Jain Journal 1970 10

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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riddle whether it was a horse or a god, he heard an anonymous voice greeting him with his name and directing him to go towards the south to find something unprecedented. As he proceeded, he reached the great Vindhya forest. A little ahead, under a Vata tree he saw a monk, emaciated with penances but ablaze with lusture, an embodiment of dharma and an incarnation of upasama. To the left of the monk he saw a great person of divine appearance and to the right a lion. The great monk welcomed him, the divya puruşa greeted him and the lion too received him suitably. When asked who the horse was and why he was carried away, the great monk assured the prince to enlighten him on these questions. The prince then sat there before the monk in a receptive mood and the latter started his religious discourse.
In the Vatsa country, in the town of Kausambi, there ruled a king Purandaradatta by name who had an able minister in Vasava. One day, on his way to the temple of Arhat for worship, the minister Vasava was presented with a bunch of mango-blossoms by the gardner who reported to him the advent of spring and also the arrival of the preceptor Dharmanandana in the garden. On returning from the temple, Vasava called on the king Purandaradatta, presented him with the same bunch of mango blossoms, and requested him that they might personally enjoy the vernal glory of the park. In the park they enjoyed the charming sight of trees, creepers and flowers attended by swarms of bees. Intending to pay respects to Dharmanandana, who was halting on a dry spot in the garden, the minister led the king there under the pretext of seeing the Asoka tree planted by the latter as a prince. There they saw a multitude of monks. On being inquired of, the minister duly introduced the monks and the preceptor to the king.
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The preceptor welcomed them along with others. The king wondered why the preceptor, so gifted as he was, had taken to renunciation. In reply the preceptor started his discourse on the nature of samsara which itself is an enough cause for renunciation. Then he told that the cause of wanderings in this miserable samsara consists of krodha, māna, māyā, lobha and moha. He illustrated these with anecdotes of five persons who were seated there.
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Krodha (anger)-Biography of Candasoma :
In the settlement of Ragada, close to Kanci, there lived a poor brahmin named Susarmadeva. His eldest son was Bhadrasarma who due to his naughtiness came to be called Candasoma. The parents married him to a suitable girl Nandini and leaving to him the respon