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days when, after attaining the Buddhahood, spent seven weeks in the Bodhi bower bodhi-manda). During these 49 days, he did neither take food, nor bath, nor did he clean his mouth. He spent these seven weeks in the joy of meditation, in the joy of the path and in the joy of the result. Having taken the khir, the Buddha threw the golden saucer into the river (7).
Dreams
On the last night of his life as a monk, Mahavira dreamt 10 dreams which were the precursors of his future life. The Buddha aslo dreamt five dreams at the end of his careers of spiritual exertions, and these were intimately related with the future course of his life. The details of the dreams dreamt by the two are very much different, but they have some similarity as well in their inner content.
Dreams of Mahavira:
During the period of his penances, Mahavira slept only once, and that for a muhurta when he dreamt dreams as follows:
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He saw that he was killing a dreadful pisaca as big as a palm tree.
Inplication
He saw that a white male cuckoo had come into his presence.
Implication
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white (pure) meditation.
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He saw that a multi-coloured male cuckoo had come into his presence.
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In plication gave the contents of 12 Angas full of deep thoughts of various sorts.
4. He saw before him two garlands of gems.
Implication enunciation of Law (dḥarna) for the monks (anagar) and for the householders (āgār).
He saw before him a herd of white cattle.
annihilation of attachment.
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