Mahavira

Author(s): Pratap J Tolia
Publisher: Vardhaman Bharati International Foundation

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The Supreme, Divine and Vision :
"BHATE ATAM-BHAVANA JEEV LAHE KEVALA JNAN RE"
"One attains the KEVALA JNANA white meditating upon the pure and original SELF..........!
Nirgrantha Mahaveera has now cut off all the prejudices and attachments and has become ATMAGYA, SARVAJNA, SARVADARSHI, ARIHANTA TIRTHANKARA, BHAGAWANA, THE VENERABLE, VICTOR, OMNISCIENT, ALLKNOWING ALL OBSERVING Personality.
To celebrate, this auspicious occasion of "KEVALA KALYANAKA", there flew the VIMANAS (planes) of the Gods, there came rushing the groups of the human beings, there got erected the Divine Assembly Sitting of the "SAMOSARANA", there walked "ASHTA-PRATIHARIS" (The eight serving persons) and there sounded the wonderful sounds of Divine tunes
The first Sermon of the Bhagawan was given before the Celestial Gods - but it remained a failure, i.e., no listener adopted to follow his Three fold path of JNANA, DARSHANA, CHARITRA as it was naturally impossible for the Celestial Gods to follow them.
The Second Sermon, delivered at the God-erected Divine Assembly Hall -- SAMOSARANA - at Pavapuri proved
*THE KALPASOOTRA.
**KALPA SUTRA":118: English translation by Sri K.c. Lalwani : "JAIN JOURNAL" April 1973, p.p. 192 highly successful wherein Arihanta Bhagawan Mahaveera, endowed with his 34 "ATISHAYAS" (the distinguished super powers or attributes) delivered soul-awakening and unequalled Sermon in that sweet, musical speech and in allconvincing-language Ardhamagadhi (the LOKABHASHA) before the assembly of Gods, human beings and even the animals — who atl could not only understood it but could also accept it by forgetting their birth enmity!
THAT SUPREMELY DIVINE SERMON IN THE SAMOSARANA'.
Listen Listen that soul-stirring, heart-capturing sweet, divine, musical, awakening voice and words:
"What is JIVA (Soul)? What is AJIVA (non-soul)? What is the LOKA (universe)? What is A-LOKA? What is the PUNYA-PAPA? What is ASRAVA (Influx of the Karmas) - SAMVARA (prevention of the Karmas)? What is the BANDHA (bondage), NIRJARA (destroyal of Karmas), and MOKSHA (salvation)? What is the NARAKA? What is DEVA (God)? What are the pleasures of the DEVA LOKA (abode of the Gods, Heaven)? How one attains the DEVA LOKA? What is TtRYANCHA -Gati (The state of animal life)? What is the MANUSHAYA-BHAVA (Human Life)? What is its greatness and how is it achieved? "Let whatsoever great to be the DEVA (God), let whatsoever grand be his SWARGA (Heaven), but no one is higher than a human being. If a human upholds humanity, even the gods stay in his feet at his disposal!" "Therefore man should insist and stick upon AHIMSA (Universal love or Non-violence) SATYA (truth), ASTEYA (non. stealing), BRAHMACHARYA (Celibacy) and APARIGRAHA (non-possession) etc......
"My chief message is of this Non-violence, Non-enmity, Universal love, the AHIMSA".
"My second message is of understanding each other of appreciating others' points of views to find out the absolute truth of non-insisting open-ness, of the "ANEKANTAWADA" or "SYADAWADA". "O Human beings! Do industrious, be aspiring, Be PURUSHARTHIN !! Through PURUSHARTHA you become what you want, you achieve what you think No, not the God, but you yourself are the architect of your fate because there is a store of infinite energy and potentiality hidden within you -
"- This ATMA (the soul) of yours is the source of Infinite Powers............"
And several such soul-awakening super sermons are following like a stream from the lotus-mouth of Arihanta Bhagawan Mahaveera in the Divine Samosarana at this juncture enters along with his disciples indrabhuti Gautama, then Chief priest and invoker of violent YAJNA in the same city, with an intention to test, challenge and defeat this "socalled omniscient, new saint".