Jainism For Beginners Level 03

Author(s): Sayampurnashreeji
Publisher: Sayampurnashreeji

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कुँए में भी अपने पसीने के मेल से बनाये भैंसों का वध करता है।
home for alms (to get food). The boy was very happy to have this opportunity to offer alms to the monk and invited him come in. While he was serving the kheer, he decided to serve all the kheer to the monk with joy. After the monk left, he ate whatever kheer was stuck to the plate and the pot. He did not regret for his action but instead felt very happy that he could offer the food to the monk. Since he had offered the kheer to the monk
There lived a butcher in Magadh
City. He enjoyed his job. One day, King Shrenik requested that there
willingly, he earned a lot of Punya. As
would be no more killing in the city.
a result of this Punya, in his next life he was born into a very wealthy family with all luxuries. His name was Shalibhadra. Shalibhadra later in life realized what life is all about. He renounced the luxuries of life, and uplifted his soul by becoming a monk of Lord Mahavir.
[2] Story of
Good Deeds (Punya)
BUTCHER & KING SHTREND
All slaughterhouses and the killing of animals in the city stopped at the request of king but the butcher continued killing the animals. When he was asked why he did not follow King Shrenik's request, he said he loved his job of killing and could not stop. King Shrenik decided to put him in a dry well so that there would be nothing for him to kill. To everyone's surprise, the killing did not stop there either. The butcher made animals from wet clay and then pretended to kill them. Since, he enjoyed killing so much, he accumulated Pap (bad karmas) that gave rise to a situation where he has to suffer again in his next life. From these two stories, we learn that if we want happiness and comfort, we should offer comfort to others. As the saying goes," You reap What you sow”
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