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must have to suffer all kinds of miseries that come in your way and shall have to face them like a warrior.”
This inspiring instruction of the Lord produced Jati. Smarana Jnana ( rememberance of previous birth. Now the agitation of his mind was gone, and he devoted himself heart and soul to the practice of austere penances from that day,
LORD MAHAVIRA'S DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW ACCEPT CONSECRATION.
Thus sanctifying many places with the dust of his feet, Lord Mahavira came to Kunda-Grama, where he was rece. ived very warmly by the people of that place. After paying usual respects to the Lord the people sat round about him to listen to his sweet instructions. The Lord then, began to preach his message of truth to the audience in Samvasarana. One day, his daughter, Priya - Darshana, came with her husband, Jamali, to see and to bow to the feet of the Lord. But they were much influenced by the beneficial teachings of the Lord, that they felt a desire for renouncing the world and accepting consecration. They took permission from their elders and offered themselves before the Lord for consecration. The Lord found them fit for this purpose and consecrated both of them at one and the same time. Many other men and women accepted consecration together with Jamali and Priya-Darshana. Muni Jamali now began to study the scriptures, and one by one finished eleven Angas ( Scriptures ) of them. When Lord Mahavira found that he was well-versed in Scriptures and was also given to the general welfare of mankind, he made him the Acharya (Chief preceptor) of the hermits consecrated with him. We notice in
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