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object that he is praying for. When you pray to God that,
“Lord! Due to your immense power, may I attain the capacity
to perform benevolent acts. I cannot do without it, I really
require it.” This intense desire and urge for benevolence leads
to increasing efforts in that direction, which eventually lead
to the attainment of the desired object.

The prayer which is done whole heartedly, with intense desire
to acquire the desired object, leads to strong efforts, which
in turn leads to the fulfilment of desires. Thus prayer leads
to fulfilment of desires.
There is another way by which prayer can lead to the
fulfilment of desires. The Arihanta Lords to whom we are
praying possess infinite and incomparable strength. Having
faith in their strength breaks our Antraya karmas which were
stopping the acquisition of the desired thing and thus the
fulfilment of our desires becomes easy.

Q. : Do Arihanta Lords possess such incomparable power ?

A. : Yes, that is the reason why the devotion, worship and
remembrance of other Gods and Goddesses cannot
give the result attained by the devotion, worship and
remembrance of Arihanta Lords. This is possible only if
Arihanta Lords possess infinite, incomparable strength.

King Ravana devotionally worshipped Arihanta Lords on the
holy mountain Ashtapad. Dharnendra, the king of the celestial
beings was delighted on seeing Ravana’s devotion and granted
him a boon of his choice.

Ravana replied, “You are not capable to give me the thing
which I wish in return for my devotion. What you can give
is something I do not wish or need.”
Dharnendra accepted this because he very well understood

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