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Chandkaushik
Choose one of the terms below and complete the statement
Affection concern hatred non-violence poison
anger ego hole nothing tranquility
biting fear love peace Vachala
calm forest mental peacefully violence
Chandkaushik forgiveness
milk physical
1.
Mahävir-swämi visited the village of
, a deadly snake, lived in the
near the
-, and
Maha
2. Lord Mahävir had no
and practiced supreme . He had no
towards anyone and considered fear and hatred as
of the self. 3. Mahävir found the place that he thought Chandkaushik might be living in. Feelings of
for the well being of every living being flowed from Lord Mahävir's heart. 4. Chandkaushik tried to
Mahävir-swämi by _his toe. When he looked at Mahävir-swämi again he was astonished that
__happened to him but instead he saw_ like fluid flowed out of his toe. 5. Lord Mahävir opened his eyes. He was
and there was no fear or on his face. There was
and on his face. 6. Chandkaushik then realized the truth of life that what anger and had done to him. 7. Chandkaushik
retreated back to his hole. There he spent rest of his life in
and
peace. What is the moral of the story? When Chandkaushik went towards Mahävir-swämi with feelings of
in him Mahävir-swämi treated him with kindness and
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