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Vashishtha has said to Lord Rama in the Yoga Vashishtha, man has only to realize the Self. To live in a state of ignorance is to be a mortal (jiva) and to live in a state of liberation is to be Shiv. When a jiva attains Self-Realization, that very jiva becomes Shiva. Shiva does not refer to any particular person.
PREFACE
The Gnani Purush Dadashri has given us the Trimantra. This mantra is completely impartial. He asks us to recite it five times with full awareness every morning and night. Doing this will render all your worldly activities peaceful. If you have a lot of problems, then you should recite it for an hour, you will find that the burden of your difficulties is significantly reduced. This mantra has the power to subdue all difficulties. It can make a mountain appear like a molehill!
Dadashri has illuminated the literal, spiritual and the ultimate essence of the Trimantra. And he has explained how this mantra uplifts those who recite it with its thorough understanding. His satsangs on the Trimantra has been compiled in this book. In devoting yourself to the Trimantra, your worldly obstacles will be removed and you will achieve unity and
harmony.
Since time immemorial each religion has had founders like Lord Mahavir, Lord Krishna or Lord Rama. During their time, they pulled people out from differing divisive religious beliefs and restored them to the essence of all religion, the religion of the Self. But the passing and changing of the time cycle and the absence of such master Lords, have led to differences of opinions creating different sects and factions within all religions. As a result, there is loss of peace and happiness.
People quarrel about what is 'mine' and 'yours' in religion. To keep such quarrels at bay, there is the Trimantra. When one understands the fundamental meaning of the Trimantra, one would realize that it is not a mantra exclusive for any one religion, or sect or division of a religion. The obeisance in the Trimantra is offered to all beings of supreme awareness - starting from those who have attained Self-Realization to those who have attained absolute Knowledge and also those who have attained final liberation, moksha. Through such obeisance, one's life's obstacles are removed; one finds peace amidst difficulties and begins to build a goal towards moksha.
Never once throughout his entire life did Lord Krishna say that he was a Vaishnav or that he followed the Vaishnav religion. Lord Mahavir had never uttered that he was a Jain or that Jainism was his religion. Lord Rama had never said that Sanatan dharma was his religion. They all talked about liberation through Self-realization. As Lord Krishna has said in the Gita, as the tirthankaras have said in the Aagams and as Sage
- Dr. Niruben Amin