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Why Does Omniscient Tirthankara Moves About On A Golden Lotus?
netic energy of the Tirthankara and Tirthankara walks by putting his feet on the golden lotus flowers.
We generally see that a copper wire is set high on a sky-scapper and another end of the wire is set down under the ground. The reason is that the wire absorbs the high electrical charge in the atmosphere of the rainy season and takes it down into the earth. The lightening, therefore, does not fall anywhere about the place. It is my contention that gods create golden lotus flowers only in view of this principle because gold is very sensitive and highly conductive to electricity and it is more conductive than copper. Tirthankara's energy, therefore, passes down into the earth through golden lotus flowers. As a result, wherever Tirthankara wanders about or wherever he has wandered about and left, for six months and within certain area, a natural calamity such as epidemic or a famine does not come nor there is an excessive rain-fall or absence of rain nor there is harrassment from mosquitoes, flies, butterflies, locusts and other insects and creatures. Moreover inauspicious activities of human beings and animals in that region are probably removed.2.
Mahāvirasvāmi lived more than 2500 years ago. But in Magadhas land of his wanderings, i.e. Bihar of today, places of his Kalyāṇakas, especially places of attainment of omniscience, the bank of the river Ṛjuvālikā and the place of nirvāṇa kalyāṇaka i.e. final emancipation Pāvāpuri even today give delightful and divine experiences to holy men.
Thus Tirthankara does good to the whole world.
This is the excellent result of Tirthankara's excellent aspirations.
References: 1.
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पादौ पदं धत्तस्तव तत्र सुरासुराः । किरन्ति पङ्कजव्याजात् श्रियं पङ्कजवासिनीम् ।।
yatra padau padam dhattastava tatra surāsurāḥ. kiranti pankajavyājāt śriyam pańkajavāsinim ..
(Vitarāgastōtra, Fourth Chapter, Verse No. 3)
2. Vitarāgastōtra, Third Chapter, verses No. 4 to 10)
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