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to see the snake and to encounter his anger.
When the Chandra snake saw the Lord approaching, it rushed at him and bit him several times. After each bite from the snake, Lord Mahavira only smiled and looked lovingly upon the snake as if he were his friend. Where the snake had bitten the Lord, the red blood did not come from his body where the wounds were made. Instead, owing to the divine purity and radiant healing energy of the Lord, white corpuscles and the poison poured onto the ground causing a magical mist to appear that seemed to transform everything and everyone that it touched as it spread through the jungle. Everyone looked in wonder and amazement at the magical mist that enveloped the snake and the Lord alike. Then the Lord was heard to say, “Boujahar” which meant "remember your Self" to the Snake.
In an instant, the snake became peaceful. All anger and poison went from his body. Since the snake had touched the Lord and the Lord had spoken divinely to him, the snake underwent a profound change in his inner consciousness. The snake remembered many past lives when he was not a snake. Futhermore, he realized why had become the biggest and most deadly snake. Immediately, he stopped attacking and biting people completely and he became like a yogi, living in peace and reflecting upon his own hidden Self.
Eventually, many people, animals and other reptiles
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