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Vajra (Propagator of Jainism)
[24] VAJRA (Propagator of Jainism)
(1) Dhangiri left his pregnant wife to renounced the world and became a Jain Monk. (2) When the child was born, he heard about his father's renouncement, which made him recollect his previous birth. He kept troubling his mother by weeping all the time, so that his mother is fed up of him and will easily let him renounce world. (3) Sick of her crying son, the mother donated him to monk Dhangiriji who gave him to nuns (Sadhvijis) for upbringing. (4) The son carefully listened to the Agam Granthas (Book of Jain scripts) from the nuns and learnt the eleven (Angas) in the cradle. (5) After finding that the child is calm and happy, the mother came back to the Dhannaji to take her son back. (6) When Dhannaji declined to return the son to the mother, she complaint to the King. The King asked to fetch the child and let child decide with whom he wants to stay. The child went to Dhangiriji. Seeing this Dhangiriji immediately gave Diksha (Renouncement of World) to his son who was named Vajra Swami. (7) In a drought prone area, Vajra Swami carried his community of people (monks and religious men and women) to a prosperous land through the sky. (8) There, the people against the Jain religion did not permit the Jains to offer flowers for worship of God. Vajra Swami brought millions of flowers from sky and thus spread the praise and fame of Jainism. (9) When Vajra Swami realized that his death was near, he went to Mount Rathavarta and fasted there with meditation for a month and went to heaven.
Inspired By: Jain Acharya Shri Bhuvanbhanusuriswarji Maharajsaheb
