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Questioner: Please describe what the darshan (the vision) of the Lord Simandhar Swami is like.
Dadashri: Just as Rushabhdev Bhagwan is considered God of the universe, Simandhar Swami is considered the Lord of the entire world. He is not here; he is in another world where no humans can go. Gnanis send their energies there; they communicate (with the Lord) and then come back. You cannot physically go there. You can only go there by birth.
Tirthankars used to be born here (on earth) but that stopped about two and a half thousand years ago. ‘Tirthankar' means ‘full moon' (absolute). Tirthankars are always being born in Mahavideh Kshetra . Simandhar Swami is currently present there with a physical form just like ours.
Questioner: Is he antaryami (the knower within)?
Dadashri: He can see us but we cannot see Him. He can see the whole world.
Simandhar Swami's presence in another world is a fact beyond the intellect ( buddhi ), but I have seen this in my Gnan . People cannot understand this, but I can understand exactly. People's salvation is through His darshan, upon seeing him.
Lord Mahavir had disclosed this fact completely. He knew that (after him) there were to be no more Arihants (living beings that have conquered the inner enemies of anger, pride, attachment, and greed. These living beings are enlightened beings whose embodied forms are their last and final form and upon completion of their life binding karma ( aayush ), will attain the ultimate liberation), so who then would people worship? That is why he disclosed that there are twenty Tirthankars in Mahavideh Kshetra, and Simandhar Swami is one of them. Once he disclosed this information, this information has continued. Lord Mahavir showed us this path, which was then perpetuated by Kundkunacharya.
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