Tri Mantra

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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Trimantra
TRIMANTRA
The Three Mantras The Spiritual Unity of the Three Mantras
Questioner: There are three kinds of mantras: One of the Jains, the one of the Vaishnavs and the one of the Shaivites Why are they now coming together? What is the spiritual mystery in this?
Dadashri: God is impartial. He has nothing to do with the Jains, the Vaishnavs or the Shaivites. The Vitarag Lords (Omniscient beings void of all worldly attachment) do not take sides. Those who take sides create divisions by, this is yours and this is ours'. Those who say, 'This is ours' are automatically saying, "This is yours'. Wherever there is ours' and 'yours' divisions exist and that leads to attachment (raag) and abhorrence (dwesh). This is not the way of the Vitarags. The path of the Vitarag Lords is without differences and divisions.
Trimantra: The Complete Fruit Questioner: Is this Trimantra for everyone? And if so,
Dadashri: Is there not a difference between eating a whole fruit and eating only a piece of it? This Trimantra is equivalent to eating the whole fruit!
No Happiness despite Reciting the Mantra
Lord Rushabdev (the first tirthankar of the last cycle of twenty-four tirthankaras) had said, 'It is acceptable to divide your temples, but do not divide the mantra. The mantra will lose its essence if it is divided.' Our people have not only divided the mantra, they have also divided the agiyaras (the eleventh day of the lunar cycle observed for fasting). We now have one agiyaras for the Vaishnav and one for the Shaivites. This is why the importance of agiyaras and the mantra has diminished. Jains, Vaishanavs and The Shaivites, none can find happiness and it is because these three mantras are not being recited together.
That's why the Trimantra is now being united as the Lord had said.
Lord Rushabhdev is considered the main originator of dharma or religion. He is the one who gave religion to the world. The path of Vedanta was established through him and so was the path of Jainism.
You know how people say, 'Aadam' or 'Adam'? That Adam is really referring to this Aadim (the very first) tirthankar but instead of saying Aadim, they are saying Aadam or Adam. So whatever is out there, it is His path.
For the Obstacles in the Worldly Life
Questioner: They were told to divide their temples and derasers (Jain temples) but are not all the celestial Gods and Goddesses in these temples, one?
Dadashri: No, they are all different. The celestials Gods and Goddesses that act as protectors and the guardians (shashan devas) are very different. The protecting devas of this sanyasta
why?
Dadashri: It is for everyone. It is for those who want to wash away their bad deeds and sins (paap). It is not for those who do not want to wash their sins.
Questioner: What is the purpose behind putting the Navkar mantra, the Vasudev and the Shiva mantra together in this Trimantra?