Institute of Jainology, which has been spreading the awareness of Jain history, art, culture, philosophy, and practices at international level had organised a talk by the Yug Divakar Rashtra Sant Shree Namra Muniji on ‘Mantra Shakti’ on Saturday 1st August 2015 at Chinubhai Chimanlal Sabhagraha, H K College, Ahmedabad..
Shree Ambrish Shah, the secretary of Gujarat Vidhyasabha first welcomed the guests and the dignitaries. Shree Shreedhar Vyas then recited the Auspicious Mantra to commence the program.. Amongst the dignitaries present were Kantibhai Doshi, Maheshbhai Gandhi, Shriyakbhai Sheth, Rasikbhai Doshi and Jigishbhai Shah.
Dr. R. T. Savalia gave details about the manuscriptology course run jointly by the Institute of Jainology and B. J. Vidyabhavan. He then distributed the course certificates to the successful candidates from the last course. Next, Dr Kumarpal Desai, Managing Trustee of the Institute, gave a brief report on the activities of the Institute. He gave details on the creation of the catalogues of the rare Jain manuscripts held abroad (mainly in the UK) and highlighted the Institute’s activities to bring to public knowledge the accomplishments of Shree Virchand Raghavji Gandhi – the first person to promote Jain philosophy outside India.
Shree Gunvant Barvaliya when introducing the Chief Guest, the National Saint Pujya Shree Namra Miuni Maharaj Saheb spoke about the various religious, social and spiritual activities inspired by and run under his guidance and leadership. Namra Muni started by stating that that the words which evolve from friendship create the mantras. The mantras that affect the general life are termed materialistic and those that affect the soul are termed subtle. The first connection we make with any religion is through its mantras and these mantras are such they make all the humans will unite.
Each religion has a different tradition, but when the energy emanating from the throat combines with the words, the energy of the universe merges with that of the whole existence and that becomes a mantra. Mantras do not only arise from scriptures but when the essence of truth mixes with the soul’s inner energy, mantras emerge automatically. Shree Subhash Brahmbhatt, the principal of H. K. Arts College had compéred the whole program skillfully and efficiently.