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prayers. If this was the case with this small insect, what surprise is there if wild animals and birds would forget their enmity, sit in Samavasarana and drink of the nectar of the words of Shri Tirthankaradeva who symbolises unique friendship and companionship.
If the centre of our prayers merges in the vast ocean of the Bhavana of Shri Tirthankara Paramatma we would win immortality. One gets sublimated in spirit by the chanting of the Navakara Mantra that is undertaken in a spirit of happiness of all and the good of all. This will give to man due guidance in the midst of the conflicts of life; it will endow us with the power to keep utterly patient in the midst of calamities. Further, I experience my all-sided development by this. As my mind improved and got sublimated, I progressed further and furtherin my righteousness and got engrossed in observance of vows and rules.
In the last Bhadrapada, a chanting of 1 lakh Navakara Mantras and the basic programme of Shri Vardhaman Tapa by Maharajshri. Even though I was inflicted with cancer, I could take to the propitiation (Aradhana) of Ambel for twenty days and fasts now and then. This is a matter of great satisfaction for me; great peace is prevailing in my mind.
Before Samvat 1996, my life was devoid of dharma (righteous practice). Food at night, business in feature, keeping awake at late hours in the night, entertaining displeasure on seeing the good of others – these things were common in my life. I never desired the good of anybody then. Further, I indulged in wishes ill of others. I was passing my time in Arta and Raudra dhyana. It was then that I came across a friend who wished my good. He
