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7) CHITRAK and
SAMBHUTI WERE BORN TO 2 BUTCHER
Once, a muni was passing through the forest. In the afternoon, he lost his way and fell unconscious. Four cow-herds, grazing their cows over there, saw this from a distance. They came near him and found that his lips were dry. They assumed him to be thirsty and extracted milk from a cow and poured into his mouth. The muni attained consciousness. He preached them that, “Our soul is wandering in the forest of this world. Asceticism is the only way to free ourselves from pains." All of them gained faith and accepted monkhood and two of them achieved omniscience and salvation.
The want of
a thing is more than
its worth
The other two muni thought that, “How can one become pure without taking a bath?. Why should we keep our clothes muddy?”. By these thoughts they
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