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“After 500 years, in c rya samhanana-catu ka will end."
ryavajra's time, the tenth p rva and first
"470 years after my nirva there will be a king named Vikram ditya, who will be a good person, a golden man, and will rule continuously over the earth under his samvat."
453 years after my niry a there will be a K lak c rya who will end the kingdom of Gardabhilla.”
“Many monks will be like buffoons who will spend their time in selfpraise and condemning others. Nobody will talk about those with phenomenal strength of the self and those without strength of self will be worshipped.”
Hearing this description from the Lord many great souls including Hastip la became nirgrantha monk. In that year, there was vast propagation of the nirgrantha sermon. In the fourth month of the c turm sa on the new moon day of the dark fortnight of K rtika month in the early morning time at the 'scribes assembly' the Lord gave his last sermon. Nine Licchav s of K , Kau ala, nine Mallas and 18 ga ar js (Chiefs of republics) were also present there.
Liberation of the Lord (Pariniry
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Lord Mah v ra's parinirv a took place on the new moon day of the dark fortnight of K rtika month. On that day, observing a fast (bele) the Lord kept giving his sermon for 16 hours (prahara). In this sermon, the Lord explained the 55 of pu yaphala and 55 of the p paphala vip ka, which is popular as ‘Sukha vip ka' and 'Duh kha vip ka' divisions of the
Vip kaS tra'. He also spoke of unnumbered 36 chapters of vy kara a, which is popular as 'Uttar dhyayanaS tra’. While mentioning the 37th chapter on Marudev the Lord became still in paryamk sana. He respectively blocked the activity of the mind and speech, then maintaining the subtle activity of the body; he blocked the coarse activity of the body. In the third stage of deep meditation he stopped the minute activities of the speech and mind and reached the fourth stage of meditation stopping all action and reaching there, and had time enough to
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