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Conversactions, Sweet in Jaina Truth
LEONA SMITH KREMSER
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Praise to the praiseworthy, Jaina Lord, the Lord Nemi. He shared the truth of immortality with the food-animal community.
Now the Lord Nemi came from His inward silence and He beheld food-animals mid His yonder audience. Said the Lord : “Humble One's Ye Food-animals, heed this summon to move beyond your lowly station into the sweet truth of the Jaina religion.
Draw ye near, for to this Lord, ye one and all are dear. 'Twas your elders, wailing to His wedding procession that waked this Lord to His rightful mission. By name, no more the Prince Arista Nemi but dusty beggar He became, in search of charity. Yet rare the alms that He sought, 'twas ultimate truth, by hard penance wrought. In due term of karma, He took self-realization by way of an all seeing vision :
Soul, everliving in every living thing. Soul, alone within a reality its timeless own. Soul, by free will
its pure nature due to fulfill. O Himself in bliss, that Soul was the ultimate truth of the Jinas' promise.
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