Simandhar-swami

20 Shree Simandhar Swami
Dadashri : There is equal life in that idol too! Just as
this body of mine is living, so is the idol of Lord Simamdhar.
Those who are not awakened and not Self-realized consider
only the body as living. To the Gnani, (the enlightened ones)
the other too (the idol), is equally alive. That is because the
part that is visible there is all nothing but the idol, besides the
idol there is nothing else there; it is that which is perceived
through the five senses, there is not even a trace of the formless
in that. There is nothing that is perceived through the five
senses that is beyond form. It is all with form and so there is
no difference as far as this idol is concerned. There is therefore,
no external difference between the two. It is the senses that
perceive this.
Questioner : But here the formless is within the body
but the idol does not have the formless within, is this what they
believe?
Dadashri : There is no presence of the formless in an
idol, but pratishtha (installation of spiritual life force within an
idol) of the formless has been done in it. The Gnani brings the
idol to life. It all depends upon the strength of the instillation of
life force.
But for the present manifest form, the living Tirthankar
Shri Simandhar Swami, it is a completely different matter
altogether! In the absence of a manifest form, you never know
what types of negative things may happen.
Questioner : And for many an era, there is no manifest
living tirthankar.
Dadashri : And if there is no manifest form, then at least
we have the twenty-four tirthankaras of the past.
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