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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsun Gyanmandir
Mahavira's Debate with his Eleven Principal Disciples
Doubts of eleven leeules dispelled
The great puncit Indrabhuti Gautama was a sincere seeker of truth. He practiced non-absolutism and was straightforward and humble by nature. His conscience constantly persuaded hin, "O Indrabhuti Gautama, abandon bigotry. Search for the truth alore. The truth is within you. Turn your attention inward and engage yourself in pure meditation."
Mahavira convinced Indrabhuti of the existence of soul demonstrating how existence of soul could be effectively proved with perception, experience, introspection and intuition. Indrabhuti's doubt about the existence of the soul gradually vanished
ladrabhuti folded his hands in humility and bowed down in reverence before Mahavira, "Sir, you are quite right. You are truly omniscient. You have cleared the doubt which I have had for so many years. Please accept me and my five hundred pupils as your disciples."
Mahavira had love and respect for Indrabhuti. He said, "O Indrabhuti Gautama, an auspicious future lies ahead. We shall together endeavour to eradicate violence, to spread the religion of non
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