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108/Meditation and Enlightenment: Chandr Prabh
consciousness, and also the name of this very process is the distribution of consciousness.
Mahavira has told some tales of sensibility in his life. Mahavira was the practiser of silence. He enjoyed the internal pleasure in keeping mum. If he remained silent much, he also spoke too much. What a good name he gave to a 'sadhu' (sage)-'muni'. It means someone who is 'maun' (silent). He who is silent from mind is a 'muni'. So once Mahavira told a 'bodh katha', tale of sensibility:
Once upon a time six travellers were passing through a jungle. Understand the six cycles even in this form. The travellers became exhausted while walking. All of a sudden, they saw a big tree which bore mangoes. The travellers were really hungry. One of the travellers, on seeing the tree, thought in his mind, "I am feeling very hungry. I shall uproot this tree, so that I may eat mangoes to my heart's content." The second traveller thought"I shall cut its trunk.' The third one thought, "I would cut its branches". The fourth one thought of cutting down its sub-branches. The fifth one thought, I would pick-up the fruits of this tree and eat them. The sixth traveller was thinking some thing different from them. He was thinking: I would eat if I find some mangoes lying fallen under the tree.
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Mahavira's 'bodh-katha' just ends here. Neither any one uprooted the tree, nor any one cut down the trunk, nor anyone ate mango, but each of them did complete a cycle in their respective limitations. The person, who was thinking of eating the mango if he finds any fallen and lying under the tree, has in Mahavira's language touched the 'ajnan chakra' (order cycle) of the sensebody. The traveller who was thinking of cutting at the very root of the tree, remains entangled at the very original base.
Mahavira named this original base 'Krishna Leshya' and termed the order-cycle 'Shukla Leshya'. According to Mahavira, man travels from the 'Krishna Leshya' towards the 'Shukla Leshya'. If he crosses even the 'Shukla Leshya', then he would get the view of 'Sahasrar'. And, when he attains 'Sahasrar',
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