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NAVKAR-MANTRA (This is the first and foremost sutra, uttered at the start of any auspicious work or religious ceremony. This is a reverence Mantra, in which we bow to or revere five types of supreme souls) Namo Arihantanam Namo Siddhanam Namo Ayariyanam Namo Uvaijayanam Namo Loe Savva Sahunam
Eso Panch Nammukaro Savva Pava Panasano Mangalanch Savvesim
Padhaman Havai Mangalam Translation - I bow to (and revere) Arihantas (See glossary) I bow to Siddhas I bow to Acharyas I bow to Upadhyayas I bow to all the Sadhus in the world.
These five-fold obeisance Destroy all sins Amongst all forms of bliss This is the first one,
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2. PANCHINDIYA (This sutra praises one's own spiritual teacher:-) Those (teachers) who are able to control the five senses, those who observe the nine types of limitations of celibacy and those who are free from four-fold faults, those with five vows, those with five types of codes of conduct, those with five types of restrictions in threeways. My reverend teacher possesses all these 36 virtues. (These 36 virtues are the following:
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