Book Title: Arya Sudharma Diwakar Chitrakatha 033
Author(s): Nityanandsuri, Chidanandmuni, Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Mahavir Seva Trust Mumbai
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THE FIRST PROPAGATOR OF AGAMS : ARYA SUDHARMA
Mahavir
In the same way due to different types of attitudes a soul incarnates in different types of bodies. After death a man may reincarnate as a
god or as an animal.
Sudharma ponders
True, indeed. This is mentioned in
the scriptures too. The cause that determines a rebirth is karma and the
cause that determines a karma is attitude. A man indulges in deeds according to his attitude. And he acquires a body in the next birth
depending on his deeds.
When Sudharma heard Mahavir's logic he realized the extant of his own ignorance. He at once accepted
Giving him diksha Bhagavan Mahavir accepted Arya Sudharma as his disciple.ca aparque
Arya, What you say is true. My doubt has been removed.... Please accept me as your
disciple.
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Sudharma's five hundred disciples followed him and
became Bhagavan's disciples. # Formal initiation. ## At that time Pundit Sudharma was about 50 years old. 500 BV
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