Faith in the Path of Tirthankar

I reflect on and confess if I have had any doubts about the path of liberation expounded by Tirthankars. I bow down to all the 24 Tirthankars right from Shri Rushabhdev Swämi to Shri Mahavir Swämi. The path laid down by all the 24 Tirthankars is one and the same, there is no contradiction, and there is no better path.

This is the only path that is capable of extracting the threefold internal darts25 (thorns) in the form of karma by removing all miseries like birth, old age, and death.

I might have persisted in views and opinions, in spite of knowing that they could be false.

I might have worshipped Tirthankars with selfish motives.

I might have considered living as non-living, non-living as living, saint as non-saintly, non-saints as saints, liberated souls as non-liberated, nonliberated souls as liberated, holy as unholy, unholy as holy, false belief as right belief and right belief as false belief, non-Tirthankar as Tirthankar, Tirthankar as non-Tirthankari, wrong Dharma as right Dharma and right Dharma as wrong Dharma.

If I have indulged in any of the above faults or lapses by physical, verbal or mental activities, directly or indirectly, then I pray that my such faults be dissolved. TASSA MICHCHHÄ MI DUKKADAM.