yogi leads to worldly as well as spiritual prosperity. I bow to
the Omkara.’