Jaina Gazette 1928

SR No.: 034890
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ajitprasad, C S Mallinath
Publisher: Jaina Gazettee Office
Publication Year: 1928
Total Pages: 502
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 33 MB

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THE JAINA GAZETTE
VOL. XXIV) MADRAS: S WHOLE
No. 115 NOVEMBER 1928 ? No. 281 THE NIRVANA OF LORD MAHAVIRA.
F the Five Great Acquisitions* which the Soul of an Arhat
attains, the ascension to Moksha or the attainment of Liberation or Pari-Nirvana is the last and the most important; for it is now that the soul puts an end for ever to its mundane existence and begins the life as a Siddha, a Pure and Perfect Soul in that Domicile of Bliss, a region far beyond the horizon of human understanding, where there is undisturbed Peace, infinite Power and undefiled Purity.
Our Sacred Books give us interesting accounts of the Nirvana of our Great Thirthankaras and numerous other Munis of the ancient days. And let us describe here somewhat in detail the Salvation of Lord Mahavira and the glories of that glorious morning when He entered into Nirvana.
It was in the year 527 B.C. the Lord having preached the Dharma, the Way and the Goal for about thirty years, in many countries, to all people without any distinction of caste or sect or any other social status, to Aryans and Mlechchas alike, reached the lovely precincts of Pava-puri, which was perhaps the capital city of King Hastipala, who was one of the royal disciples of the Great Teacher.
* There are called Pancha Kalyanas in the Sastras. They are 1. Garbhavadharana or the Birth; 2. Janmabhisheka or the Anointment by the Deves soon after the Birth ; 3. Pari Nishkrimana or the absolute renunciation; 4. Kevala Jnana, or the Omniscient knowledge ; 5. PariNirvana or Salvation.
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