Jain Legend Vol 3

Author(s): Hastimal Maharaj, Shuganchand Jain, P S Surana
Publisher: Hastimal Maharaj Shugan C Jain P S Surana

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touched Bodh i's feet and put the dust of his feet on their forehead. From that day, the villagers started respectfully calling him as Khima i or K am i. His popularity as Khima i spread far and wide.
On that day all the Brahmins collected lot of money and put the same at the feet of Khima i. But he, being a practitioner of non possession did not look at it all. Afterwards that money was used for many social welfare activities.
Penance of Khima i kept on getting severer by the day. He used to take very strange resolutions (abhigraha) before going on his begging tours for alms. To break his fast, he took such strange 84 types of resolutions that could not be possible to meet except by some super spiritual power. An example of one such resolution is given below.
To break his penance and fast and accept food, one day Khima i decided secretly in his own mind that he would accept food if R vak a Sadyasn ta (unique friend of Dh r dhipati Mumja's younger step brother Simdhukta) in his pure mind donates 21 ap pa (p ve) as alms else he will fast for the rest of his life. After fasting for 3 months and 8 days, his resolution was satisfied and he broke his fast.
The news of Khima i's breaking his long fast in the palace of R vak a spread like electricity in Dh r nagar. Inhabitants of Dh r nagar came in floods to pay homage to Saint Khima i. Prince Simghula alongwith R vak a also went to the resting place of Khima i. When R vak a knew that he has only six more months to live, then he also spent the rest of his life meditating and spiritual purification after being initiated in rama a tradition.
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After accepting self restraint, R vak a became popular as K ar i and following the footsteps of his guru, started practicing deep meditation on his self and performing severe penance.
In this way practicing severe penance for six months K fulfilling the objective of his human life.
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Later on Khima i also after 60 years of practicing severe penance died at the age of 90 years.
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