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SHRI V.NEMI VIGNAN KASTURSURI SMRUTI SERIES
PART - I
EIGHT-FOLD WORSHIP OF GOD
(Ashtaprakari Devpuja)
Way of worship to realise Parmatmabhav (Godhood) to remove sins, anixities, tortures etc.
जिनेषु कुशलं चित्तम् तन्नमस्कार एव च ।
प्रणामादि च संशुध्दि योगबीजमनुत्तमम् ॥ To offer to Jineshwar, mind that is pious, to bow down unto Him by words and also with body-these three constitute most high Yogbija (Moksha-bija)-the seed of yog or Liberation (Haribhadra Suri-"Yoga Samuchchaya").
Preliminary : Darshan(Vision of Jina) destroys miseries and Vandan (obeisance) yield desired fruits. Worship makes us worthy of being worshiped. Really, Jineswar is the kalpataru (desire yielding tree incarnate).
Why do we worship God (Dev-Puja) ? Even kings, emperors, Chakravartis or persons possessing crores of rupees do not enjoy peace of mind in this world because some one wants a son or some one a woman; some one longs for health, while some one hankers after wealth. These pursuits result in misery Every one is surrounded by a circle of misery and happiness. No sooner one trouble is over then another creeps in. The great once have therefore, declared this existence in the world as imperfect.
The happiness that we find in worldly pleasures is not real happiness. It is, in fact, as transitory as a rain-bow a mirage, or a bubble of water. A poet has said :
जो सुख को तू सुख कहे वो सुख तो सुख नाहि ।
वो सुख तो दुःख का मूल है सुख है अविनाशीमांहि ॥ What you call happiness is, in fact, is not real happiness, but it is the cause for misery. True happiness lies in complete freedom from karmas (Moksha).
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