Jaina Method Of Curing

Author(s): Manju Jain
Publisher: International School for Jain Studies

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Evendial Story 16
Childhood is like a sapling or a creeper which can be trained to bend towards which ever direction. But a fully grown tree does not have such flexibility. During a storm such big tress are uprooted by strong winds but a small and flexible plant saves itself by bending.
It is easier to imbibe righteousness during childhood. Mitra, the daughter of king Mahipchandra was a virtuous and cultured girl from her early childhood. Although she could have led a very luxurious life being in the royal family, she was spiritually inclined form her very childhood. At that tender age also she would ponder about dharma and the meaninglessness of the outer world. King Mahipchandra was very happy with his daughter. He sent her to acquire further knowledge. to Aryika Smt. Mataji. There she learnt that it was important to follow what one's religion teaches.
After staying and gaining knowledge for many years Mitra asked for Mataji blessings.
Blessing her Mataji said, "It's the duty of every family-person to have Jin-darshan daily and without it one should not partake of food or water". She agreed and came back home. Every day she would have darshan and then worship the bejewelled idol in the temple.
One day the queen reminded the king that the time had come to marry off their daughter. Soon the king selected Kshemankar, the son of a noble person. Everybody was very happy with the match. At the wedding people discussed that the groom was not Lakshmipati but dhankuber. Someone said that he was a great scholar. A boy said that when Kshemankarji recites Bhaktamar Stotra at the temple, daily, people sit enchanted.
The marriage party returned with the groom and the bride. At her new home her mother-in-law asked her for lunch. Mitra respectfully told her that she would not have food before having darshan of Parshavanath. The mother-in-law asked her to go to the nearby temple and worship the stone Parshvanath idol. Mitra replied that she was routinely worshipping the bejeweled idol. Kshemankar told them not to worry and that he would do something about it. He started reading the 16th shloka of Bhaktamar stotra with faith and devotion. He was so immersed in his worship that he lost track of time. He came out of this deep meditative state only when devi chaturbhuji appeared to him and fulfilled his wish. Next morning the town people were amazed to have darshan of a bejeweled idol of Shri Parshvanath in front of the stone idol at the temple. The public hailed victory and rejoiced.
Testimonial
In my factory I was conducting audit and suddenly HR head came running saying that the paint booth for surface preparation had caught fire as it has rubber curtains for blasting with help of 600 labour with bucketful of water using paint drums before fire brigade came to extinguish fire. Although the fire brigade was in time reached within 15 minutes of complaint lodged.