Beyond Doubt

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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CHAPTER VII
तं प्रव्रजितं श्रुत्वा दध्यौ तब्दान्धावोऽपरः । अपि जातु द्रवेदद्रि हिमानी प्रज्वलेदपि ॥ वन्हिः शीतः स्थिरोवायुः सम्भवेन्न तु बान्धवः । हारयेदिति पप्रच्छ लोकानश्रद्दधद् भृशम् ॥
Agnibhuti was the second brother of Indrabhuti. When he heard that his elder brother had, become a disciple of Mahashramana Mahavira, he did not believe it to be truth and thought that his jealous opponents must have spread the rumour to trouble him, because his brother Indrabhuti was a renowned scholar. He thought, "Mountains may perish, snow may burn, fire may become cool, cool winds may be come motionless, but none in this world can ever defeat my brother." He began to beg of the people returning from the Samavasarama to tell him the truth. But when all the people, one by one, spoke the fact of Indrabhuti becoming the disciple of Lord Mahavira. Agnibhuti then thought that the winner in the competition must be a great magician, but he shall not be a prey to him. He said, "I shall at once go and defeat him in debate and free my brother from his clutches."
He bowed to his family diety and started to go the Samavasarana, where Lord Mahavira had initiated the first Ganadhara, Indrabhuti Gautama. Along with him his five hundred disciples too came, but as soon as Agnibhuti reached the place of sermon, all his pride and anger seemed to be getting washed away. Only by spiritual practice and devotion one can enlighten oneself. But till date we have not been able to experience supreme bliss because without practice none can achieve anything. Edison Edison had to experiment 33,000 times to invent the filament of the bulb. To invent a two inch filament (wire) of material existence, Edison had to do so many experiments, then for self-realization and to experience infinite bliss, one naturally has to put sincere
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