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Now was the time and here was the place to achieve the full fruit of his long inner journey.
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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T WAS THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER. on the tenth day of the waxing moon in the month of Vaisakha, when Mahavira, uplifted by his pure meditation, reached the banks of the River Rujuvalika. Near a village called Jambhiya he found a small. dilapidated temple beneath the spreading branches of a teak tree. Close by the river murmured, her clear waters flowing through green paddy fields. As evening fell, he saw across the fields workers returning to their village with their cows, and he heard their joyful singing. Now was the time and here was the place, felt Mahavira, to achieve the full fruit of his long inner journey.
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Behind the little temple he squatted on the ground to meditate. Balancing on his toes he sat back on his heels and drew together his knees, resting his hands on them. With his head bent down he entered a perfect state of trance. He had cast off the burden of his past karma, and his vision was clear and full of perfect knowledge. The knot of attachments fell away. He found perfect knowledge of past, present and future, and could understand the paths of all beings: where they came from, where they are currently situated and what is their destination. Nothing was hidden from him. Thus he was liberated from all imperfections and became a Jina, a victor over all the illusions of material life.
He squatted on the ground to meditate, and extered a perfect viate of trance, casting off the burden of all his past harma Thus he became a lina, a victor over all the illusions of material life
At that moment the moon rose, full of serenity and beauty, and spread its rays of white light. A cool breeze began to blow, soothing the parched landscape after the heat of the day. Deer emerged from the forest to play fearlessly in the presence of a tiger. A mongoose played with a snake. All enmity was forgotten in the tranquil summer evening, because Tirthankara Mahavira had achieved full enlightenment, and his wisdom illuminated all.
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