Jainism For Beginners Level 02

Author(s): Sayampurnashreeji
Publisher: Sayampurnashreeji

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was alive. Now there is no hope of attaining Kevaljnan because he is gone forever." However within a few minutes he realized his error and began thinking. "No one can live forever. No relationship is permanent. Why am I so attached to Lord Mahavir ?" He contemplated that he was wrong and gave up his attachment towards Lord Mahavir. During this deep thinking, he destroyed his Ghati Karmas and immediately attained Kevaljnan at the age of eighty. He attained Nirvana at the age of ninety-two in 515 B.C.
Lord Mahavir attained Nirvana on the last day of the Jain and Hindu calendar known as Deepavali day and Gautam-Swami attained Keval-jnan on the first day of the New Year
Sunderstand between
the hater and the hated, It is always the hater who gets hurt more. Every negative emotion secretes acid
in your body, and acid destroys the vessel,
which contains it. + The hurt you suffered
from the event is insignificant compared to how much you keep intensifying the hurt by repeatedly reprocessing what had happened or what was done to you. &
GAWHARS ACHARYAS
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