Namokar Mantra
The most important Jain mantra, honoring the five supreme beings.
The Namokar Mantra is the fundamental Jain prayer, offering homage to the five supreme beings: Arihantas, Siddhas, Acharyas, Upadhyayas, and all Sadhus. It contains no requests, only reverence.
Namo Arihantanam, Namo Siddhanam...
The Namokar Mantra is the most sacred and universally practiced Jain prayer.
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The Namokar Mantra offers homage to the Arihantas, Siddhas, Acharyas, Upadhyayas and all Sadhus, and contains no petition at all. No cure can be asked for, because no liberated being in Jain cosmology acts on the world. What the prayer supplies is orientation, not help.