Acharya Bhadrabahu Diwakar Chitrakatha 053

Author(s): Jinottamsuri, Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Mahavir Seva Trust Mumbai

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Then he turned towards his younger brother
Brother! I will get initiated right now. Please return home to our family. Bon voyage!
Acharya Yashobhadra Suri formally initiated the two scholars to be Shramans.
Each day ascetic Bhadrabahu devoted many hours to studies and meditation.
Brother Would
you deprive me of the good food you have got? No! I will follow you steps.
As you
wish.
With the intensity of his meditation his intellect became so purified that he soon acquired the profound knowledge of the fourteen Purvas and became a Shrut-kevali.
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