________________
19. Where There is Namaskara There is
Chamatkara (Miracle)
Vidhikar Shri Narendra R. Nandu Ramratan Tripathi Chawl, S.V. Road,
Jogeshvari (West), Bombay
It was the year 2030 Samvat. In Vandh (Kutch), I came in touch with revered Shri Vasantprabhashriji M. S. I then took a vow to chant the Navakara Mantra upto one full mala. In the beginning, I was not at all serious in my chanting. But, later on, either due to my own merit or due to the great influence of the Navakara, I had a grand chance to participate in religious conferences. Thanks to the influence of the speeches and sermons of so many revered Sadhus, I entertained great respect and regard towards the Jain order. Transformation in my life then started.
Once, revered Munirajshri Chandrashekharavijayji M. S. narrated an example of the grand influence of the Navakara Mantra. In it, one non-Jaina gentleman took a Jain to a Bhuva to impress upon him the greatness and miraculousness of his own Dharma. That Jain gentleman was chanting the Navakara without faith. He had come to the Bhuva to visualize a miracel but a miracle was created in his own life. The power of the Bhuva fails to work. He wants to force some black magic power in the body of the Jain, but fails. At last the Bhuva conceded defeat and said : "You chant the Navakara, do you? It is because of this that my power does not work. This was a 'turning point in the life of the Jain gentleman. If the Navakara chanted bereft of faith can create this miracle, what
143
