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2. Tathāhi-Ubbhadaviyambhiyamuhi visaya pipăsă mahäsivā ettha,
Dadhamaņi variya pasarā savvatto ciya paribbhamai 2. 3. Ohāmiya sura nara khayara vikkamā tantamanta duggéjjhā,
Aniväriyam pattļai bhimā jara daiņi niccam 3. 4. Payaạiya payaņda pakkhā nira vékkha kkanta jiya māhappă,
Savvatto pāsashiya kasaya-giddhā visappanti 4. 5. Dāviya viviha viyārā jiviya-haraņe'vi patta-sāmatthā,
Dadhama muniyappayarā rogabhuyañga viyambhanti 5. 6. Ladhum cchiddam thévam pi takkhaṇuppanna harisa pabbharo,
Bhuvagattaya samcaraņo maraqapisājo samuttharai 6. 7. Ittha viogānitthappaoga pāmokkhadukkha taru-nivaho,
Savvatto viņivārai vivéya disa näha kara-pasaram 7. 8. Iya bho dévânupiya ! masagatullé bhavammi bhimamsi, Khaộamavi na khamam vasium tumhâņam sokkha-kankhinam 8.
The Style of the Preaching Every religious preacher or a saint has his own style of preaching. The style of preaching adopted by Sramana Bhagavān Mahâvira may be called jnātâ-saill-( a style of preaching full of examples and illustration). Whenever Sramana Bhagavan Mahāvíra explained any subject there was always a suitable example to illustrate it. These examples were so stimulating and popular, that they have been collected and formed into an independent Satra named Jnātā Dharma Kathâ.
The Seventh Adhyayana ( Lecture ) of Uttarādhyayana Satra clearly illustrates the Style of Preaching of śramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvîra. It is as follows:
Seventh Lecture* The Parable of the Ram etc
* Uttarădhyayana Sutra translated by Late Prof. Herrmann Jacobi in Vol. XLV Sacred Books of the East Series 1895.
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