Agam 18 Upang 07 Jambudveep Pragnapti Sutra Sthanakvasi

Author(s): Amarmuni, Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Padma Prakashan

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155 4 knee. He touches his forehead three times with the ground and then he 4
lifts it a little. Then, he raises his arms stabilised with bangles and H armlets, folds his hands and moves his folded hands around his forehead and says
"O the lord, worshipped by god Indra and the like, the destroyer of $. demeritorious Karmas, possessor of the spiritual wealth, the first
propagator of Dharma in his time-period, one who has established the four Tirths-namely monks, nuns, male household religious folk, female religious folk in his order, who has got the spiritual excellent knowledge
himself, you are most remarkable among man. In self-dependence you i are like a lion. As you are free from all infirmities, you are the best i
among human beings. Your conduct is as pure as white lotus. Although you are living among men, you are not attached like lotus. As ordinary elephants run away when the grand elephant (gandh-hasti) arrives, similarly famines, plague and the like are no longer in the area the moment you enter there. In other words your presence has a great influence. You are unique among all the living beings in the world. You are the master of all the meritorious people as you help them in
following the right faith, the proper path for spiritual elevation. You are 45 prominent in bringing welfare of the people. You remove ignorance of the
universe with the lamp of true knowledge. You move opposite to the ordinary trend of the mundane world and thus move ahead on the spiritual path. You propagate the true nature of the world and other than the world, the living beings and the non-living beings and the like.
You teach the people the nature of Dharma. You remove all the fear of 41 the living beings and provide them real knowledge. You are the \ enunciator of the spiritual path of right faith, right knowledge and right
conduct. You are the guide for those desiring true knowledge leading to salvation. You are the true support for leading spiritual life. You provide
true knowledge. You provide Dharma based an right conduct. You deliver 41 spiritual sermons. You are the driver of the chariot of Dharma. Just as
king emperor rules the entire world upto its geographical limits, you are the ruler of the spiritual world. You present true nature of all the things like a lamp. You are like an island for the living beings drowning in the mundane world of birth, death and re-birth. You are the protector of i persons capable of spiritual elevation. You are the support in leading a
spiritual life and moving ahead. You possess knowledge and faith which is invincible and free from all obstructions, which is far away from the
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