Mahavira His Life and Teachings

Author(s): Bimla Charn Law
Publisher: Luzac and Co UK

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LIFE
stick as regards all creatures that exist eastwards beyond a hundred yojanas; likewise westwards, northwards, and to the south', 'Off with all your clothes and say I have no part in anything anywhere, and herein for me there is no attachment to anything'i Thus they exhorted them to kindness, and the idea of apalibodha or aparigraha (non-handicap, no possession) was made clear to them.
The same Nikāya records an instance where the Nirgranthas became deeply concerned and disconsolate to brook the idea that a recluse would eat meat knowing for certain that it was specially prepared for him by killing an animal (undissakatam mamsam) 2
The evidence of Buddhist literature is sufficient to establish the contemporaneity of Mahāvira and the Buddha Although they had not personally met each other, there were occasions when they felt interested in knowing and discussing each other's views and position through some intermediaries. Dirghatapasvī and Satyaka (Pāli Saccaka) among the Nirgrantha recluses, and Abhaya the Prince, Upāli the Banker, and Simha
1 Gradual Sayings, I, P 186 2 Anguttara, IV, P 187