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Life Story of Rşabhadeva
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sitting side by side in a friendly mood who had long term enmity. That happened in the case of animals also who had in born enmity. The Lord started speaking in a language, which everybody could understand. He started speaking in a very loud but audibly pleasant voice. He had quality of thirty-five Atiśayas. His sermon was as follows: This world is full of miseries living being suffers here as if there are in fire. Human birth is achieved after innumerable lesser births. It is like a water mill in an ocean. In comparison to it human birth is a rare gem. People's ultimate success leads to Kaivalya. As in the world the words of a tricky fellow are sweet at the start but end into misery so desires cheat men and throw them into disaster. Wealth, youth and life are not permanent. Sweet drinking water is not available in a desert. Those, who stay apart from Dharma and are suffering from fault of a particular type of birth, live without mental peace and happiness. Gods also are unhappy. Always they fear of losing heaven and banishment to earth. Water flows downwards. Similarly it is due to ignorance all living beings time and again become attracted to mundane affairs. For this reason one should not follow a life which leads him to come into this world again and again. It is like rearing up a snake by feeding it milk. Oh wise men! This world is a land of sorrow. Thinking about that try to be freed from this wretched saṁsāra. Emancipation gives men relief from staying in mother's womb as an embryo. Emancipation makes the mother free from labour pain. Moksa or emancipation is full of eternal bliss, light and knowledge. Three jewels- Samyak-jñāna, Samyak-darśana and Samyak-cāritra are the gateway of Mokşa??. Treading on the path of this trio, one can get emancipation.
Lord Rşabhadeva delivered speech about Right knowledge (Samyak-jñāna) which is of five kinds viz Mati, Śruta, Avadhi, Maḥaparyaya, and Kevala. Devotion to the nine categories and scriptures is called Samyak-darśana. This mundane affair has neither start nor end. Jivas come by rebirth cycle. They, after enjoying karmas like Iñänävaraņiya, Daršanāvaraņiya, Vedaniya, and Antarāya for
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