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span. He discarded completely the attachment towards his body
that was lovable, desirable, beautiful and whose care had been
taken by him so far from the attack of diseases of various types
including internal disorders. Heleft his attachmentfor his physical
bodytill his last breath in the currentlife-span. He then undertook
Samlekhana with a cheerful bent of mind, accepted complete fast
till death, became firm and motionless like a tree and started
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disciple Skandak Anagar was good-natured, humble and quiet.
He had almost full control over his passions—anger, conceit,
greed and deceit. He was gentle, simple and always devoted to the
master, He was meticulously careful in fulfilling the orders ofthe
guru. He had gone to Vipulgiri with your permission. He had
repeated his five great vows himself. He had forgiven all ascetics
with a pure heart and sought their forgiveness for ill-thoughts
and undesirable activities, if any. He had climbed up Vipulgiri
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