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simply with the determination of obtaining spiritul happiness. He had endured all the troubles, hardships, miseries, injuries, and all the sufferings of this world as patiently as one under a charm, chiefly in order that he might attain that Liberation, so difficult to attain.
When Sangama found that the dust storm sent by him produced no effect upon the body and mind of the Lord, he was still more enraged and created some poisonous ants with the help of his own Maya ( miraculous power). The ants began to bite the Lord, but he stood as steadily and fearlessly as before.
The third time, the God sent snakes, scorpions and other poisonous worms to bite the body of the Lord; but how could he, who had remained unaffected by the terrible attacks of Chanda. Kaushika, the venomous cobra, be moved by such Upasargas as the present ones. Notwithstanding all this, Lord Mahavira did not give up his patience in the least. He did not feel any animosity against his opponent who had become his enemy without any tangible cause. Thus playing one mischief after another, god Sangama showered Upasargas upon the body of the Lord continually for six months. But Lord Mahavira, thinking it to be a good opportunity for exhausting his Karmas, was not at all moved by then. Sangama, on the other hand, with all his animal power, looked quite pale and disheartened.
After making a careful study of this battle between the spiritual and physical forces in our own mind, we arrive at the following conclusions.
To be unkind to others, to pick up a quarrel without
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