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PART III STORIES PRECEDING BHAGAWÄN MAHÄVIR
18- Monk Kurgadu
In ancient times, there lived a businessman named Dhandatta who was highly religious and also raised his son to be like him. Once, Dharmaghosh-suri, the highly enlightened Ächärya of that time, came to the town where Dhandatta lived. Dhandatta took his son to listen to the sermon. The boy was so impressed by the Ächärya's sermon that he decided to become his disciple. Accordingly, he renounced worldly life and became a monk at a very young age. The Ächärya realized that the boy had tremendous potential to be a great Jain monk. He therefore renamed him Kulaguru. In the native language of that area he came to be known as Kurgadu.
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Monk Kurgadu attains Enlightenment while eating
JAIN STORY BOOK
