Vikram Journal 1974 05 11

SR No.: 523101
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Rammurti Tripathi
Publisher: Vikram University Ujjain
Publication Year: 1974
Total Pages: 200
Language: Hindi, English
Classification: Magazine, India_Vikram Journal, & India
File Size: 11 MB

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लाइफ एण्ड टीचिंग ऑफ लार्ड महावीर
sometimes in a cemetery, in relinquished houses or at the foot of a tree for meditation. In these resting places. he had to face manifold calamities. Crawling or flying animals attacked him. He was beaten with sticks, and struck by sinful people. Even then, he showed no resentment and remained calmn and cool-headed. He was so much immersed in meditation that when asked, he gave no answer; when saluted he gave no reply.
During his period, Mahavira travelled in the pathless country of Radha in Vajrabhumi and Svabhrabhumi where he used most comfortless beds and seats. The rude natives of the place attacked him and unleashed their dogs to bite him, but he never used his sticks to keep them off. Being perfectly enlightened, he endured the abusive language of the rustics. Sometimes when he did not reach the village, the inhabitants met him on the outskirts and attacked him, saying, "Get away from here". He was struck with a stick, fist or lance, he was hit with a fruit, a clod. and potsherd. When once he sat without moving his body, they cut his flesh, tore his hair or covered him with dust. They disturbed him in his religious meditation. Abandoning the care of his body, he endured all pains free from the desire.
Mahavira carefully avoided injuring the meanest form of life. He renounced the company of the female sex and of all householders. He did not use what was expressely prepared for him. He did not use another's robe, nor did he eat out of another's vassel. He never bad any desire for any medical treatment. In the cold season, he meditated in the shade, and in summer, he exposed himself to the heat. He lived on rough food; rice; pounded jujube, and beans. Using these three kinds of food, he sustained himself eight months. Sometimes, he ate only the sixth meal, or the eighth, the tenth and the twelfth. Mahavira and Gosala :---
One important event of Mahavira's ascetic life was his meeting with Gosaia Mauk haliputta, the head of the Ajivika sect in the second year at Paniyabhumi, and they lived together for six years. Probably because of his association, we find some points of similarity in Jaina and Ajivika doctrine and practice. From the account of the Bhagawati Sutra, it is known that Gosala became a disciple of Mahavira. In the ninth year of the ascetic life of Mahavira, Gosala severed his relations with his master on account of doctrinal differences, and went to Sravasti where he spent sixteen years as a religious leader of the Ajivika sect. Kevalajnana :--
The period of twelve years spent in penance and meditation was not fruitless, for in the thirteenth year, Mahavira at last attained supreme knowledge and final deliverance from the bonds of pleasure and pain out. side of the town Srimbhikagrama on the northern bank of the river Riju. palika in the field of the householder Samaga. When the venerable Mahavira had become an Arhat and a Jina, he was a kevalin, ommiscient and comprehending all objects; he knew all the conditions of the world, of gods, men and demons; whence they come where they go, whether they are born as men or animals, or become gods or hell-beings; their food, drink, drugs, desires, open and secret deeds, their conversation and gossip and the thought of their minds; he saw and knew all the conditions in the whole world of all living beings.