Agam 12 Upang 01 Aupapatik Sutra Sthanakvasi

SR No.: 002910
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Amarmuni, Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Padma Prakashan
Publication Year: 2003
Total Pages: 440
Language: Hindi, English
Classification: Book_Devnagari, Book_English, Agam, Canon, Conduct, & agam_aupapatik
File Size: 16 MB

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The simple aborigine youth was dumbfounded to see the divine grandeur of the palace. The king arranged for his massage and bath and got him dressed in fine soft clothes. When it was meal time he was served rich and tasty dishes in gem studded golden plates. He was also offered sweet and flavoured cold drinks. For the aborigine all this was like a magic spell.
When the meals were over, the king took him around the palace. As the aborigine went around the palace and witnessed its gorgeousness he was stunned and felt as if he had come to some magical city or fairy land. It was his first experience of a king's palace and he could never imagine that even in his dreams.
Enjoying the stay, a few days passed unawares. But after that he felt homesick and missed his family. He thought of his mountain and forest and fruits and the freedom and the pristine air.
Besides these, he was filled with a burning desire to share his experience of this unique joy and pleasure with his parents and friends. He was a simple aborigine of hilly area and was ignorant of the city culture. Not encumbered by any thought of social norms and etiquette, he took his staff and left without informing anyone or meeting the king.
His newfound experience made him fleet-footed. He reached the forest as if floating in air. He started describing in detail the incident and what he saw and experienced. A crowd of curious aborigines gathered around asking him, what he saw, what he ate, how was the taste, how he enjoyed everything? Answering all their questions he at last got tired. As he did not remember the names of all the things he had seen, he replied all questions uttering-"It was very good. It was excellent. It was fun."
His friends asked him pointing at various things available in the forest "Was it like this ?" And he replied-"No! Thousand times better than this. Hundreds of thousand times tasty than this." And he would start dancing with joy. Finally he would say-"Don't ask what it was or how it was? It was strange but it was excellent."
A simple son of nature, that aborigine lacked the ability or knowledge to express in words the urban beauty and pleasure or the joy and grandeur of the palace. He neither had words nor any metaphors. He was happy enjoying reminiscences of his experiences. It was impossible for him to express those feelings in words.
Same is true for the unearthly spiritual bliss of a Siddha which is unique. There is no suitable allegory or metaphor to convey it in words.
औपपातिकसूत्र
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Aupapatik Sutra