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Questions from Bhavanabodh
Anyatva Bhavana - Emperor Bharateshwar (Page 14) 1. What fell out from the finger? And why did the finger seems ugly? 2. What did he take out from all fingers ? 3. What made fingers look beautiful ? 4. What does finger beautify ? and what does the hand beautify ? 5. What does the body beautify ? 6. What did king Bharat attain in his inner-self ? 7. What was averted after attaining detachment ? 8. What did purest meditation give rise to ? 9. What did he do after attaining kevalgyan ?
Ashuchi Bhavana - Sanatkumar (Page 19) 1. Which form did the deities take and where did they come ? 2. At that time, what was applied on Sanatkumar's body? 3. How did the Brahmins nod? 4. What happened because of the deities' praise of beauty ? 5. How differently did the two deities nod their heads in the assembly? 6. What did the Brahmins say ? 7. What happened on spitting the bettle leaf ? 8. What did Sanatkumar do on realizing that his whole body had turned into poison ? 9. What happened to Sanatkumar on attaining detachment ? 10. How many diseases did he have after becoming saint? 11. What did Sanatkumar say to a deity who had come to test his determination
Nivrutibodh - Mrugaputra (Page 22) 1. What is Mrugaputra watching, while standing in the balcony ? 2. Who is standing on the royal road ? 3. What did Mrugaputra attain by gazing at the saint? 4. What did he remember on remembering his previous birth ? 5. Realizing sorrows of world, what did he wish for ? 6. What does he ask from his parents ? 7. What are the difficulties in following the ascetic's disciplines ? 8. On seeing Mrugaputra's strong determination, which permission did his parents give ? 9. What did Mrugaputra attain after adopting ascetic's life?
Asrava Bhavana - Kundarik (Page 29) 1. What did the Kundarik do on hearing the monk's teachings ? 2. What was the result of his diseased body due to ill eating in ascetic discipline ? 3. What did he hanged on the tree in Askokwadi after returning home? 4. What did Pundarik do after entrusting Kundarik his kingdom ? 5. What did Kundarik do after assuming the rulership ? 6. What was the outcome of the vomittings in the night? 7. Where did he go after dying in extreme ourger and bad thoughts ?
Samvar Bhavana - Pundarik (Page 30) 1. What did Pundarik decide after adopting Kundarik's broom of wool etc.? 2. Where did Pundarik go after his death?
Samvar Bhavana - Vajraswami (Page 30) 1. What did Rukmani decide on listening to the discourse of Vajraswami's beauty ? 2. What did Dhanavasheth tell Vajraswami after taking Rukmani along with his wealth to Vajraswami. 3. What overtures did Rukmani do to persuade Vajraswami to marry her ? 4. What did Rukmani do after that ?
Nirjara Bhavana - Dradh Prahari (Page 33) 1. What did Dradh Prahari do after entering Brahmin's house ? 2. What did Brahmin's wife tell him ? 3. What did Dradh Prahari do on hearing Brahmin's wife ? 4. What did he think after killing four lives? 5. Where did he stand after plucking out all his hair of the head ? 6. What did he attain after enduring all the tortures peacefully?
