Jain Legend Vol 1

SR No.: 007594
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hastimal Maharaj, Shuganchand Jain, P S Surana
Publisher: Hastimal Maharaj Shugan C Jain P S Surana
Publication Year: 2011
Total Pages: 367
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 2 MB

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The Lord was just saying this to the monks when Go laka reached the garden with his disciples and said -“K yapa, you say Mamkhaliputra Go laka is your disciple. That is true, but that disciple of yours died and has become a god. I am from the Kauţiny yana gotra. I have Go laka's body because it is capable of bearing with ordeals. This is my seventh entry into a body.” Hearing Go laka's words, the Lord said -“Go laka, since you are caught, you are weaving a web of words. However, this is not right. You are Go laka and no one else but him. There is no need to make these false utterances.” Go laka was very angry hearing the Lord's clear speech and started blabbering nonsense. He also abused the Lord.
The words of Go laka did not affect the Lord. Other monks too remained silence as per the Lord's orders, but the heretic 'Sarv nubh ti' could not contain him. He told Go laka -“Go laka, it is not right for a mendicant like you to behave so inappropriately in spite of having been initiated by the Lord. Do not take refuge in unwise action in anger." Go laka was furious to hear Sarv nubh ti's words. He hurled a hot flash in anger, which reduced Sarv nubh ti to ashes. Like Sarv nubh ti, the monk 'Sunak atra' too could not tolerate this. He, too, tried to explain to Go laka. In turn, Go laka hurled another hot flash. While its impact was not as powerful, but with fearsome pain, he came and prayed to the Lord, and with repentance again accepting the major vows, seeking forgiveness from all, ended his life in meditation.
In the end Mah v ra himself tried to advise Go laka bit, but it had an opposite effect on Go laka and he hurled another hot flash at Mah v ra. It did not burn Mah v ra's body but circumambulated him and leapt back at Go laka and burning him, went into his body. Go laka started to feel pain in his body, yet he said to the Lord –“K yapa! Today you were saved, but with the impact of my hot flash, within six months of your mendicancy period, you will die.” The Lord said _“I shall wander as a
T rthamkara for 16 years now but you, pained by your own hot flash, will be rid of your body within seven nights.”
3 In contrast to the “Note” given in the 1st year as keval . this is the 14th year of the keval -cary. Hence, the reference to wandering for 16 years is correct, but this is the 27th year after initiation and 57th year of his life.
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