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SRI ANTAGADA SUTRA
When monks pluck hair from their head, the pain is only while plucking the first few locks, later the pain subsides. This implies that some chemical, which works like an anesthetic is produced in the body, which can increase our tolerance and reduce the suffering. How and why this chemical is produced and their effect is a topic of research.
We bow to all the kevalis mentioned in this Sūtra who have attained this high
level of tolerance.
A sinful person, upon repentance can also perform Sadhana, take refuge in
preception and attain self-realization. This is depicted in this Sūtra with the
example of Arjunmali.
Lord Mahāvīra through this Sūtra shows us the path of attaining liberation. To achieve it one should possess the virtues of tolerance and patience. This is portrayed by articulating about various princes who left their luxuries, accepted the hard life and sufferings, renounced the world and performed Sadhana to attain the ultimate goal.
Śri Antagada Sūtra is a scripture that contains many stories, each one revealing a different value of life. Also, mentioned in the Sūtra is the role of the elders in those days, the respect given to them, the arrangement of marriage etc.
Śrī Antagad Sūtra is helpful to those devotees who want to incorporate preception in their worldly life and progress spiritually.
