The Current Living Tirthankara Shree Simandhar Swami The Current Living Tirthankara Shree Simandhar Swa | Page 20

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about at the present time?
Dadashri: Yes. Only if you understand that the twenty
who are currently present are the arihants, then your recital of the
Navkar Mantra will bring results. That is why it is necessary to
bow down to Simandhar Swami. There are many people who do
not know about the existence of these twenty tirthankaras. Many
have the opinion: ‘What do we have to do with them?’ and believe
that the twenty-four tirthankaras of the past are the only arihants.
Because of such mistakes there is so much confusion and harm in
the spiritual world. One can only benefit if a tirthankara is present
today.
Your recital of Navkar Mantra can only be considered exact
and correct if, while reciting it, Simandhar Swami comes to your
mind and the obeisance is done to Him.
People ask me why I make them say Simandhar Swami’s
name and not the other twenty-four tirthankaras. I tell them we
pay obeisance to the past twenty-four tirthankaras also but I do it
the exact and the correct way. We give more importance to
Simandhar Swami, because he is the current tirthankara. Only
He receives the obeisance of ‘Namo Arihantanam’.
He Is, Currently Present, and Directly Accessible
Questioner: Is Simandhar Swami in manifest form, live
and visible to all?
Dadashri: Yes. He is currently present, directly accessible,
has a physical body and at present lives and moves about as a
tirthankara at Mahavideh Kshetra.
Questioner: If Simandhar Swami is in Mahavideh Kshetra,
then how can he be considered live and present for us?