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PHILOSOPHY OF SOUL
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in fifteen Kaima Bhumis, as agriculture trades etc. are carried on here. Restraint of senses, penances and religious observances are carried on here.
Fifteen Karma Bhumis comprise of five Bharat, five Airavata and five Mahavideha regions. In Bharat and Airavata regions ascending (utsarpini) and descending (Avasarpini) cycles of time prevail. Tirthamkaras (Prophets) are born when the third and the fourth spokes of the Time-wheel prevail. In Mahavideha region all the times are uniform and prophets always exist there.
THE BIRTH OF THE PROPHETS AND THE MAIDENS APPROACHING
FROM DIFFERENT QUARTERS
The prophets are born at mid-night at the auspicious hour named 'Vijaya' (Victory) and soon the thrones of maidens from Quarters begin to shake. Then with their divine knowledge they learn the prophet's birth place. Thereafter they get prepared the aerial planes by Abhijogya Gods and they arrive at the spot where the prophet is born. These maidens look to the maternity necessities and other such work.
OCCASIONAL INCIDENT
We shall narrate an incident in this connection. Sometime before we halted at Bangalore for the monsoon. Then Sheth Punamchand Rupchand, the proprietor of Madras South Flour Mills approached us to observe the religious practice, viz., “PARYUSHANA". After he completed this practice he left for Mysore in a car with his friend. The car on its way met with an accident. Instantly he uttered "Namo Arihantanam” (I bow down to the Great Lord). One with intrinsic faith in prostrations to the great Lord and with constant meditation in the mind only would abruptly utter these sacred words at a critical moment.
And he hardly knew what happened. When he opened his eyes he found his friends standing outside uninjured and the car was lying in a smashed up condition. They did not know how and when the doors of the car opened and how they were thrown out in safe condition. The God pleased with prostrations had helped. When the Gods know of the situation, they run to the rescue in a
| SR No. | 023322 |
| Book Title | Atmatatva Vichar Or Philosophy Of Soul |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Vijaylakshmansuri, Ghanshyam Joshi, Kirtivijay Gani |
| Publisher | Mohanlal D Mehta |
| Publication Year | 1963 |
| Total Pages | 568 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 39 MB |