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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
HARIBHADRA'S VOW :
Haribhadra had taken a vow. He declared, "If I cannot understand anything I will become a disciple of the person who enlightens me. There is nothing that that I cannot understand and there is nothing that I have not understood and mastered".
Because he was arrogant, he had lost his wits and had forgotten his soul.
FOR THE SAKE OF SAFETY :
One day, he happened to be travelling along a road, sitting in a palanquin. Just at that time, a mad elephant came ravaging the roads and dashing down people. People began running helter-skelter. The whole area became desolate. Even the bearers of the palanquin ran away to save their lives. While running away, they told him to run into some place of refuge. Haribhadra came out of the palanquin and looked for a shelter. There was no time even to think because the mad elephant was coming down the road furiously. A Jin temple stood nearby and he ran into the temple for shelter. There, he saw the image of the Jin and he made fun of the image saying, "Oh lord ! Your body which is so well-built and sturdy shows that you have eaten excellent food because when there is fire at the roots, the tree cannot be green. So also when a man is hungry he cannot be hefty".
RIDICULING THE LORD :
Haribhadra could not understand the greatness of Vitrag, hence he said, "You have such a strong and well-built body. Can a sadhu who carries out severe penances possess such a body ?'' That great scholar did not realise that if a person carries out severe penances, he attains spiritual felicity by virtue of which his body and mind remain strong and stolid. Tapa gives internal energy.
Only the tree that stands in the hot sunshine can be green and flourishing. It obtains its nourishment from the
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