Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 2 Vibhag 2

SR No.: 008003
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker
Publisher: Parimal Publication
Publication Year: 1989
Total Pages: 802
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_English, Biography, History, & Religion
File Size: 20 MB

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the true meaning of the words of the linesvaras ? On Cautama Swami saying 'No' to his question, Ananda Srävaka said :Mahārāja then, you should do expiation.
Having some doubt as to who should do the expiation, Ganadhara Maharaja Gautama Swamî returned to śramapa Bhagavāna Mahāvira and bowing down respectfully at the feet of the Venerable Lord, he inquired:-Bhagavān ! Who should do the expiation ? Either I or Ananda Śrāvaka ? When śramaņa Bhagavāna Mahāvira told him that he himself should do the expiation and should ask pardon from Ananda Śrâvaka, highly obedient Ganadhara Maharaja Indrabhati Gautama went to Ananda Śrāvaka and having asked his pardon, he said that whatever Ananda Śrāvaka had told him was quite true.
One must really admire the straight-forwardness of Canadhara Mahārāja Gautama Swami and extol his obedience in respectfully carrying out the orders of Sramapa Bhagavāna Mahāvira. The very fact that a man like Canadhara Mahärāja Gautama Swami occupying the exalted rank of the Chief Disciple of śramaņa Bhagavāna Mahāvira amidst a congregation of 14000 sädhus and numerous nuns, goes to the house of a house-holder to ask his pardon with respectful deference to his eagerness in carrying out the orders of his Guru-Áramaņa Bhagavan Mahāvir&-is a visible evidence of the uprightness of Ganadhara Mahāraja Indrabhūti Gautama. Persons desirous of higher stages of spirituality should always aim at such uprightness and obedience.
After carefully practising for 20 years, the house-holder's dharma preached by the Jinésvaras, Anada Srāvaka abstained from food and drink, and died in Märavantika samlekhanā vrata (a vow of religious meditation till death) After death, he was born as a god in Aruņa Vimâna (aeriai car) in Sandharma-dévaloka. Descending from Saudharma-déva-loka, he will be born in Mahă-videha ksélra and will become a Siddha Buddha and Mukta (Liberated one).
(From Upāšaka daśānga Satra Adhyayana I.)