Vratya Darshan

SR No.: 003131
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Mangalpragyashreeji Samni
Publisher: Adarsh Sahitya Sangh
Publication Year: 2000
Total Pages: 262
Language: Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Philosophy
File Size: 10 MB

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dous knowledge as well and he was sent to school as usual at the age of eight. He was a very respectful child, and was very much devoted and obedient to his parents. Since his extra sensory knowledge had already become well-developed, he was conversant with what was being taught at school. Nevertheless he willingly joined school. The teacher welcomed him and he joined his companions. It is said that Indra, the king of the gods disguised himself as a Brahmana and came to the school to tell him that he already knew what was being taught. But he did not tell Vardhamana this fact directly. Instead he asked him several questions about letters and their combinations. The child gave highly appropriate answers. The teacher was amazed that he knew things the teacher himself did not know and realized that Mahavira was not an ordinary child, but an extraordinary one. He sent him home very respectfully telling him that he knew everything, there was no need to attend class. At this time, the child Mahavira was growing in leaps and bounds, both physically as well as spiritually. When he entered into young adulthood, his parents thought, it was time to think of the marriage of the young prince, A marriage proposal arrived from king Jitsatru to have Vardhamana marry his daughter. And so the two got married. But Mahavira had been absorbed in spiritual reality, trying to feel his oneness with it. Although he lived in a royal palace surrounded by relatives, servants, all kinds of prosperity and comforts, his mind was turned inwards into the depth of the self. Over the next few years, a number of events transpired. He had a daughter, and both his parents died when he was 28. He lived two more years with his family after the death of parents due to request of his elder brother Nandivardhana. He took initiation at the age of 30 and did Sadhana for 12 years, experiencing unimaginable difficulties. At last he attained enlightenment. After this, he dedicated his life to preaching. He was a wonderful orater and spoke in the vernacular so that the common people could understand his teachings.
He was a crusader, a beacon. He was a reformer. At that time there were many destructive rituals in the field of religion involving violence, among other things.
After he had attained enlightenment Bhagavan Mahavira in his first sermon explained the threefold path that is the way of self२२० . व्रात्य दर्शन