Jaina Method Of Curing

Author(s): Manju Jain
Publisher: International School for Jain Studies

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Riddhi (le pouvoir surnaturel) Om hrīm arham namo pattéya-buddhīnam (Jhraum Jhraum naham swāhā)
Evidential Story - 11
Everybody knows that water quenches thirst. But water also increases thirst. Whereas sweet water quenches thirst, salty water only increases it In Sanskrit sweet water is known as amrit or nectar. According to modern science, salt is compared to poison. It is due to salt in our body that the poison of snake works in us adversely. If we abstain from salt for 12 years snake poison would be ineffective on us, as the snake it would die, after biting us. This is the reason why mother nature has provided us with sweet water for drinking whereas 75% of the earth's surface is covered with salt water for other purposes.
Ancient puranas tell us that in South India, on the banks of river Kaveri, there was Ratnavati Puri kingdom. It's prince Tarang Kumar, by chanting mantras, had turned the salt water in a tank into sweet water.
King Rama Rudrasen had a beautiful garden for the Prince Tarang Kumar's amusement, who used to recite the 11th Shloka of Bhaktamar with utmost faith & devotion. He got a great tank constructed in the middle of the garden to provide water for his subjects. As the earth was dug - water burst out from its sources. But, the water tasted salty. The king tried all the means to turn its saltiness in to sweetness. But to no avail. At last, he went for the darshan of Nirgrantha or salty water into sweet. Munishri asked the king tried to fill water in a fine kalash of gold, silver or tin, to do abhishek for the Lord Jinendra. Later on with that, salty water prepared pure food for a Digambar Sadhu and fed him. But, he said that the person who had the tank constructed should only fill the water and while filling the water should chant the effective 11th Shloka of Bhaktamar Stotra with riddhi and mantra. Two days later, the Prince did as he was told and the water of the tank became overjoyed.
Today salty water is a matter of great concern. The pure river water is polluted due to the self interest of man. Today we are trying to make the seawater drinkable. How shall we achieve that except by the 11th shlok of Bhaktamar Stotra with utmost devotion, riddhi and mantra.
Testimonial
I experimented on this shloka for purifying the water of the well of our new house. As was written in scriptures I took out water from the well early morning at 5.00 am while chanting the shloka. Took that water to the temple got the abhishek done of the lord (both the statue & yantras of Bhaktamar with that water after making it luke warm & filtering it.) This holy water was put in well and again I cooked meals for saint with this water of the well and after having meals the saint & lady saint said the water is very tasty.