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Chapter 2: Collection of Examples
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"I am worshipping and enjoying the Vinaya, thus I am happy," he said. 2 Just as a four-armed army of the Nāga queen, just as a city of the Ujjāyana, just as a Tetiliputra ascetic, he approaches. 2 He worships and prostrates to the Tetiliputra ascetic, and he says, "I am worshipping and enjoying the Vinaya, thus I am happy." He does not leave until he has been given permission. Then, that Tetiliputra ascetic, in the presence of the king of the Kankagajjha, explains the Dharma to him. Then, that Kankagajjha king, having heard the Dharma from the Tetiliputra ascetic, who is a Kevali, reflects on it and, after understanding it, accepts the five vows, the seven trainings, and the teachings of the Śramaṇa. 2 He becomes a Śramaṇa, a renunciant, and a non-violent being. Then, that Tetiliputra Kevali, after spending many years in the practice of Kevalihood, attains Siddhi. 15. The story of Marīci, as narrated in the Śrī Upadesha Prasāda, a work of the Kāṅkṣādhyāna.
Śrī Bharata Chakra-putra, Marīci-kumāra, once went with his father, the Chakra, to worship the Śrī Yugadi-jina. There, having heard the Śrī Syādvāda Dharma from the mouth of Śrī Mārudeva, he awakened and took the vow. He also recited the eleven chapters in front of the elders. He spent a long time with his master. On another occasion, he was afflicted by the heat of summer and thought, "Because of the arising of the karma of the covering of conduct, I am suffering." For, in the Śrī Vīracarita, it is said:
> I am unable to bear the heavy burden of the qualities of the Śrāmaṇya, like Mount Meru. I am without qualities, and I am desirous of worldly existence. It is better for me to bear it. 1
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> What should I give up in the world? By giving up, I will be ashamed. I have found a way by which I will not be tired by the vow. 2
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> These Śramaṇa Bhagavants are always free from the three staffs. Let me have the three staffs as my mark, since I have conquered the three staffs. 3
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> These are bald-headed, with their hair and eyebrows shaved. I am a shaven-headed one, with a tuft of hair. I am a bearer of the great vow, and I am a bearer of the small vow. 4
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> These are renunciants, without possessions. Let me have a ring and other things. These are deluded by delusion. Let me have an umbrella, since I am covered. 5
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> These are without sandals, and they wander about, great sages. Let me have sandals, for the sake of the feet, and also for the sake of the great sages. 6
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> These are fragrant with good conduct, and I am fragrant with bad conduct. Let me have sandalwood paste and other things, for the sake of fragrance. 7
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> These are great sages, wearing white clothes, without any dye. Let me have saffron-colored clothes, since I am a renunciant. 8
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> These renounce water, which is a great torment to living beings. Let me have a bath and drink milk, in moderation, and also for the sake of the great sages. 9
Thus, having considered with his own wisdom, for the sake