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naars Naivedya-pujā-Arranging sweet-meats before the image, and yet Arranging ripe delicious fruits before the image ), and addressing his feudatory princes, the King said: If your are my faithful brothers, you take the shelter of Jaina sādhūs. The fenudatory princes of Samprati Mahārāja gladly accepted his order. A highly salutary result of this order was that with the spread of the fame of the Jaina Religion in various countries, the vihāra [ perigrinations ) of Jaina sādhūs in different localities became more easy.
One day at mid-night, an idea of spreading Jaina Religion in anārya [ uncivilized ] countries by sending Jaina sādhūs there, sprang up in the mind of Samprati Mahārāja. He sent some strong-willed persons under the garb of Jaina Sādhūs, to uncivilized countries and ordered them:-"You should always accept only food and drinks which are perfectly destitute of all the defects of the forty-two defects of food and drink materials, and you should preach the principles of the Jaina Religion, and you should explain them the Rules of Conduct of a Jaina sādhu and the nature of food and drink-materials acceptable to them
Even uncivilized people, thinking that they may be the religious preceptors of Samprail Mahārāja, as they had been specially sent by himself, had great respect for them. They did not accept anything except pure food and drink-materials devoid of defect They did their work with great devotion. After some time, these uncivilized persons also, became perfectly familiar with the Rules of Conduct of Jaina sādhus, and the seeds of good behaviour towards deserving ascetics became deeply implanted in them.
Having made these uncivilized persons familiar with the rules of conduct of Jaina sādhūs, the devout Samprati Mahārāja, one day asked Daśa-pūrvi Ācārya Arya Su-hasti Sûri:“Worshipful Master I How is it that Jaina sādhūs do not move about in anārya (uncivilized) countries ? Guru Mahārāja replied:—"Anārya (uncivilized) persons being ignorant and unsympa
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| SR No. | 008006 |
| Book Title | Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 5 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker |
| Publisher | Parimal Publication |
| Publication Year | 1989 |
| Total Pages | 616 |
| Language | English, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_English, Biography, History, & Religion |
| File Size | 14 MB |