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A few months later, Sunanda gave birth to a very handsome boy. He was lovable because he always had a smile on his face. Everybody who saw him liked him from the very first glance. Sunanda celebrated his birth. She felt happy that she had a son to bring up but her happiness did not last long. One day some ladies from the neighborhood were visiting her and started talking about her husband. One of them said, Dhangiri had not taken Diksha (to become a monk), then he would have celebrated the birth with more extravagance than Sunanda." The child, although a baby, heard the word "Diksha" and started thinking as if he had heard the word Diksha before. While thinking about it, he suddenly remembered his past life. He realized that he was on the right spiritual path. He decided that he should take advantage of being born as a human again and should utilize this life to further uplift his soul. He should become a monk like his father. He also realized that his mother would not let him go because he was her only hope. He started thinking about what could be done to get her permission.
crib when he thought, "If I keep crying all the time then she will get tired of me and maybe she will try to get rid of me". He put his thoughts to work right away. He started crying. His mother came running to comfort him, but he just kept crying. She tried everything but nothing helped to quiet him down. She took him to the doctor and took advice from others but nothing worked. The child's trick worked. Even their neighbours who had liked this child very much got tired of him. Finally, his mother was fed up with him but did not know what to do with him. The child was now six months old and monk Dhangiri (the child's father) and Sinhgiri visited the city again. Sunanda came to know about this and thought of giving the child to his father.
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Stories After Bhagwan Mahavir
At the usual time for alms (going to collect food), Dhangiri Muni asked permission from the Acharya to go for alms. Acharya Sinhgiri told him, "Dhangiri, today you may accept even a live thing if it is offered". Acharya possessed a special power and he knew
At last he came to the decision that since his mother would not let him go willingly: he should create a situation whereby she might get tired of him and give him up. He was still a little boy in the
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