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COMPASSIONATE BHAGAVAN MAHAVIR
Spending the twelfth monsoon stay, of the period of his practices in Champa city Mahavir went to Chhammani village and stood in meditation outside the village. A cowherd approached him and said,
| | When the cowherd returned he asked about the oxen. Mahavir
remained silent. The cowherd asked again but Mahavir was still in deep meditation. The cowherd lost his temper.
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Imposter! It appears that you are stone deaf. Wait a minute.
I know how to cure you
Ascetic! Please look after my oxen. I shall return soon.
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The cowherd left his oxen there and went away. The oxen drifted grazing.
UMA
He plucked out thorns of Kaas shrub and without a second thought hammered the nail like sharp and hard thorns in both his earst
Mahavir tolerated this excruciating pain equanimously and his meditation was not disturbed. He also remained free from any feeling of aversion or anger for the cowherd.
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This cowherd was the reincarnation of the attendant of Triprishta Jain Education in d pallona
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