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Shantinaatha, 17th Lord Kunthunaatha, 18th Lord Aranaatha, 19th Lord Mallinaatha, 20th Lord Munisuvrata, 21st Lord Naminaatha, 22nd Lord Neminaatha, 23rd Lord Paarshwanaatha, 24th Lord Mahavira. They are devoid of karmic blemishes like anger, pride, deceit, greed, etc. I bow down to them and my salutation, veneration, appreciation, eulogize, revere, worship, adoration, and obeisance to all of them. Oh Lord! You all are par excellence in the universe and I want to be like you, so I pray to bestow upon me the self realisation and the emancipation (liberation).
Third essential is to worship and veneration for Achaarya=spiritual head preceptor ascetic/head of religious congregation, Upadhyaya= spiritual preceptor ascetic, Sadhu=ascetic/saint as Guru. Please permit me to touch your holy feet and pardon me for my evil deeds done mentally, physically or by words (spoken or written) which may have hurt you. I do penitence and criticise my evil deeds and solemnly resolve to refrain from such deeds in future. Oh Guru! | request you to pardon me! Pardon me! Pardon me!
Fourth essential is for expiation, penitence, repentance and to ask for the forgiveness for transgressions relating to right knowledge, right perception, right conduct comprising of basic vows, virtuous vows and educative vows along with penance. While studying canonical literature and
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