Beyond Doubt

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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previous births are also a reality. Just as you exist today, your forefathers and ancestors also had existed. A new born baby is not taught how to suck milk. Such activity is a result of the impressions of the previous births. There are so many dissimilarities in all the worldly beings and there has to be a reason for all these differences. Without accepting the rebirth theory, one cannot understand the cause for all these variations in all creatures. The accumulated Karmas (meritorious and evil) of the previous births is the cause of all inequality. If previous birth exists, then naturally rebirth also exists where the Jivatman' experiences the Karmas accumulated in this birth. Thus innumerable births of the past and the following births of each birth is proved and the theory of rebirth is established."
Thus the Lord clarified the doubt of rebirth which Metarya Swami had and established him as the tenth Ganadhara. His three hundred disciples too surrendered to Lord Mahavira. The Lord preached the 'Tripadi', and Metarya Swami created the Dvadashangi.
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All the ten great scholars got their doubts cleared and became the Prime disciples of Lord Mahavira. How could the last of the eleven scholars, remain behind? Prabhas, the eleventh brother followed them to the place of sermon of the Lord, along with his family of 300 disciples. He had a doubt about 'Nirvana"? which he desired to get it clarified from Lord Mahavira and thus become the way farer on the path of infinite bliss and joy.
As soon as the Lord saw Prabhas Swami, he said, “Oh Prabhas!
r re ar urfa efika" i.e. one should perform the Agnihotra i.e. a kind of a sacrificial ceremony through
Jivatman Nirvana
Bondaged soul Beatitude