Jain Legend Vol 2

SR No.: 007595
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: 342
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 2 MB

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permission of his mother and his wives to take initiation; however he did not get it. Hence, he himself plucked his hair with his fingers (ke alumcana) and clad as Monk went to serve rya Suhast. Looking at Sukum la who was detached even with his own body and completely averse to the world, and who initiated himself into asceticism, rya Suhast initiated him into rama a as per the rules prescribed in the scriptures. Avant Sukum la then appealed rya Suhast to grant him permission to perform penance by observing fast unto death.
Taking permission from rya Suhast he went to the desolate burial ground outside the city, and stood there in a meditative posture (k yotsarga). The very elegant and delicate Sukum la, for the first time in his life, walked such a long distance, barefoot. So his feet pierced by thorns and sharp stones, were bleeding profusely. Enduring the pain bravely and suppressing hunger and thirst, he was engrossed in selfrealization. The scorching sun burnt the ground like fire, but Avant Sukum la did not pay any attention to it and continued his meditation peacefully. The day progressed and soon the sun set; slowly darkness engulfed. The night appeared horrible and terrifying like a fatal night. But the delicate novice, Avant Sukum la who was averse from life stood still deep in his meditation in the burial ground. Sniffing the bloodstained foot prints, a female Jackal with her cubs came near Avant Sukum la. Sniffing the smell of blood trickling from the legs of the monk, it started licking his legs. Engrossed in spiritual meditation, the monk stood still. As there was no protest from him, the Jackal became fearless. It pierced its teeth into the flesh of his leg. Hot blood gushed out of it. The Jackal with her cubs began devouring his leg. Steadily the monk's meditation was reaching greater & greater heights. Without trying to obstruct the jackal, the monk thought, "This jackal, by devouring my flesh, is burning out my karma, and opening the doors of my Nalin Gulma Vim na”. The jackal and the cubs started eating the second leg of the monk. The monk fell on to the ground. However, the monk's concentration of meditation was only getting deeper. After eating his thighs and shoulders, they tore open his stomach. The monk also moved to higher level in his self-realisation. Eventually he went into Sam dhi, died with equanimity and achieving his aim, was born as a celestial being in the plane of Nalin Gulma.
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