12
Trimantra
they cannot be of any help to us. Only the Gnanis and the
Tirthankars who are presently living here, in the universe can be
of help to us. They can show us our mistakes, they can show
us the path and they can help us realize our Self.
Questioner : Then do the siddha Lord not have a body?
Dadashri : The siddha Lords do not have a physical
body. They are the absolute divine Self (Paramatma). And these
so-called siddha of today are nothing but ordinary men who
have attained varying types of special worldly powers, which
have no spiritual value. If you provoke them they will get angry
and even lash out.
Questioner : What is the difference between the arihant
and the siddha?
Dadashri : The siddha Lord does not have the burden
of carrying around a physical body whereas the arihant has to
carry this load with him. He too finds it burdensome. He cannot
go to the Siddha Loka until his remaining karmas exhaust. He
too has to go through the remaining karmas.
Namo Aayariyanam
So far we have discussed two, what’s next?
Questioner : ‘Namo Aayariyanam’.
Dadashri : This obeisance is for the acharyas. Acharyas
are those who observe the principles laid down by the arihants
and who teach others to do the same. To such acharyas, I pay
my obeisances. Acharyas are Self-realized and their self-control
is spontaneous. Self-control in them means they do not react to
the existence of anger, pride, deceit and greed. But these so-
called acharyas that we refer to nowadays cannot be considered
under this obeisance of ‘namo aayariyanam.’ If we were to
insult them in any way, they too would retaliate and lash back.
They have not attained the enlightened world view yet (not Self