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[ The second Chaturmasa in Raja-Griha
from me as much money as you like.” Indra then gave various kinds of precious stones and jewels to Pushpaka, who was very much pleased to receive them and began to praise the ascetic in his mind. He bowed down to the Lord and went home with the money. Indra, too, returned to Heaven, and soon after that Lord Mahavira resumed his Vihara.
The second Chaturmasa (Rainy-season) of the Lord in
Raja-Griha and his meeting with a Weaver.
From Sthunaka the Lord came to Raja-Griha. Here he stayed in a Dharma-Shala (charitable public-hall ), which was situated in Nalanda, a quarter of that city. This DharmaShala belonged to a weaver. The reader will ask why he choose this place for his staying, when he could find many better places in Raja-Griha ? Truly so, but why in RajaGriha alone ? He could get any number of places anywhere he went. You know it quite well that if you care only for your own family, your family alone will help you at the time of trouble. But if you care for the whole quarter or for the whole village in which you live, the whole quarter or the whole village will help you in danger. In the same way, if you sacrifice your own happiness for the happiness of the whole world, the whole world is sure to serve you and to act according to your will. It will shed its own blood like water in order to protect you. But first it is necessary that you should take up such a vow and then offer yourself, body and soul, to the service of humanity; until and unless you act in this way, you cannot win the favour of the world; it cannot think you to be its servant; helper and companion. The Lord had made a great sacrifice. He was, so to say, born for realizing these very objects. He had many considerations in
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