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THE PROTECTIVE SHIELD OF MEDITATION
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'Are the experiences of witnessing one's latencies extant?'
'It occurred more than once you have come across the tale of Shulapaniyaksa Do not the tales of Kataputana Vyantari and Sangamdeo reveal such projection of one's accumulated impressions?
It is the fifth year of the spintual practices The Lord is going from the camp Gramak to Salısırsha There is a garden on the outskirts The Lord fell into meditation there It was the month of Magh The chill was extreme The sky was fogged The air was astır Each creature craved for warmth and heat
The Lord is unclothed His will and yogic powers kept him stood unmoving in that chill A vyantarı came there She was called Kataputana The sight of the Lord provoked her She assumed the looks of a wandering abbess She wetted her flowing tresses and sprayed it on the Lord The Lord was imperturbable The Lord thereby won the transcendental virtue of knowing every tangible mundane object 1
The Lord is incessantly progressing The path is not unchequered How can one move unimpeded here where rivalries prevail? The level ground, the ditch and the hillocks punctuate every long track But one with unshaky legs moves on unimpeded He accomplishes the journey through
During the eighth year of his practices the accumulated impressions blew up irrepressibly It happened when he meditated in the Salvana grove of Bahusalaka village The alertness of the Lord calmed the storm in no time
During the eleventh year of the practices the accumulated force of past inclinations re-exploded This was the last attack of its kind The Lord had been ruthlessly smashing the gathered up force of proclivities and impressions Hence these elements also asserted themselves for their survival
It is the Pedhal village, to be specific, the grove of Pedhal The temple is called Poulas He observed fast for three days The Lord stands slightly stooping, over a rock It was his favourite posture of dedication The concentration is intensified, 1. 'Awashyakchurni'l pt pp 292, 293
| SR No. | 011093 |
| Book Title | Shraman Mahavira |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Dineshchandra Sharma |
| Publisher | Mitra Parishad Calcutta |
| Publication Year | 1976 |
| Total Pages | 351 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 13 MB |