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71. The Mahima of Mahamantra
Pannyasa Shri Udayachandraji Maharaj Saheb Jain Siddhantacharya
Boundless indeed is the glory of the Navakara Mahamantra. One who meditates on it with a pure consciousness crosses over the ocean of life.
In the Jain dharma, greatly powerful indeed is the Navakara Mahamantra. The faith of the learned is firm in it; boundless is the faithfulness of all towards it.
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Great is the power of the Mahamantra; there is no limit to its virtues. For the one who takes recourse to this Mantra, all problems get resolved and man acquires boundless happiness. (2)
There was a businessman in Bombay, Ratanchand by name. I narrate his experiences here to you, please hear it in rapt attention. (3)
Family members felt that he had no faith in religious activities; all that he said was useless. The person who wastes his time in the Japa of Mantras is a fool. (4)
His wife was of simple temperament; she always chanted the Navakara. She had all regard for his worthy husband; she conceded that dharma only is worth anything in life. (5)
I narrate now the incident of 1950, I casually narrate it, "In this world, the Mahamantra Navakara holds no importance."
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This statement of Ratanchand then touched my very mind and heart. Yet under the then circumstances, I said nothing.
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