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Navakar Mantra
Namo Arihantanam
Namo Sidhdhanam
Namo Ayariyanam
Namo Uvajzayanam
Namo Loe Savva Sahunam
Eso panch namokkaro
Savva Pav ppanha Sanho
Mangalanam cha savvasim
Padhamam havai mamgalam
Navkara is a Mahamantra. and it is like breathing for a Jain. The Navkara Mantra occuppies a prominent place in every ritual in Jain Life, from birth to death. It won't be an exaggeration, if it to say that Jain life and this have been woven together. This Mantra has another Mantra too nenshrined in it. The tastes of the of the people differ.Hence other mantras have come into existence to cater to the tastes of different type of people. Many esoteric practices have been based on Namaskara Mahamantra. But it is directly connected with the meditation on the characteristics of Panca paramesthins. This upasana or worship is to maka Sadhakatma also a Paramesthin. Hence the Mantra is called a Mahamantra. Many other Mantras have the gods with right faith object of veneration and many other Mantras intend to invoke the presence of these gods for quik assistence. If there is any Mantra in Panca paramesthin, or anyone of them, then it can be an elaboration only of Navakara Mantra. Hence it has,we can say, Navkara alone as is essence and nature. Whenever a person does a japa of any other Mantra, he has to do the japa of Namaskara Mahamantra too.
The Mantra can be made use of -
1. To protect the peace of mind;
2. To get mental pleasure;
3. To get moksha through mental peace and happiness;
4. Tomake the attendent deities appear before the aspirant;
5. To get indirect help of attendent deities;
6. To decide the Spiritual heir for the community or one's own or for a group of monks with attendent deities;
7. To remove the prayogas or occultic practises of other magicians from becoming effective;
8. To see the gods and make them follow the command of Jina;
9. To get the knowledge of future and to ward off obstructors or troubles that are in store for one in near future;
10. To manage to look after very big congregations at the time of consecrations etc,without much problem;
11. To help the influentiallity inspreading the jain tenets;
12. To bless the devotees, who have moksha as their final goal and work accordingly, with consecrated fragrant powder for succes in their endeavours;
13. To ward off any obstructions in the constructions of the new temples or monastaries when the same has stopped for some mysterious reasons or the renovator work of an old temple could not be taken up, and to head the work to smooth finale;
14. To remian prepared to enter into samadhi by knowing the last days;
15. To protect Jain religion in case of danger from other religionists or fanatics.
Thus many great things had been achieved by the power of Mantras and are being achieved too.