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approached Muni Dhangiri and asked him “Please, give my son back. I cannot live without him any more." Muni Dhangiri said, "I told you at that time that once you have given him away you will not get him back. Remember, you said you did not want him at all. We cannot give back what we take."
teachings as he had the potential of being a great Acharya in the future. The Shravak brought Vajrakumar home and told his wife what Acharya Sinhgiri wanted them to do. She was a very religious woman and happily agreed to the wishes of the Acharya. She loved the boy so much that she would not let him go anywhere without her. She always took him to the Upashray to see the Sadhvis. Even though he was little, he listened to and memorized all the scriptures the Sadhvis were reciting. By the time, he was three years old, he had learned up to eleven Angas (oldest Jain scriptures). He was respectful to everybody and talked very intelligently.
Sunanda said, "I do not know why I did that. I cannot live without my son. Please find a way to give me back my
son."
Acharya Sinhgiri and Muni Dhangiri tried to convince her to forget him, but she was determined to get him back.
At last, she went to the king and requested. "Please help me get my son back. My husband has become a monk and I am lonely. He is the only child I have. Please ask them to return my son."
One day, one of Sunanda's friends came to her house and said. “Do you know that your child, who kept crying, spends a lot of his time at our Upashray? I have never heard him cry. He is a very
Y charming and lovable child." Sunanda tried to ignore what her friends told her but after all she was Vajrakumar's mother. She longed to see her son again. She started thinking, "How could I have done such a terrible thing? How could I have given up my precious child to a Muni? After all, he is my child. I should get him back."
Stories After Bhagwan Mahavir
The king heard the whole story from Sunanda. He said, “Let me find out what happened, and I will let you know shortly." He inquired about the situation and found that because Sunanda was tired of her son's incessant crying, she had voluntarily given away her child.
A few days later, Acharya Sinhgiri and Muni Dhangiri came to Tumbivan again. She went to the Upashray. She
The king called Sunanda and told her, "Sunanda, when Muni Dhangiri came to your house for alms you gave your child away voluntarily because you
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