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Mah v ra and after the Lord became a keval, he became famous as the first heretic as follows:
A few years after initiation Jam li sought permission from the Lord to wander independently. The Lord did not reply. Considering his silence to be acceptance, Jam li and five hundred monks started wandering independently. Wandering through various places, he came to S vatth and stayed there at Ko haka garden. After some days, he got a burning sensation in his body. It was impossible for him to keep sitting. He asked his monks to prepare a bed to observe the pious death (samth r ) so that he may lie down. They were doing so when Jam li reflected in his mind that Lord Mah v ra who calls the one who starts moving as in motion (calam na calita), and theof starting an activity as acting is false. I can see here that during the process of making the bed, the bed is not ready, so even the movement is unmoved. He explained his new understanding to the monks. Many of them liked him and reposed faith in him. However, others tried to explain to Jam li unsuccessfully, left him and returned to Mah v ra.
Hearing the news of Jam li's illness Priyadar an too came there. She was staying at the house of Mah v ra'as ardent devotee, Dhamka, the potter. Because of love for Jam li, Priyadar an accepted his opinion and started trying to make Dhamka to be his follower. Dhamka said to her, "We know only this much that renunciation cannot be false and he decided to explain to Priyadar an." One day when Priyadar an was reading scriptures at Dhamka's workshop, Dhamka carefully lit a spark on the border of her saree. The female-monk said –“ r vaka, you have burnt my saree.” Dhamka said -“No, only the borders are burning. According to your teacher, that which is burning cannot be called burnt." Hearing Dhamka's words, Priyadar an became aware. She repented her mistake saying, “mithy me du k tam bhavatu.” Thereafter, she returned with her disciples to Lord Mah v ra. This way, one after the other all his disciples left Jam li, yet he was adamant. He used to popularise himself as keval . Lord Mah v ra and Gautama both tried but it did not have any effect on him. Dying without repentance, he die ‘kilvi 'god.
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