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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
AJITASENA-VYAKARANAM
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were all transformed into men and they all took ordination.' Bhagavā after ordaining them returned to the Jetavana-vihāra.
Ananda asked “O Bhagavā, what will be the result of these meritorious acts of king Ajitasena?”
Bhagavā replied, “You have done well, Ananda, that you have asked me such a question. After countless ages, this king Ajitasena will become Ajitapralokanātha-tathāgata having knowledge and good conduct etc."
Ā: What will be the results of the good deeds of Nandimitra Mahāśrāvaka, the spiritual guide of the king?
Bh.: He will become at that time Nandiprabhanāmatathāgata.
Ā: How will their Buddhaksetras be called?
Bh.: Their Buddhaksetras will be called Aparimitagunasañcaya (a collection of innumerable merits).
Ā: What will be the merits of him who will in future promulgate (prakāśayisyati) this religious treatise (dharmaparyāya)?
Bh.: They will attain Bodhi just as much as I have done through incalculable acts which are hard to perform (duskara). He, who listens to a gāthā of 4 pādas, will become non-returning (avaivarttika) Bodhisattvas.
Ā: What will be the merits of those dharma-reciters (bhānakas) who will preach this dharma-paryāya?
Bh.: Those who will preach the whole of this dharmaparyāya will become kings or emperors, lords of the four continents (dvipa) and will ultimately be emancipated from birth, old age, disease, grief and death.
1 It fully endorses the view mentioned in the Saddharmapundarika, p. 264 that the following five positions cannot be attained by a woman: Brahmasthānam, Sakrasthānam, Mahārājasthānam, Cakravartisthanam, and Avaivartik abodhisattvasthānam. It further says that a woman may fulfil the päramis but can never become a Buddha..
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