Book Title: Tirthankar Mahavir
Author(s): Kumarpal Desai
Publisher: Jaybhikkhu Sahitya Trust

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________________ Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra www.kobatirth.org Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir * Jaina ascetics have abandoned (rather have control over three staffs of the form of activities of) mind, speech and body, while I am under their control. Therefore, my external differentiating mark is a group of three staffs. Jaina ascetics pluck the hair from their heads with their own hands while I shave the hair with a razor and keep a tuft of hair on my head They observe great vows while I observe small vows. * They have no possessions, while I possess a ring, etc. They are free from delusion or attachment, while I am afflicted with it. To show this, I keep an umbrella. They tour bare-footed, while I wear shoes to protect my feet. Jaina ascetics are fragrant with their good conduct, while I am not so good in conduct as they are. Therefore, for fragrance I mark my forehead with sandal paste. * Jaina ascetics wear white old pieces of cloth signifying their total freedom from passions, while I, being under the sway of passions, wear ochre-coloured pieces of cloth. As the use of water causes injury to infinite water-bodied living beings, Jaina ascetics have abandoned its use in bathing, etc. On the other hand, I use it in limited quantity in bathing etc. When Marichi became tridandi, his external appearance was as follows: | His head suas clean-shaven but it had a treft of hair on it. He wore ochre-coloured pieces of cloth. He had some water and fragrance of sandal paste, etc. Three staffs in his hand. An umbrella on his head. A ring in his finger. Shoes in his feet. Of the twenty-six previous births of Tirthankara Mahavira, in seve as a tridandi. Those seven previous births were of (1) Marichi, 4) Kaus ) Pushyamitra, (4) Agnidyota, (5) Agnibhuti (6) Bharadvaja, Lara (6) Bharadvaja, and (7) For Private And Personal Use Only

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