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Enlightenment : The Summum Bonum
The east is dyed with rosy tints The infant sun bathes everything in a reddish hue The thickened dark melted and vanished in no time, as if it had never existed What a potent presence this dark had been to obliterate all other existence!
Lord Mahavira perceives a strange light today He experiences the rising sun with a redoubled vigour It seems the veil over the existence is going to be torn in no time
The Lord sits in a Godohika* posture He has forgone meals for two days He is exposing himself to the warmth of the sun He experiences the profoundest meditation described as shukla He escalated to the higher planes of contemplation and ultimately stood face to face with the Reality with no veil between The sun of Enlightenment rose to stay for ever
How hallowed was the periphery of Ambhiyagram! It's the northern back of the Rijubalika river in the north-eastern part of the ruined temple, in the field of one Syamak householder below the sal tree the sun of Enlightenment rose
How glorific was the hourl It was the tenth day of the moon in the second month of Indian calendar It was the fourth quarter of the day Astronomically the hour is called Vijayamuhurta—the hour of triumph The moon was in the Uttaraphalguni constellation Such was the moment when the Dawn of Enlightenment occurred
Squatting on toes with hands on knees as one sits to milk a cow
