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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
The Pupil
The influences that fall on the mind in one's childhood remain throughout one's life. Since noble influences had formed and informed the mind of Sulasa in her childhood, Ambad had to bow his head in shame before her.
Lord Mahavir preached his message to Sati Suasa along with Ambad. Ainbad assuming the forms of Brahma, Vishnu, Maheshwar and even Lord Mahavir endeavoured with all his tact to attract Sulasa but his efforts totally failed. At last, in his own form (Rupa) he went with Sulasa and heard the message of Lord Mahavir. Ambad Shravak was profoundly influenced by Sulasa's firmness and became reformed and ennobled.
Samyagjnan emerges from within; not from outside. When a diamond is polished its lustre increases: but that lustre emerges not from outside but from within. There is no brilliance in a brick. Hence when it is polished, it does not acquire brilliance; on the other hand it falls off in pieces. Bharath Maharaj
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