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## 8
**The Teachings of the Shraman Bhagwan Mahavira Swami**
**Description of the Arise of Determination in Many Sadhus and Sadhvis Upon Seeing King Shrenik**
**The Determination of the Sadhus Upon Seeing King Shrenik**
**The Determination of the Sadhvis Upon Seeing Chelna Devi**
**The Bhagwan Invites the Sadhus and Sadhvis and Reveals Their Feelings**
**Description of the Greatness of the Nirgraha Sermon by the Bhagwan**
**Dasha Shruta Skandha Sutra**
**The Sadhu Saw the Prosperity of the Kumaras Born in the Families of Enjoyment, etc. A Detailed Description of This**
**Description of the Prosperity of the Kumaras Like Ugrakula, etc.**
**Description of the Subject of the Sadhu's Determination Upon Seeing the Prosperity of the Kumaras**
**Description of the Sadhu Performing the Determination Karma, Then Becoming a Dev Without Criticism, Then Becoming a Kumara in the Same Way**
**Description of the Kumara's Inability to Listen to Dharma and the Unfavorable Results of the Determination Karma**
**Description of the Determination Karma Performed by a Nirgrahi Upon Seeing a Beautiful Young Woman**
**Description of the Results of the Determination Karma from the Fruits of Tapas, Rules, and Brahmacharya**
**Becoming a Kumari in the Human Realm After Becoming a Dev and Performing the Determination Karma**
**Description of the Kumari's Youth and Marriage**
**Description of the Inability to Listen to Dharma and Its Results**
**Description of the Sadhu's Determination to Perform the Determination Karma Upon Seeing a Happy Woman**
**Description of the Determination to Become a Woman, Considering Womanhood Better Due to the Suffering of Men**
**The Right of a Bhikshu Who Performs the Determination Karma to Become a Woman**
**Description of the Pleasures of a Woman**
**Description of the Inability of a Woman to Listen to Dharma and Its Results**
**The Determination of a Nirgrahi to Perform the Determination Karma Upon Seeing a Kumara**
**Description of the Desire of Others Upon Seeing a Woman and the Suffering of Women**
**Description of the Desire to Experience the Pleasures of a Man**
**Description of the Enjoyment of Pleasures and the Inability to Listen to Dharma After Becoming a Man**
**Description of the Impermanence, etc., of Human Enjoyments**
**Description of the Enjoyments of the Dev Realm**
**Description of the Pleasures of the Dev Realm, Then the Right to Fall Back to the Human Realm**