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Simandhar Swami has to be particularly revered because He is the closest to our Bharat Kshetra and He has an obligation towards it because of a subtle bond due to interactions of past karmic deeds. Even tirthankaras have karmic accounts. Simandhar Swami is living and present today.
So whom can you call an arihant? Simandhar Swami and the other nineteen tirthankaras are the arihants, but it is not necessary to maintain a connection with all of them. If you keep relations with one, the rest will automatically be included. So do darshan of Simandhar Swami. Bow down with reverence and say,“ Dear Arihant Bhagwan! You only are the true arihant here today!”
Unity of the Mind-Body-Speech Exists Over There!
People in Mahavideh Kshetra are just like the humans on Earth, with similar physical bodies and emotions.
Questioner: Dada, isn’ t the life span long there?
Dadashri: Yes, they have a very long life span; otherwise they are just like us. Their day-to-day conduct is just like ours used to be during the fourth time cycle. People of this fifth time cycle have learnt to steal from others and gossip amongst their relatives. Such interactions are not to be found there.
Questioner: Is life interaction there similar to ours here?
Dadashri: Yes, people bind karmas there too. They also have the awareness of,‘ I am the‘ doer’. They also have ego, anger, pride, attachment and greed. There is a presence of tirthankaras there right now because of the fourth time cycle, otherwise everything there is just like it is here.
The only difference between the fourth and fifth time cycles is that in the former, there is unity of the mind, speech and body,