Book Title: Chicago Prashnottar
Author(s): Vijayanandsuri
Publisher: Atmanand Jain Pustak Pracharak Mandal

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________________ ( 143 ) 8. Take good fruits and put them before God thinking in your mind, "O God! in consequence of your worship I may bear the fruit of mukti (highest stage of attainment)." After performing the worship with the aforesaid dravya (articles), one should make chaitya-vandana (a bow to all the Jain temples repeating God's virtues) i. e. eulogise God by mentioning his virtues in the way of saluting Him. He should praise His name in so far as is in his power to do, spread his teaching (Dharma) and improve himself by going on pilgrimage and performing rathayâtrâ (taking the image of God in a chariot along with a procession) and promulgate the Dharina preached by Him in different countires. These are some of the ways in which the devout should worship God. 75. Q.-Does man in reality possess or not, the attributes of Dharma? A. Yes, he does possess those attributes in reality in as much as Dharma (essential

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