Jainism Abroad

SR No.: 032304
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Pratap J Tolia
Publisher: Vardhaman Bharati International Foundation
Total Pages: 58
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 7 MB

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Not only the parents and human citizens, but even the Celestial Gods also celebrate the great "JANMAKALYANAKA" - the universal welfare and peace-providing Birth Celebrations of this great Sou.............
See! What a wonderful, unique and majestic is that scene!..........What an auspicious and joyous is that vision......!! Here the King and his subjects on the pious land of KSHATRIYA KUNDAGRAMA - Vaishali and there the Celestial Gods of heaven on the summit of the holy Mount MERU are totally absorbed in the greatest joy of celebrating the "JANMA-KALYANAKA" of this newly born ARIHANTA-TIRTHANKARA - designated child "Vardhamana". In course of this joyous performance of the celebrations, the Celestial Gods experience for awhile also the indications of the Potential Infinite Super Soul-powers of this future ARIHANTA-TIRTHANKARA'S Soul by getting a glimpse from the momentary tremor even of the whole Mount of MERU - the eternally - Steady Mountain the tremor which was performed by the very pressing of the thumb on it by the Child Vardhaman!
THE CHILDHOOD & THE YOUTH..
The JANMAKALYANAKA: The growing and increasing of the prosperity and purity of the Kingly family and the Kingdom of Siddhartha: the naming of the child as "Vardhamana": switching on of name of "Mahaveera" from "Vardhamana" from the course of the highly adventurous and fearless episode of childly games with children-friends and going to the school - this series of incidents take place during his gradually growing childhood.
While at the school, Vardhamana acquires all the VIDYAS - the learnings - very soon after all, he being the possessor of numerous VIDYAS - learnings - due to his three knowledges from the very birth, who can teach him more and what remains to be taught to him?
............The childhood passed and came the youth along with the outward youth, the internal state of wisdom has also awakened more and grown him matured. When he is getting more and more awakened, how the outward enchanting attractions of the world could bind him into material and sensual pleasures? Detached, totally detached, he is from within....... But residues yet are his "BHOGAVALI KARMAS" (the prior deeds remaining to be acted and exhausted), remaining yet is the duty devotion towards the parents to be performed and overdue yet is the indebtedness of 'LOVE' of young Yashoda - not only his wife, but the sign of his "parent's wish"!
THE HOUSE HOLDER...............
And he, the internally detached Prince Vardhaman Mahaveera, marries Princess Yashoda. Yashoda - the symbol of Indian womanhood who not only externally follows her great husband, but also internally understands his aspirations and only acts as per his will with total devotion and oneness. Awakening her Self-Consciousness and translifting herself also on the path of religion along with other family members, Mahaveera passes his house holder's life by living "amidst" the SANSARA without becoming "of" the SANSARA just like a detached LOTUS prescribing this "Ideal of Lotus" for all
"The Aspirant, the Self-Seeker should remain detached in the SANSARA just as a Lotus which remains aloof from the water, slush and mud in spite of its growth within it !
What a beautiful ideal of detachment for the householder of which he himself was the example and the religion of SHRAVAKA which he was going to prescribe in his future course of CHATURVIDHA DHARMA SANGHA (The four-fold religious order). According to this ideal of a householder his princely life is passing at the Kingly palace of King father Siddhartha. In his family, apart from the father, mother, elder brother - Nandivardhana, sister Sudarshana and wife Yashoda, there is the pleasant addition of daughter Priyadarshana, amidst all of whom he happily passes his domestic life. All the members gather every evening in the Palace, Vardhaman performs the recitations from his knowledge as well as from scriptures and then follows the customary prayers accompanied by music of the Palace musician...........
Thus, passeth his day in joy with the members of his family. In course of time, his parents King Siddhartha and mother Trishala Devi, finding that their voyage of this life has come to an end, enter into SAMMLEKHANA - the rigorous final fast unto death and accordingly pass away from the mortal frames, leaving everything behind.
Vardhamana finds here, as he had himself preached in the last phase of his own days on the earth, that: