Navkar Mahamantra Day: Now every year on 9 April, World Navkar Mahamantra Day will be celebrated. On this day, chanting and meditation of Navkar Mahamantra will be organized in major cities of the world, so that spiritual peace and energy can be spread in the world.
The purpose of prayer in Jain philosophy is to lead a characteristic life. The purpose of celebrating Navkar Mahamantra Day is not just to chant, but also to publish the details including the esoter of Navkar Mantra in all languages and reach from house to house. Navkar Mantra has been highly praised in Jain philosophy. The Navkar Mantra is different from all the mantras in the world. This is a mantra that emphasizes self-purification rather than material pleasures. Then let’s understand what its nine features are.
What is the meaning of Navkar Mantra?
The most important mantra in Jainism is Navakar Mantra. This is the first prayer to be called while meditating by Jain religious leaders. This mantra is also known as Pancha Namaskar Mantra, Namaskar Mangal or Parmeshthi Mantra. The reason for this is that this mantra is dedicated to the Panch-Parmeshthi, ie Arihant, Siddha, Acharya, Upadhyay and all ascetics.
The Navkar Mantra is mostly found in Prakrit or Magadhi script, which means quite simple and understandable for all.
The spelling or script of the Navkar Mantra in that language was as follows.
Namo Arihantanam
Namo siddhana
Namo Iriana
Namo Uvajayan
Namo Loy Sawav Sahunam
Aso Panch Namokaro, Sawa Pavappanasano
Mangalalch Savasin, Padhan Hawai Mangalam
he is,
I salute Arihant.
I salute Siddhas.
I salute the principals.
I salute teachers.
I salute monks around the world.
These five greetings completely destroy all sins.
This is the most auspicious mantra in all auspicious mantras.
Thus, the Navkar Mantra pays tribute to these five holy souls and is a specific reason behind it.
– The reason for greeting Arihant is that he has destroyed four unfavorable deeds. Arihant has destroyed all internal enemies: anger, fascination, greed, fascination, hatred.
– I also salute Siddhas because they have attained salvation.
– The purpose of saluting teachers is that they are teachers and they teach others how a person should live their life. He has paved the way for salvation for others.
– I also salute the Upadhyayas because they are teachers of ascetics moving forward through penance. He is a person receiving self-interviews on the path of salvation.
– So I salute the sages, sages and gods, because they follow the right character, ie proper conduct. Thus he has attained self-knowledge.
– Five types of people have been greeted in all the five verses of Navkar Mantra. The last thing in this mantra is that all sins are destroyed by chanting this mantra. This is the most auspicious of all auspicious or auspicious works.
Ritual worship is necessary to get the fruits of Navkar Mantra.
Ritual worship is necessary to get full benefit of any work. If the farmer does the process of sowing correctly, then he can get good fruit of the crop. For this, it is also necessary to understand the brief process of chanting Shri Namaskar Mahamantra.
To understand this, it is important to read the following text carefully and try to implement it while chanting Namaskar Mahamantra.
Why remember Navkar Mahamantra?
– Just as the medicine cures the disease and the food cures hunger, the internal and external disturbance will end by chanting Shri Navkar Mantra!
– Our experience is not a witness to this. The reason for this is our ignorance.
-We have not been able to recognize the great disease of karma that implicates us in the cycle of birth and death.
For this reason, the correct solution is not applied. Therefore, it is necessary to chant the Namaskar Mahamantra to recognize the five supreme deities in life, to keep their wishes under their protection and direct their activities towards peace.
How should the Navkar Mantra be considered?
To develop the fundamental power of chanting of Shri Namaskar Mahamantra, it is a classical practice to chant a garland by placing a garland on the middle finger of the index finger, with four fingers, the index finger, and by chanting the garland (without touching the nail) with the first knuckle of the thumb.
How to use beads?
* Mala Pratishtha Mantra and Suri Mantra or Vardhaman Vidyarthi Mantra used for chanting of Navkar Mahamantra should be eighteen anointed Mala (of Achary Dinkar).
* Do not chant Sri Namaskar Mahamantra with someone else’s few garlands, nor allow anyone else to count your garland.
* Do not let it touch anyone.
* Do not use any type of plastic, aluminum or steel container to store your new goods.
What type of beads should be used?
* Silk garland and Sukhade garland is best. Do not count plastic beads.
Today, due to ignorance, plastic is being recycled in large quantities, which is not appropriate. Because – Based on the standard information received through correspondence from plastic manufacturing companies and scientists, it has been certainly found that –
‘Plastic is made up of something like tree juice, but extremely inauspicious substances such as bull’s intestine juice are used to prepare it in today’s attractive form.’
Therefore, take care in fully sacrificing plastic garlands.
What else should be kept in mind while chanting Shri Navkar?
* Concentration is necessary in Shri Navkar chanting.
* Mala and location should be certain.
* It is necessary to sit in one place.
* It is necessary to chant only one Navkar.
* While counting Navkarwali, the left hand garland should be touched.
* Before starting the chanting of Shri Navkar, chant the names of Shri Shankheshwar Parshwanath Prabhu, the ruler of the state Shri Mahavir Prabhu and Shri Gautam Swamiji with infinite wealth.
* For counting the ninth, it is also necessary to keep the same direction.
* We should wear clean clothes and consider it a new birth.
* Must count the number of new people.
* The body should not be shaken while chanting.
* You should not yawning.
* Keep your eyes closed, but keep your attention in front of the newly lease.
* Do not count the new mouth and count.
* Also, do not lick your lips while chanting.
At what time should Shri Navkar Mantra be chanting?
The time from 6 am, 12 noon and 6 pm as well as from 4 am to sunrise is considered to be the best, one hour after sunrise is considered moderate and the time till 10 am is considered normal.
The time up to two and a half hours (1 hour) after sunset from 10 am to sunset is not suitable for normal chanting.
What type of currency should be used to chant Shri Navkar Mahamantra?
* Wear a posture made of pure white wool.
Which direction is suitable for chanting Shri Navkar Mantra?
* East and north directions are good for chanting. In this too, the east direction is suitable for chanting till 10 am and is suitable for chanting two and a half hours (1 hour) of the north direction.
Why is Shri Navkar considered?
* Purifying, wearing white clothes, getting favorable place,
* Sit facing east or north direction,
* Take a garland of white thread and cover it with a white cloth and follow the Unodari fast.
By locating the mind with the spirit of ‘Shivamastu Sarva Jagat’,
* By placing the vision in front of the nose
* Shree Navkar should be chanting in such a way that each of its letters gradually echo throughout the body.
* The time of chanting should be kept the same, that is, the saint who follows the rule of counting five beads, can count six garlands, but not less than five.
* The garland of prayer should not be changed.
* The body should not be shaken while chanting, nor should the waist bend.
* Lips should be closed during mental attention and teeth should be open.
* Lips should be regular in Upanshu chanting.
* Pronunciation should be rhythmic in the commentary.
* After the chanting ends, the eyes should be closed for at least five minutes.
* By doing this, one gets a wonderful yoga to touch the essence of chanting, and sometimes experiences a precious moment of emotional concentration.
* Chanting equipment should be kept in the holy place with extreme respect.
* Our attitude towards equipment affects our attitude towards Shri Navkar etc.
* Our goal should be that not only the tongue, but also the mind should learn to pronounce Shri Navkar properly.
* Just like the elder brother teaches poetry to his younger brother, in the same way we should also teach our younger brother -in -law Shree Navkar with auspicious spirit.
* The mind is immersed in the creation of the Lord, so all the senses are also immersed in it.
* Just as your body cannot live without getting soaked, similarly the souls entering Shri Navkar should also be wet with auspicious feelings.
If this is not soaked, it means that most of our lives remain outside Shri Navkar.
The following emotions should be expressed continuously while calculating Shri Navkar.
‘There is birth, rebirth and death outside Shri Navkar. There is an ocean of eternal happiness in Shri Navkar.
Our true devotion to eternal happiness will make all of us all a partner of the unimaginable influence of Shri Navkar.
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