ISJS Jainism Study Notes E5 Vol 02

Author(s): International School for Jain Studies
Publisher: International School for Jain Studies

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came out the hissing couple of the snakes. The Lord recited to them the Namokāra Mantra and the couple was born as Dharanendra and Padmāvati in the heaven.
Now that saint Kamatha after his death became a God and one day while moving in air saw Lord Pārsvanātha in penance, threw stones at him, caused rain in torrents, and caused fire thus created several hurdles. The Lord was protected by the erstwhile snake couple Dharanendra and Padmāvati. But see the greatness of the Lord, he did not bother about Kamatha ignored him and had his meditation and forgave him.
Realize at the depth of your heart, what Lord Christ said when he was crucified. Such a noble compassionate Lord, milk of human kindness flowed from his heart. He prayed God for their well being as they were ignorant about their misdeeds. A rare example of forgiveness what a noble idea you are being killed by a person and you pray for his happy life.
See the greatness of Lord Krsna one day while he was sleeping in the jungle one man Jare thinking the man to be deer, shot his arrow and it hurt Lord Krşna. When he came nearby and saw the Lord, he became afraid and lay at his feet for forgiveness. Lord immediately forgave him and asked him to leave the place soon as Balarāma would not leave him when he comes. Jare touched his feet and ran away. It is the outcome of spontaneous flow of kindness from the heart of a righteous, virtuous, high souled person that the Lord forgave that person.
Supreme Humility (Uttama Mārdava) To shun pride and to keep our heart soft and tolerant is supreme humility. To discard the pride of race, family, power, wealth knowledge youth, and beauty and to be soft hearted humble, courteous and modest is the best.
Once Gandhiji went to see Raichand Bhai, the great philosopher and came to know that he was a Satāvadhāni i.e. can remember hundred things at a time after reading them and without seeing them again. Gandhiji was happy to see such a learned scholar and gave a paper on which something was written in English and French. After sometime Raichand Bhai repeated the same. It was a great surprise to Gandhiji but the greater surprise was that Raichand Bhai never showed any such thing as he was not proud of his scholarship. Such is
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