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Editorial
Who doesn't have a desire to be liberated? But it is very difficult to find the path of liberation. Without a leader of this path, who can show us the way?
The Gnanis and tirthankaras of the past have liberated many people. Today, through Gnani Purush Dadashri, a new path is now open to us; this path is the path of Akram Vignan. Which is easier to do - to rise to the top one step at a time or to by-pass all the steps altogether? Is it easier to climb the stairs or to ride in an elevator? In this day and age, people only find the elevator path suitable.
The scriptures claim that in this day and age, it is not possible for one to acquire the ultimate liberation directly from this world of ours. However, a path via Mahavideha kshetra has always been open for a very long time. One will have to go to Mahavideha kshetra and after doing darshan of the living tirthankara, Shri Simandhar Swami there, final moksha is attained.. Dadashri places all aspirants of liberation on this path, by making them Selfrealized first and thereafter they all become established on this path to Mahavideh with full inner conviction.
On this planet and in this era, there is no living tirthankara, but at present, in Mahavideh Kshetra there lives tirthankara Shri Simandhar Swami. Simahdhar Swami is able to grant final liberation to seekers from the planet earth. The Gnanis have revived this path and are sending the seekers to the same path.
Recognizing the living tirthankara, awakening one's devotion for Him, and establishing a connection with Him through His worship day and night and finally attaining his live direct darshan and acquiring Keval Gnan (absolute enlightenment), verily is the
only step of the narrow path of liberation. This is what the Gnanis say.
As one's devotion to Simahdhar Swami increases so will the connection with Him continue to grow and this connection will become binding for one's next life. Ultimately this bond becomes so tight that one ultimately reaches the feet of the Lord and gets liberated forever.
In order to reach Simandhar Swami, first you will have to become free from all worldly bondages due to unsettled past life accounts in this world. This is possible by acquiring the knowledge of the Self via Akram Vignan. Then by abiding within the five cardinal Agnas of the Gnani Purush one gets born at Mahavideh kshetra. This is further enhanced by continuous worship of the vitarag Lord Shri Simandhar Swami. This worship binds a connection with Him for the next life there.
It is a natural law that your next birth is dictated by your internal state. Currently the earth is subject to the fifth era of the time cycle called Kaliyug and its influence over all human beings is characterized by generalized moral and spiritual degradation, loss of humanity and apathy. By acquiring the knowledge of the Self through Akram Vignan and following Dadashri's five Agnas, a person's entire inner being becomes spiritually elevated. He becomes worthy of being born in the Satyuga, the fourth era of the time cycle, where it's golden age characterized by wisdom and honorable human attributes. It may be fifth era of the time cycle reigning on the outside here, but from within Dada's mahatma pervades characteristics suitable for the fourth era of the time cycle. These internal changes automatically pull him to an environment suitable to his level of development at the time of death. And since he has already established a connection with the Lord Shri
