The Current Living Tirthankara Shree Simandhar Swami The Current Living Tirthankara Shree Simandhar Swa | Page 42

26 Dadashri: Ah ha! They are the same but the reason I am telling everyone about Simandhar Swami is because I still have a physical body and I too have to go there. Without the darshan of Simandhar Swami one cannot attain liberation. There is one more life to go. Liberation can only be achieved by the darshan of the one who is liberated. Actually, even I am liberated, but he is completely liberated. Unlike me, He does not go around meddling and telling people, “Come to me and I will give you Gnan”. He does not meddle in any way. Can One Recite ‘Simandhar Swami Na Aseem Jai Jai Kar Ho?’ Questioner: When we say, ‘ I bow down to Simandhar Swami with the real view-point ,’ is this enough or does one have to pay the obeisance from the relative perspective also? Dadashri: Only with the real viewpoint. His body may be big or small. We have nothing to do with the body, the relative viewpoint. Questioner: So the way I say it is: ‘I bow down to Simandhar Swami with the real view-point’, is that ok? Dadashri: Yes that is fine. Relative means through the body. In the Namaskaar Vidhi, (the prescribed orderly obeisance given by Dadashri)l, all the worship is done via the relative viewpoint. The only exception is this one obeisance to ‘Dada Bhagwan’. This is to be done via the real viewpoint. Questioner: Obeisance to Dada Bhagwan is by the real viewpoint. Dadashri: Yes, that is correct. In actual fact here is where you must do your obeisance with the real viewpoint. Everywhere