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COMPASSIONATE BHAGAVAN MAHAVIR
After some time Gautam composed himself.
Lost in these contemplations Gautam transcended into deep meditation. By morning he had shed all the destructive Karmas and attained Kewal Jnana.
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Oh! In fact Prabhu sent me away in order to break the shackles of
my attachment with him.
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It was a moonless night when Mahavir attained Nirvana. Gods tried to dispell the darkness with the help of gems and the humans by burning candles. That was the begining of Dipavali or the festival of
On the first day of the bright half of the month of Kartik the masses jointly celebrated the Nirvana of Bhagavan Mahavir and the attaining of Kewal-jnana by Ganadhar Gautam.
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