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264: JAINS TODAY IN THE WORLD
My obeisance to Śrî Kunthunātha, Śrī Aranātha, Śrī Mallinātha, Śrī Munisuvrata Svāmī, Śrī Naminātha, Śrī Aristanemi (Neminātha), Śrī Pārsvanātha and Śrī Vardhamāna Jina (Śrī Mahāvīra Svāmī)”,
“In this way revered by me, those who have burnt all karma, who have brought an end to birth, old age and death, these 24 Tīrthankara shower blessings on me".
"Those who are supreme in the universe, and are perfect, are worshipped with mind, body and heart so that their blessing presence can bring health, right vision and dignified peaceful departure."
“Those who are purer than the moon, brighter than the sun and are profound as the ocean, grant me the state of completion."
b) Praise to the Arhat, Jina and Siddha (Sakrastava)
“Praise to the Arhat, the blessed ones, who are the cause of the beginnings of the Holy Law, who provide the path, who have themselves attained enlightenment, the best among men, the lights of the world, those who give the right direction, who give refuge, who give enlightenment, who give the sacred doctrine, those who are endowed with unobstructed knowledge and insight, the Jina, who have crossed over, who help others to cross, the enlightened and the enlighteners, the liberated and the liberators, the omniscient, the allseeing, those who have reached the place that is called "Siddhaloka", that from which there is no return and which is bliss immutable, inviolable, endless, imperishable, and undisturbed; praise to the Jina who have overcome fear. In the threefold way I worship all the Siddha, those who have been, and those who in future time will be!"
c) Praise to the sacred scriptures (Śrutastava)
“May the eternal sacred doctrine bring prosperity. May it be victorious and may it enhance the primacy of the "dharma”!
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