Jain Lesson I

Author(s): JAINA Education Committee
Publisher: Diwakar Prakashan

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He made him stand under the sunlight and tightly fastened a wet leather band around his head. As the leather pand got dried, it sqeezed the monk's head very hard. The goldsmith thought that the monk would speak, when he could no longer bear the pain. But he did not realize that this monk was a real monk who was willing to give up his life, to save the life of a bird. The monk suffered the acute pain, but did not change his mind about telling the goldsmith what had happened. He did't get angry with the goldsmith either. He maintained peaceful by thinking, "This body is perishable, why should I worry about it?" He truly felt happy that the bird's life was saved. Under the
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