Simandhar-swami

18 Shree Simandhar Swami
to that of a tirthankar?
Dadashri : If the time cycle is conducive and a tirthankar
is present, one can create and cause a tirthankar status.
Questioner : But Dada after this cycle of Kaliyug, Satyug
is definitely coming, so again the time will be good, will it not?
Dadashri : No, but it can only be done if there is a
tirthankar present. Most of these mahatmas here will have
already attained final liberation before another tirthankar comes
along here in this world.
Questioner : I often wondered why I could not become
a tirthankar so that I could be liberated directly. I then learnt
from you that one could only become a tirthankar if one has
already established a status of tirthankar. So how can we
establish that status now?
Dadashri : You can do so if you still want to have many
lives that total a hundred thousand years. Then I can do it for
you but you will have to go back to the seventh hell many times
over. One has to go to hell many times before one can attain
a tirthankar status.
Questioner : But what is wrong in going to hell in order
to acquire such a worthy status?
Dadashri : Leave this alone! Let go of your foolishness
and wise up! You will understand all this when you have to
experience the heavy penance! The penance is so severe there,
that people can die from just hearing about it! A person can just
stop breathing from its intensity! So do not even talk about it
otherwise it will become a firm determination of yours, which
will use up all your merit karmas.
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