Simandhar Swami

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Foundation

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is the cash bank of Divine Solution!" You need to have cash on hand, not in form of credit. People still continue to pay obeisance to the twenty-four Tirthankaras of the past, do they not?
The Enlightened Ones have said that the twenty-four Tirthankaras are Tirthankaras of the past. They had become Tirthankaras in the past and are no longer here. Therefore one should look for a living Tirthankara. One makes progress in the worldly life by worshipping the Tirthankaras of the past, but one does not gain any benefit towards liberation. Liberation is only attained through the ones who are living and present.
Who Do we Bow to in 'Namo Arihantanam"?
With what understanding do people of today recite the Navkar Mantra? When I ask them who are the arihants, they tell me that all the past twenty-four tirthankaras are arihant. So then I ask them, if the twenty-four tirthankaras are the arihants, then who are the siddhas?' These tirthankaras were arihants at one time, but have now become siddhas. So who is the arihant now? When people say, "Namo Arihantanam", who do they believe is the arihant?
The twenty-four tirthankaras were indeed arihants when they were living but they have now attained nirvana (the ultimate liberation of an enlightened being), they have attained the final moksha and have now become siddha and consequently they fall in the category of siddhanum. People still continue to think of them as arihants. They do not know that these tirthankaras have become siddhas. This is how everything has been moving along in the wrong direction, and that is why the Navkar Mantra does not give any rewards. I tell them that Simandhar Swami is the arihant today. Only those who are currently present and living can be called arihants.
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Upon their departure, the last of the twenty-four tirthankaras, Lord Mahavir had said that since the cycle of twentyfour tirthankaras was ending on Earth, there would be no more tirthankaras on this planet for this time cycle. Lord Mahavir, asked people to worship the living tirthankaras in Mahavideh Kshetra! In Mahavideh Kshetra there are living tirthankaras. But people have forgotten this and have continued to worship the tirthankaras of the past. Lord Mahavir had told us everything.
Lord Mahavir had revealed everything! He knew that there would be no more arihants on Earth, so whom would the people worship? He therefore made public the knowledge about the presence of Lord Simandhar Swami and nineteen other tirthankaras in Mahavideh kshetra. Once this information was divulged, it opened up this path of liberation. Acharya Kundakunda also revived this message a few centuries ago.
The title of arihant is given to the One who exists in a living form. The one who is siddha is without a body and has attained nirvana or final liberation or moksha. These siddhas cannot be called arihants after this.
When Does The Navkar Mantra Give Results?
That is why the instructions 'to bow to the arihant' have come forth. People ask me who and where the arihant is. I tell them to bow down to Simandhar Swami. He is present in this universe. Today he is arihant. Therefore bow and send your obeisance to Him'. We can reap rewards if we worship the arihants. Do it thus: 'I am bowing down to the arihant, whoever and wherever he may be in this entire universe'. This will yield wonderful results.
Questioner: Are there not twenty tirthankaras moving