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realized). Theirs is the worldly view only. We are not talking
about such acharyas. Self-Realization, Atma gnan must be there
before one is called an acharya here.
Therefore here we are not talking about the traditional
Jain or Vaishnav acharyas that are around. We are paying
obeisance to the acharyas who have no desire for any kind of
worldly happiness and who are following the conduct for
progressing on the path of liberation of the vitarag Lords. They
observe these codes of conduct and teach the same for others.
To such a being I bow. Do you have any objection to that?
Whoever he may be or of whatever sect he may belong to, as
long as he is self realized, to him I bow.
Such acharyas do not exist here in our world today, but
they do exist in other worlds. And therefore this obeisance will
reach them wherever they are in the universe. This in turn benefits
us instantly.
Questioner : Do these acharyas posess any powers?
When can the status of acharya be attained?
Dadashri : The status of acharya remained true for a
thousand years after Lord Mahavir’s nirvana but after that time
it has turned into a worldly acharya status, and there has not
been any true acharyas since.
Questioner : I am talking about the true acharyas.
Dadashri : The true ones have not arisen. The true
acharya is a God.
Questioner : Then what about Kund Kund Acharya?
Dadashri : Kund Kund Acharya was one, but that was
six hundred years after Lord Mahavir. What I am saying is that
for the last fifteen hundred years, there has not been one. Kund
Kund Acharya was completely Self-realized.