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thing required is that muttering shall be with your full heart in it."
But, where to bring faith from? The hearers were simply surprised. They did not gather that due faith in the Mantra.
"O Jina! your eulogy and prayer with inconceivable greatness may be far away; but even your chanting of the name protects us from this mundane existence." Muniraj went on to state.
Just then a man uttering the word "Prabhu! Prabhu!" came and fell at the feet of Muniraj.
His eyes were red, his clothes full of dirt. Blood was oozing out from his legs. He was extremely exhausted. The spectators were all in surprise. What is this!
Muniraj observed the man intently; he felt that he had seen him somewhere.
"Gurudev! I am the son of Sheth Sodagar Jagmal Shah of Khambhat."
"Who is he?"
"Yes Gurudev, I am the son of Jagmal Shah. I had no faith in Dharma. My father was very unhappy about my atheist attitude. He argued and advised. My reply was - "Well father! show some miracle, then I would have faith in Dharma."
He replied in all seriousness-"Well son! God can certainly be realized if the inner consciousness is pure, the mind unaffected by the world and remembrance of God." I just laughed at him.
