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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
श्रुतसागर
जनवरी-फरवरी - २०१५ aspirant/practitioner and any kind of food is tasty for one tormented by hunger. Kalpavraksha, Kamadhenu7, and Chintamani8 are capable of providing anything and everything on this Earth and are also capable of fulfilling all worldly desires. As animals of the forest tremble, when lion, the king of forest roars, so also the debator shall feel uneasy and have a tough time while debating with me.
I shall in no way be responsible for His uneasiness. Since He has challenged me, I am on my way to compete with Him, otherwise I am not at all particular about embarassing anyone."
Thus contemplating on his way to the place of sermon of Lord Mahavira. Indrabhuti, over confident of his knowledge and achievements, headed swiftly to the place where he saw Lord Mahavira seated under the Ashoka tree, on a golden throne embedded with jewels and covered with three celestial umbrellas. In serene calmness, His face had the glow of the full moon and in intellectual, dazzling brilliance, his face was like the mid-day sun.
Seeing the exuberant personality before his eyes, Indrabhuti's pride melted and his ego got the first major blow of his life. He began to wonder if the personality before his eyes was Lord Brahma. He thought that He cannot be Brahma for according to him, Brahma is engaged in the process of creation, whereas the person is nivrata i.e. retired. The former is quite old and also has a swan as his vehicle and the latter is young, jubilant and magnanimous with no Vehicle of any kind. Brahma has Savithri as his companion and a white lotus for his seat but the person visible before his eyes is unaccompanied and has a golden throne for His seat.
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