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SHRIMAD BHAGVAD GITA-A JAIN PERSPECTIVE
Jain scriptures illustrate this by pointing out that Mahavira’s main disciple Gautam was overtaken by great grief when he heard the news of Mahavira's Nirvana (death) thinking that he was robbed of the guidance of the master even when he had not yet achieved the state of Kaivalya (pure knowledge). Thereupon he asked the messenger whether the Lord had any message for him. The messenger told him that the Lord had asked him to remind you that your attachment even to Him was no better than all other types of attachments and therefore this was a great obstacle to your progress in spiritual journey. Gautam realized his mistake and corrected his approach. He is said to have thereafter achieved the final goal.
The author of Gita, being himself a great psychologist, has therefore rightly admonished Arjuna to get out of the slough of delusion.
When all passions including Moha are destroyed, mind becomes steady and acquires equipoise. The person concerned is then called
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