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Namaskara mahamantra: sadhana ke aloka mein (The great Namaskāra-mantra and the spiritual quest)4
Sadhvi Sri Rājimati
As in the preceding work, we find here in Sadhvi Rājimati the same profound insight into her subject and the same eagerness to place spiritual riches within the grasp of śrävakas and śrāvikās. We have here, as the title indicates, an unveiling of the whole potential hidden within the Namaskāra-mantra, with the aim of helping people on the path of Liberation. At the outset, 23 brief chapters are devoted to a general study of the mantra, its power, the vital role of the words, its influence on the one reciting it, particularly in regard to the physical well-being it imparts. Our attention is next turned to the Namaskaramantra and its unique role in the spiritual quest, the Liberation of the atman. After a detailed analysis of cach syllable, the importance of the basic elements stressed by this mantra and the types of siddhis, specific perfections, to which it gives rise, are clearly stated. Finally, different methods employed in the recitation of this mantra, in order to promote a calm spirit, sustained concentration and recollectedness, are enumerated. The presentation of these methods is followed by a commentary on each of the Names of the parameșthins and by another on the twenty-four tirtharikaras. The last chapter of all is made up of eleven selected short stories, culled from tradition, in which the marvellous power of the Namaskāra-mantra is attested. The book ends with three beautiful poctic songs in homage and praise to the paramesthins.
3. A study on onc aspect of the tradition
Jaina dharma ke prabhāvaka ācārya (The illustrious Acāryas of the Jaina dharma)
Sadhvi Sri Sarghamiträ
4 Patană, 1977; 100 pp.
13 Lādanūm, 1979; 432 pp.
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