Book Title: Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 1
Author(s): Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker
Publisher: Parimal Publication

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________________ APPENDIX No. I. Some Note-worthy Points about the Sixteenth Previous Bhava of Śramaga Bhagavän Mahāvira Let us now review some of the events uf the life of Visvabhūti Muni during the Sixteenth Previous Bhava of Śramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvira. It is an immutable Law of Karmic Theory, firstly-That the good or evil molecules of Karmic Matter which have been acquired by the Soul during previous lives by the performance of good or evil deeds, become intimately mixed up with the molecules of the Karmic matter of the Soul, and secondly, That those molecules of Karmic Matter classified as good or bad, become manifest as sources of good or evil Karmas, and at the time of maturity of those good or evil Karmas, they eventually lead the Soul to bear the good or evil consequences of those deeds on getting a sultable opportunity. The application of this Law, under both the categories, is fully examplified during this Bhavam As a sequence of abhorrence of sensual pleasures, and repeated renunciations of the world as a human being, during previous lives he had the same experience during this Bhava also, Prompted by the cunningness of the crafty strategom of removing him from the Puspa Karandaka pleasure-garden, of his own father at the suggestion of his mother, Visvabhūti Kumāra was deeply enraged to renounce the pleasures of a princely life and assume the arduous duties of a Jaina sädhu from a Jaina kedryą. After bis diksă, Vißvabhūti Mund had studied Jaina Siddhāatas under bis preceptor, and had takea great delight in performing various forms of difficult austerities, The unclean fancy of assuming the life of a forefoot Tridanțin-a wandering Parivrājaka mendicant bearing the triple staff of the Brah mana ascetic,-which the Soul of Sramapa Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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