Trimantra
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Trimantra Benefits All
A Vaishnav would say, ‘This is our Vaishnav opinion!’
Some other people would say ‘This is our belief!’ Such people
with their viewpoints have confused and muddled things. This
Trimantra is an impartial mantra. There is nothing here that
belongs strictly to the Jains or the Vaishnavs. It is a mantra for
everyone in Hindustan. You will benefit greatly by reciting it
because it teaches you to bow down to individuals of the highest
order. You benefit by doing the obeisance (namaskar). You
benefit even by merely saying the word ‘namaskar’. This is
when you realize that this mantra is for your own benefit. If it
benefits even you, then how can it be called ‘a mantra for the
Jains’? 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 is
ours! All such talk is senseless. When I explain the meaning of
this mantra, people come to their senses.
This is The Trimantra
That is why I have you recite it loudly:
1. Namo Arihantanam
Namo Siddhanam
Namo Aayariyanam
Namo Uvazzayanam
Namo Loye Savva Saahunam
Eso Pancha Namukkaro
Savva Paavappanasano
Mangalanam Cha Savvesim
Padhamam Havai Mangalam
2. C Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya
3. C Namah Shivaaya
Jai Sat Chit Anand