________________
Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
www.kobatirth.org
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsun Gyanmandir
And it was, indeed, quite proper for venerable Mahavira who bravely faced terrible calamities and won victory over them. (1-2)
Though his body was not protected against severe cold with cloth, yet he did not thrust his hands in armpits to warm them.
At times in winter, he sat in the shade of a tree and engaged himself in meditation. And in hot summer he performed meditation in sun with uncovered body completely exposed to scorching heat."
Endless Ocean m tổain
"As his body was not covered with cloth, he endured, with equanin prickings of pointed wild grass, biting severe cold and burning sun. (40)
While walking on the path, he firmly set his eyes on the nearest portion of the path measuring the length of a man, without moving his eyes sideways.
If someone urged him to speak, he would speak very little. He remained always inward, keeping his eyes steady.
Boys were frightened to see him naked and his eyes motionless; they would gather shout and throw stones at him.” (5-21)
Places of his Residence or Halts
"Sometimes he stayed in places like deserted houses, assembly-halls, water-huts and small shops, sometimes in black-smith's workshops or near heaps of paddy-husk, sometimes in caravanserais, parks on the outskirts of cities, or houses in cities, and sometimes in cremation grounds, ruined empty houses or under trees.
Ascetic Mahavira spent more than thirteen years in this manner."
Vigilance about sleep
"During these years he remained, day and night, mindfully engrossed in deep meditation. He slept very little. When sleep attacked him, he at once got up and stood in meditation. When he reclined on his side, it was not because he wanted to go to sleep. Sometimes when he felt that he was going to be sleepy, he immediately got up and moved to and fro at night for nearly an hour to ward off sleep. He regarded sleep as a cause of spiritual lethargy."
For Private And Personal Use Only
