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I AM MAHAVIRA
REALIZATION OF TRUE PATH
Twelve years passed by while wandering-on-foot in search of the true path. I was now getting forty-two years old. My knowledge grew with travels through many parts of the country. I thought over what I gained and experienced. I concentrated my mind through meditation. I critically analyzed my thoughts.
During this 12- year wandering-on-foot, I could receive foods-in-alms only for 365 times which sustained my physical energy for so long. However, I acquired an unlimited amount of internal energy through my austerities and meditation
One day, I was undertaking the austerity of two day fasting (Belā) along with meditation under the Sal tree on the bank of the river Rjukülā in the Jrmbhika village (Current Jharia, Jharkhand). This was the bright tenth day of Vaišākha (April -May). I felt, "I
am receiving divine light". I realized a great splendour in this divine light. It solved all my internal and external problems. All my doubts and problems were solved through the entry of this divine light. I began thinking, "This is the true inner light. I was searching for this light only. " I found the path to make the world internally and externally happy. I saw before my eyes that the lion and she
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