Tale of Shree Nabhakraj

Author(s): Merutungacharya, Gunsundarvijay
Publisher: Divya Darshan Trust

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kevala gnana. After attaining self realisation and after acquiring Omniscience, the Jina spends the rest of his time in Dharmaprabhāvanā or preaching the Dharma to the mass of human beings etc. He engages himself in the noble task of helping his fellow beings with his message of Dharma which would enable the mortals to reach the spiritual status of perfection, which he himself has aquired. Because of this noble task of showing the path of spiritual realisation or Mokhsamãrga, Jina is also called Tirthankara.
The terms Jina, Tirthankara and Arhat Paramesthi all refer to the divine person or Sarvagna who lived in the world with his body, and it refer to the period after attaining Sarvajnahood or Omniscience and the last period of the parinirvana, when the body is cast away and the self resumes its own internal pure spiritual nature and it becomes Siddha.
The preachings of Tirthankars i.e. Jainism is not just a way of Life but it is LIFE itself; It's fundamentals are based on nonviolence 'Ahinsa'. Ahinsă not just in action, but even in words & thought! Ahinsă not only for human beings alone, but also for animals & birds as also for all the living beings. Moksha = Salvation, a soul - attaining a state of eternal, boundless & pure happiness, knowledge. The ARIHANT dev teaches Syad - Vaad = Anekantwadi.e. to accept the things with all different views.
NOTES A or a = 37 = 24 Ãorã = 371 = BHI Teerthanker = God in Jain Religion Dev-dravya = Wealth - Asset etc. in account of
IDOL & Temple of God of JainReligion and which is comprising of contribution by people for such purpose etc.
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