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and they were waiting for someone to bring them milk. So they asked Gautam if he would provide them with the milk. For Gautam, this was no problem and he touched his thumb with the transforming power of the Self and out flowed milk for 1,003 of the meditators. The meditators were amazed and with no further difficulty, Gautam gave milk to the rest of them.
“Who are you?” they asked. “How can you perform such miracles? Where do you come from?"
Gautam replied that what he did was really not much, for he was the disciple of Lord Mahavira, the highest of the Gurus in his faith. Immediately, the meditators wanted to go to see Lord Mahavira and Gautam agreed to take them. And they began to follow Gautam as their leader, step for step.
But, on the way, Gautam began to think, when I get to Mahavira's throne, they will want to sit in the front row which is reserved for 700 disciples who have already obtained kevali gyana. I cannot allow this to happen. So he said: “Brothers and sisters, you are going to see Lord Mahavira and he already has thousands of monks and nuns who are far more advanced than you are on the Path; and I must ask you to respect their standing with Lord Mahavira. So please sit in the fourth category.
And they appeared to agree. But when Gautam and the 1,503 meditators arrived at Mahavira's throne, the meditators took places in the front row where the kevala
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