Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 4

Author(s): Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker
Publisher: Parimal Publication

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Jinabhadra Gani's
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Then, on one day, Jamāli requested Śramana Bhagavāu Mahavira to grant him permission to go on vihāra also. But Śramana Bhagavan Mahāvīra remained silent and did not speak a single word of assent or refusal. As a result of that, Jamāli goes out for vihara with a number of sthaviras, and comes to the city of Śrāvasti, where living in a caitya named Koṣṭhaka in the Tain luka garden, he falls ill on account of taking dry and stale food. Being unable to sit, he orders for a bed, to be prepared for him. When he asked the sthaviras as to whether the bed was ready or not; the sthaviras who had already spread half the bed and were actually spreading the whole of it, replied that the bed was prepared. Jamāli seeing that the whole bed was not prepared, gets angry, and refuses the theory of "Kriyamāņam kritam” which was already preached by Śramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvīra.
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He starts his own theory of Bahuratas and argues that since a thing which is being done (Kriyamāņa) has to pass through the process of production until it is completely done (Krita). So, he says, it is not proper to assert that Kriyamāņa is krita.
Some of the old sthaviras tried to dissuade him from this wrong path but Jamāli did not yield. Consequently some of them left him, while others including his wife Sudarsana stuck to him for some time and ultimately, they too, went back to Śramaņa Bhagavan Mahāvīra, leaving Jamāli alone.
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Then, after recovery, Jamāli the city of Campā where Śramaņa Bhagavan Mahāvīra was staying in a caitya called Puranabhadra. Coming to Śramana Bhagavān Mahāvīra, Jamāli says, "I do not move in cognito like many of your Śramņas. But I move like a Kevalin with my own knowledge and perception. The Tirthankara replies. If you are a real Kevalin, answer, these questions :--
Ques. I. Is the Loka eternal or not?
Ques. II. Is Jiva eternal or not?
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