Simandhar Swami

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

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Simandhar Swami has to be particularly revered because He is the closest to our Bharat Kshetra and He has an obligation towards it because of a subtle bond due to interactions of past karmic deeds. Even tirthankaras have karmic accounts. Simandhar Swami is living and present today.
So whom can you call an arihant? Simandhar Swami and the other nineteen tirthankaras are the arihants, but it is not necessary to maintain a connection with all of them. If you keep relations with one, the rest will automatically be included. So do darshan of Simandhar Swami. Bow down with reverence and say, "Dear Arihant Bhagwan! You only are the true arihant here today!" Unity of the Mind-Body-Speech Exists Over There!
People in Mahavideh Kshetra are just like the humans on Earth, with similar physical bodies and emotions.
Questioner: Dada, isn't the life span long there?
Dadashri: Yes, they have a very long life span; otherwise they are just like us. Their day-to-day conduct is just like ours used to be during the fourth time cycle. People of this fifth time cycle have learnt to steal from others and gossip amongst their relatives. Such interactions are not to be found there.
Questioner: Is life interaction there similar to ours here?
Dadashri: Yes, people bind karmas there too. They also have the awareness of, 'I am the 'doer'. They also have ego, anger, pride, attachment and greed. There is a presence of tirthankaras there right now because of the fourth time cycle, otherwise everything there is just like it is here.
The only difference between the fourth and fifth time cycles is that in the former, there is unity of the mind, speech and body,
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whereas in the fifth time cycle, this unity is broken. People in the fifth time cycle do not say what they think and they do not do what they say, while in the fourth time cycle, people say and do exactly what is on their mind. If a person living in the fourth time cycle says he feels like burning down the whole village, you can be assured that he will do so. Today, there is no substance in what people say or think.
From Which World Can One Go There?
Questioner: Under what conditions can one go there, if one wants to?
Dadashri: One has to become like those who live there. If he acquires the qualities of the people living in the fourth time cycle, if he loses the negative characteristics, which prevail during the fifth time cycle, he can go there. For example, if someone were to insult you and you have no bad feelings or thoughts towards that person whatsoever, and then you will go there.
Questioner: Ordinarily one cannot attain moksha, final liberation, directly from here. One has to go to Mahavideh kshetra and then attain moksha from there. Why so?
Dadashri: That is just the way these worlds are. If a person's characteristics and traits become suitable for the fourth time cycle and even though he may not have received Selfrealization, he will be pulled there. Likewise if the people over there become like those of the fifth time cycle, they will be pulled here. Such is the nature of these worlds. No one has to be taken there or brought here. The nature of these worlds will transport one to the tirthankaras. This is why we give importance to Simandhar Swami. Therefore, those who constantly revere Lord Simandhar, worship Him, do His live darshan there, be near Him, sit at His feet, will all be liberated completely.