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APRIL, 2013
PRABUDHHA JIVAN : MAHAVIR STAVAN SPECIAL
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Thus HE Was, Thus HE Spoke :
LORD MAHAVIR
Lord Mahavir in Uttar Udhyayan Sutra tells his disciple should we do with the time we have. The first step Gautam these famous words (deshna)- 'Samayam towards the discipline of 'samayam goyam..' is to wake goyam ma pamaye"
up in Brahma Muhurat. Brahma Mahurat is a time of Shrimad Rajchandra, my Guru and Lord Mahavir's last 48 minutes before sunrise which is considered the most Gandhar describes a human life as a a dewdrop auspicious time for meditation- Professor John. S. fleeting and quick.
Hoyland has described it as the moment when "the veil He further explains that there are two deeper meanings between the things that are seen and the things that to the above said deshna. One which is apparant that are unseen becomes so thin as to interpose scarcely Oh Gautam, Do not waste this time that you have so
any barrier at all between the eternal beauty and truth preciously got.' and second that unblinkingly this and the soul which would comprehend them." moment that swiftly glides by, even a fraction of that This time of the morning the entire atmosphere in is moment, one should not waste, one should not be charged with powerful electro-magnetic-intelligent unaware, one should not be lazy. The reason being this carriers generally called spiritual vibrations that travel body is momentary- the hunter of time is constantly in a north-south direction. This time is also ideal for standing on us with his bow and arrow ready to study, to obtain knowledge. strike.He could strike now or he could strike later buto traveler get up; it is dawn-it is not right that you strike he will for sure, soon and since that moment is continue sleeping. unknown, if we be unaware even for a moment, we One who awakes, he finds, One who is asleep, he loses. could miss the bus... miss the fruits of a spiritual aware Get up and open your eyes from slumber and meditate existance.
on your Master'. -Kabir The liberated souls warn us to the extent that one
RESHMA JAIN moment gone is equal to one entire life failed.
The Narrators Acharya Rajyasuriji Maharaj help us by defining what
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Twenty Fourth Tirthankar Bhagwan Mahavir : As a Fearless Child He was fearless since his childhood. He was born therefore he agreed to get married at the proper age on the thirteenth day of the bright half of the month of with Yashoda. He had one daughter named Priya Chaitra before Two thousand six hundred years ago. Darshana. At the age of twenty eight he lost both of this His mother's name was Trishladevi and father's name parents. He wanted to leave the palace and worldly life was Siddharth.
but at the request of his elder brother Nandivardhan he Once upon a time few children were playing a game left the idea of leaving everything and delayed for two of cathching cook around a tree. All were busy play- years. ing. Suddenly a child was shocked to see a serpent After a year he started giving away everything beon one of the trunks of the tree. Listening his loud longing to him. He gave away clothes and valuables, screeching, the other children also ran here and there. gold mohars also. he started discarding everything day One of the child - our Mahavir swiftly went near the by day. On the tenth day of the dark half of the month of tree and lifted the serpent and threw him for away. All Margashirsha he relinquished everything. He left the the children were surprised. How could he catch the palace, the family and the worldly life. He became a serpent and threw him away!
monk and did penance for twelve and a half year. UltiOn another game he was taken away by a demon mately he achieved Keval Gyan on the tenth day of to kill him but instead Vardhman killed th demon. Vaishakha. He was then known as Tirthankara who
When he grew up he was not inclined to get mar- preached the Jain religion. ried. He loved and respected his parents a lot and
By: Pushpa Parikh
