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CHAPTER XVI
A VOLLEY OF PASARGAS RAIMED UPON THE
LORD BY GOD SARGAMAS
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SA
uffering all the Upasargas patiently Lord Maha
vira came to a village named Pedhana. He chose S a place for meditation outside the village and
absorbed himself in meditation keeping his gaze
upon a tree standing in front of him. It was at this s time that Indra, the King of the gods, seated in the assembly of gods, was praising the qualities of self-control, penance and right conduct of the Lord; and the gods fell in with him, showing their joy, love and faith for the actions of Lord Mahavira. It must be remembered, however, that the good and evil exist together. The organ of execration is as important for the body as the mind, which is the source and the centre of all good thoughts. The rose-bushes which give us the most beautiful, the most delicate and the most fragrant flowers, contain the sharpest and the most prickly thorns, perhaps with the pretext of protecting the
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