Illustrated Namokara Mahamantra: Forms of Five Venerables, Importance of Namokara, Methods of Meditational Practices, Benefits of Namokara and (In Appendices) Various Experiments with Mantras

The inner force (the power of the soul) is the most vital force the human beings have. Meditation, repetition, chanting, eulogising, devotion, veneration, etc., are all instruments for awakening that infinite force. With the help of the God, the Guru, a mantra or other such sources we may develop and sharpen our inner powers. All miracles have their source in the developed and intense inner powers. Namokara Mahamantra is an extraordinary mantra. It is aimed at visualisation, remembrance, pondering, meditation and realisation of the fully developed and the developing pure forms of the soul and not at some personified deity. That is why this mantra is eternal and perpetual.

The common mantras give mundane benefits only, but the extraordinary mantras give mundane as well as spiritual benefits. As such the Namokara Mantra is believed to be the all-fulfilling unique spiritual mantra. Reading what is available in the Jain literature about the inconceivable powers of this Mahamantra the mind is flooded with faith and belief. Every pore becomes full of elation and there arises a strong desire to depend on this Mahamantra absolutely.

At the end there are five appendices where those topics have been elaborated which are given in brief in the illustrated section due to space limitations. The inclusion of 2 real life incidents of the miracle of Namokdra and the Mantras for pacification of the Planets in the appendices has enhanced the grip, and the usefulness of the book. In the end we have given the famous Sarvatobhadra anupurvi (the numerical combinations of chanting.

Illustrations have their own utility and meaningfulness. Illustrations make it easy to understand quickly and naturally a subject that is difficult to grasp even with the help of volumes of books, serious discourses or long discussions. The process of stabilising mind with the help of visualisation of a thing has been termed as pihdasthadhyana (on physical objects), padasthadhyana (on syllables or sounds), and rupasthadhydna (on the divine form) in the Yogasastra.