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GUIDELINES TO MAHAVIR-DARSHAN
devotional songs - all these types of disciplines are absolutely
necessary. (6) Passing fixed time in individual worship, silent scriptural study,
muttering and memorising the songs of detachment by one's self, study of reality in a secluded and peaceful place - all
these are essential and advantageous to advanced Sadhakas. Glory of Satsamagama :
Satsamagama reigns supreme among all the means of spiritual disciplines. Undoubtedly it has got the capacity to bestow not only the ordinary happiness but even the highest spiritual state. No one has words enough to extol its full glory. Still, we humbly follow the highly enlightened ones in describing briefly its immense glory in a few words. (1) Obedient association with noble souls even for a short while
is like crossing over the ocean of mundane existence. (2) It is the root of all happiness. The resulting benefit of sat
sanga can certainly lead to the desired attainment. It is the
best means leading to piousness. (3) Let our souls know all other means as subordinate and
adopt Satsamagama as the means par exellence for attaining liberation. If one propitiates it with unflinching care and devotion, in no time, false attachments are destroyed and the
soul gets free from all blemishes. (4) Satsamagama quenches the thirst of the mind, it brings an
end to pride, it takes away all sorrows, enhances spiritual wealth and yields pure fruits of dissipation of all sorrows.
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