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Jamali His Life and point of difference from lord Mahâvîra
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result or fruit is not same thing which is quite apart from the effort and is gained at the last moment of it but the whole series of an action from the commencement to the end is its fruit. Jamali on the other hand held the theory of ''. He meant thereby that the activity which is still going on cannot in any respect be said to have been completed unless its final result becomes obvious. The effort and the result are not identical but are altogether different. The long process of an effort as a whole is a means to an end which is attainable only at the last moment.
It can be seen that Mahâvîra could reconcile Jamali's view from a practical point of view. But Jamali refused to accept the transcendental standpoint underlying Mahâvîra's preaching and emphasised only the practical one. Deeper speculation and greater insight shows that Mahâvîra was justified in disowning Jamali's absolute stand on the point as it was unfit for, perhaps even dangerous to, ordinary human minds who were apt to meet failures in their lives had they put their faith in Jamali's propaganda.
9. Ultimate Fate of Bahuratavada
Jamali and his followers called Bahuratah (आवश्यकनियुक्ति 779; CERTO FO 165) The reason for this is that they believed that an object which happens to be produced takes a long time before it is completed. According to them a thing is not produced the very first moment to which the activity is attributed, but it requires many moments for its completion and production.
Jamali failed to attract any adherents to his new school and in the long run he was the solitary votary of his doctirne. But in the beginning many a monk put his trust in him. Particularly Sudarsana or Priyadarsana, Jamali's wife and Mahâvîra's daughter in worldly relations, with her one thousand nuns could not keep apart from him and even used to induce others to adhere to the teachings of Jamali.
At the time of the rift she was staying at the house of the Jaina layman Dhanka, a potter by caste. She tried to convince him of the significance of Bahuratavada. But he was a man of firm conviction. He hit upon a plan to reconvert the dissenters to the True Path.
