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[The Upasaka Dasanga Sutra, Great Century, Increasingly Growing Practice]
250. Then, the Great Person, the Shramanopasaka, having accepted the first Upasaka-Pratimā, practiced the first Ahasutta, up to the eleventh.
The Shramanopasaka, Great Century, accepted the first Upasaka-Pratimā. Thus, he practiced all the Pratimās from the first to the eleventh, according to the scriptural method.
251. Then, the Great Person, the Shramanopasaka, due to his intense austerities, became so emaciated that his veins became visible.
Due to intense austerities, the Shramanopasaka, Great Century, became so emaciated that his veins became visible. He practiced Amaran Anashan (fasting unto death).
252. Then, the Great Person, the Shramanopasaka, while remembering the Dharma, during the time of the previous night, thought to himself, "Thus, I am emaciated due to these austerities, just like Ananda. Therefore, I will accept the final Maranantik Sanlekhanā, and abandon food and drink. I will practice Anashan, and without desiring death, I will remain absorbed in worship."
One day, at midnight, while remembering the Dharma, the Shramanopasaka, Great Century, thought to himself, "Thus, I am emaciated due to these austerities, just like Ananda. Therefore, I will accept the final Maranantik Sanlekhanā, and abandon food and drink. I will practice Anashan, and without desiring death, I will remain absorbed in worship."
253. Then, the Great Person, the Shramanopasaka, due to his auspicious determination, (auspicious outcome, inner transformation, due to the purified Leshyas), the Avadhijnana Avarana Karma was destroyed, and Avadhijnana arose. As a result, he could see and know the salt sea, one thousand yojanas in each direction, east, west, south, and north, up to the Chullahimavanta Vasahara mountain. He could see and know the earth, which is red due to the radiance of the gems, and the hell, which is eighty-four thousand yojanas in extent.
Then, the Great Person, the Shramanopasaka, due to his auspicious determination, (auspicious outcome, inner transformation, due to the purified Leshyas), the Avadhijnana Avarana Karma was destroyed, and Avadhijnana arose. As a result, he could see and know the salt sea, one thousand yojanas in each direction, east, west, south, and north, up to the Chullahimavanta Vasahara mountain. He could see and know the earth, which is red due to the radiance of the gems, and the hell, which is eighty-four thousand yojanas in extent.
1. See Sutra number 73.| SR No. | 003447 |
| Book Title | Agam 07 Ang 07 Upashak Dashang Sutra Stahanakvasi |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Madhukarmuni, Kanhaiyalal Maharaj, Trilokmuni, Devendramuni, Ratanmuni |
| Publisher | Agam Prakashan Samiti |
| Publication Year | 1989 |
| Total Pages | 276 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari, Agam, Canon, Conduct, & agam_upasakdasha |
| File Size | 19 MB |