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"K rataru (P pala tree) in a dream indicates that in future fraudulent namesake monks will surround votaries who will donate with a wicked feeling. These people will consider monks of pure conduct as lax and the fox-like lax ones as ones of pure conduct.”
“Seeing a cow in a dream indicates that in future most monks and ascetics, opposing the norm, taking refuge in various fake sects, will keep changing the sect. Cawing like crows, these people will consider it their duty to condemn righteous people through perverse arguments.”
"Seeing a lion in distress indicates that the brilliant, renunciationoriented Jain religion will become weak in future. Turning away from thepreside of the religion, people will show respect to false monks in disguise.”
“Seeing a lotus in a dream indicates that in future by virtue of bad company pure people will also turn away from the righteous path and turn towards bad deeds and behaviour.”
“Seeing a seed in the dream indicates that in future people will leave out those who are worthy of being given to, and give alms to the unworthy in the same way as a farmer sows a good seed in barren land and tries to grow bad seeds on fertile land."
“Oh king, in the end you saw a pitcher which says that in future there will be very few monks with qualities of penance, sacrifice, compassion, etc. Further, there will be pretentious monks of lax conduct in large numbers. Householders will not be able to distinguish between them and shall behave similarly with both kinds of monks.”
King Pu yap la developed detachment on hearing the results of his dreams. He accepted the path of restraint at the feet of the Lord and through right austerities, destroying all karmas, and attained nirva.
Description of K lacakra (cycle of time)
One day Lord Mah v ra's first Ga dhara Indrabh ti Gautama expressed curiosity about k lacakra. The Lord said _“Time cycle (k lacakra) has two main parts, avasarpi (regressive half-cycle) and utsarpi
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