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(18) The Lord was a paragon of health and still ate abstemiously The sick are not supposed to eat wantonly The Lord was normal but he ate sparingly 1
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(19) The Lord was not biased towards savoury dishes * (20) The Lord experimented variously in matters of diet Once he took dry food He lived on fatless rice and cereals 3
SHRAMAN MAHAVIR
(21) The Lord subsisted on these three kinds of food only for full eight months 4
(22) The Lord abandoned water also during his fasts Once he dispensed with water for a fortnight He even lived without water for one, two and six months 5
Ibid, 9/4/1
2. 'Ayaro, 9/1/20
(23) We commonly believe that food and drink are utterly indispensable to biological functions Food might be dispensed with for a few days but water is indispensable except for a short period It was Lord Mahavira who demonstrated by doing without food and water for six months that it is within human competence to dispense with these for long durations by the dint of sheer willpower and vitality 6
Dissolution of Bodily Attachment
(24) The Lord never took medicine whether he was fit or indisposed 7
(25) The Lord suffered stoically &
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lbid 9/4/4
Ibid 9/4/5 Ibid 9/4/5 Ibid 9/4/6
Ibid 9/4/1 Ibid 9/3/12
