Who doesn’t have a desire to be liberated? But it is very
difficult to find the path of liberation. Without a leader of this
path, who can show us the way?
The Gnanis and tirthankaras of the past have liberated many
people. Today, through Gnani Purush Dadashri, a new path is
now open to us; this path is the path of Akram Vignan. Which is
easier to do - to rise to the top one step at a time or to by-pass all
the steps altogether? Is it easier to climb the stairs or to ride in an
elevator? In this day and age, people only find the elevator path
suitable.
The scriptures claim that in this day and age, it is not possible
for one to acquire the ultimate liberation directly from this world
of ours. However, a path via Mahavideha kshetra has always
been open for a very long time. One will have to go to Mahavideha
kshetra and after doing darshan of the living tirthankara, Shri
Simandhar Swami there, final moksha is attained.. Dadashri
places all aspirants of liberation on this path, by making them Selfrealized
first and thereafter they all become established on this
path to Mahavideh with full inner conviction.
On this planet and in this era, there is no living tirthankara,
but at present, in Mahavideh Kshetra there lives tirthankara Shri
Simandhar Swami. Simahdhar Swami is able to grant final liberation
to seekers from the planet earth. The Gnanis have revived this
path and are sending the seekers to the same path.
Recognizing the living tirthankara, awakening one’s devotion
for Him, and establishing a connection with Him through His
worship day and night and finally attaining his live direct darshan
and acquiring Keval Gnan (absolute enlightenment), verily is the only step of the narrow path of liberation. This is what the Gnanis
say.
As one’s devotion to Simahdhar Swami increases so will
the connection with Him continue to grow and this connection will
become binding for one’s next life. Ultimately this bond becomes
so tight that one ultimately reaches the feet of the Lord and gets
liberated forever.
In order to reach Simandhar Swami, first you will have to
become free from all worldly bondages due to unsettled past life
accounts in this world. This is possible by acquiring the knowledge
of the Self via Akram Vignan. Then by abiding within the five
cardinal Agnas of the Gnani Purush one gets born at Mahavideh
kshetra. This is further enhanced by continuous worship of the
vitarag Lord Shri Simandhar Swami. This worship binds a
connection with Him for the next life there.
It is a natural law that your next birth is dictated by your
internal state. Currently the earth is subject to the fifth era of the
time cycle called Kaliyug and its influence over all human beings is
characterized by generalized moral and spiritual degradation, loss
of humanity and apathy. By acquiring the knowledge of the Self
through Akram Vignan and following Dadashri’s five Agnas, a
person’s entire inner being becomes spiritually elevated. He
becomes worthy of being born in the Satyuga, the fourth era of
the time cycle, where it’s golden age characterized by wisdom
and honorable human attributes. It may be fifth era of the time
cycle reigning on the outside here, but from within Dada’s mahatma
pervades characteristics suitable for the fourth era of the time cycle.
These internal changes automatically pull him to an environment
suitable to his level of development at the time of death. And
since he has already established a connection with the Lord Shri Simandhar Swami, through His worship, he is undoubtedly pulled
very close to the Lord. Such are the laws of nature.
Dadashri always used to say that when Simandhar Swami’s
images take residence in every home, and when these images will
be worshipped with deep reverence, when his aratis are sung in
every home, when his temples are constructed all over, then there
will be heaven on earth.
Just the slightest discussion about the Lord awakens worship
for Him in people’s hearts. You should pay obeisance day and
night to the Lord with Dadabhagwan as your witness. Everyday
you should do Simandhar Swami’s arati and pay obeisance to
him forty times.
Gnani Purush Dadashri in his infinite grace has made a link
for all spiritual aspirants with the Lord through the following
obeisance:
‘With Dada Bhagwan as my direct witness, I hereby give
my highest obeisance to the tirthankara Lord Shri Simandhar
Swami, who currently moves about in Mahavideh kshetra’.
The words above are not the actual connection but while
reciting these words, the aspirant experiences the live obeisance
to the Lord. That is the connection.
‘With Dada Bhagwan as my direct witness…’ these specific
words are used because in this manner one establishes a direct
connection with the Lord Shri Simandhar Swami, via the name of
Dada Bhagwan who has a direct and constant contact with the
Lord. He becomes the medium through whom our obeisance
reaches the Lord. The benefit you derive through this obeisance
is the same as standing in front of the Lord and doing obeisance
to Him. For example if we want to send a message to America from here, since we cannot take it there ourselves personally, we
hand over the responsibility to the post office and after mailing the
letter we become absolutely free from all doubts and responsibility.
We know that the message is going to get there. The responsibility
then falls upon the post office and they are able to fulfill that
responsibility. In the same token, Dadashri takes on the
responsibility of taking our obeisance and delivering them directly
to the Lord.
Keep Dada Bhagwan as your witness and then perform
your obeisance in the Namaskaar Vidhi, printed at the end of this
book. The benefits these obeisance render to those who have
acquired the real vision (self-realization), is something else! You
should visualize each and every word as you recite the obeisance.
By doing this, your chit remains pure. Complete purity of the chit
means to visualize your self, paying each obeisance directly to the
deity of the Lord. With each obeisance you should see your self,
prostrated in front of the Lord. When you understand the
difference between the Lord’s visual form of his deity and his
inner formless Self of absolute knowledge, then know that you
are very near the Lord. Many mahatmas acquire such an experience
by merely listening to Dadashri talk about his connection with the
Lord.
It is my sincere hope that those who have not yet had the
direct meeting with Dadashri or myself will at least establish an
indirect connection with the Lord through the medium of this book.
Those who truly yearn liberation will without doubt, establish a
connection with the Lord sooner or later. If by reading this booklet
you experience an intense attraction towards the Lord, know that
your time has come to claim your place near the feet of the Lord
for your ultimate liberation.
Always maintain the desire to be with the Lord through his
arati, obeisance and prayers. Dadashri used to say that he himself
was going to be with the Lord and we should get ready to do the
same. Without this goal, it is difficult to achieve liberation in one or
two more lives. If for some grave misfortune you should find yourself
reborn on the earth, the influence of the fifth era of time cycle over
the earth will have deteriorated and intensified and at such a time
leaving aside any talks for liberation, even the likelihood of another
human birth will be an improbability. So be forewarned about
such an impending doom and make preparations for your next
birth by holding on to the Gnani’s words. It is highly unlikely that
you will have such an opportunity of meeting the Gnani Purush
here again. The waters of a flowing river cannot be brought back.
The flow of the time passing by cannot be brought back either.
The one who foregoes this opportunity is not likely to be fortunate
again. Therefore, start singing from today onwards…
‘Simandhar Swami Na Aseem Jai Jaikar Ho!’
Who is Simandhar Swami? Where is He? What is He
like? What is His importance? What is His spiritual state? Dadashri
has given us a lot of information and in details about Shree
Simandhar Swami. This information is being disclosed in the book "Simandhar Swami",
which will prove to be extremely useful to the seeker of liberation.
