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It is indeed the good fortune of all of us born as Jainas that without creating the obstructions of sects and cults or name and form, that we have full faith and a spirit of veneration towards all liberated souls and all the Sadhakas who try most sincerely to attain to purified Svabhava (the Parameshthis) and we have acquired the Mahamantra that the Navakara is.
Chanting of the Navakara is not expected to be merely the chanting of the letters of the Navakara with an unmindful consciousness and a heart devoid of feelings. It is a regular chanting of the awake and alert Atmas who are steady in pure Atmasvabhava, who are on the path of attainment of Shuddha Svabhava; a constant and diligent effort to give expression to faith, reverence and submission to them.
Greatest Miracle of Navakara The propitiation undertaken in this manner does not end merely in the chanting of the Navakara; it certainly brings about a transformation in the life of the Sadhaka.
The life of the genuine Sadhaka of the Navakara does not remain only where it is. One might state that "l shall chant only the Navakara and do nothing else. Yet, it is a proved fact that when one continuously chants the Navakara with an untardy mind, the life of the person who chants ultimately aims at liberation. According to the process shown above, if one chants the Navakara, dharma penetrates through life. This is the greatest mirade of the Navakara. The arrival of the Navakara sounds the death-knell of sins.
