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CHAPTER IV
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The Awakening of Emperor Shrenika genoeg gedoen
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n the age of Lord Mahavira, there was an emperor, named Shrenika, who lived in RajaGriha, or, to be precise, whose capital was
Raja-Griha. Lord Mahavira had come several B AA times to Raja-Griha, but this emperor could
not find an opportunity to see him. One day while the Emperor had gone out for a walk in the jungle, he met a hermit named Anathi, who was a disciple of Lord Mahavira. The emperor bowed down to the hermit and talked to him for some time. At last, the hermit won over to his faith the erring emperor, who' now realized the unreality of the world and felt that all material pleasures were sorrows in fact. He could not think of true happiness in this world; therefore he became a follower of Jain Religion from that very day. A detailed account of this occurrence can be found in the twentieth chapter of Uttaradhyayana Sutra...
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