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Acharya Shri Kailassacarsuri Gyanmandir
bathing, tooth-cleansing, etc. For relief of physical pain, he never took recourse to massage or simlar treatments. (54-5)"
Equanimity Amidst Calamities
"He was a true brahmana because he was free from lust for sensual pleasures and spoke very little. Having realised and attained supremely pure and pristine state of the soul, he had completely extinguished fire of passions. His vision was pure and lucid.
He was so engrossed in his spiritual practice that he never rubbed his eyes and never scratched his body. He had no desire left. He was wise and intelligent. He had risen above likes and dislikes, attachment and aversion. He remained always unagitated and calm. He endured with equanimity all calamities inflicted on him by worldly beings, gods and demi-gods. He endured various types of smells and sounds with evenness of mind." (56, 11, 20, 32-33)
Mulnayak Mahavirsunumu
Bhadreshuar Tiran
Spiritual Hero
"The unruffled and calm venerable Mahavira adopted various meditative postures and engaged himself in deep meditation. Experienced ir. meditation and freed from desires, he deeply reflected on the nature and structure of the universe - the upper world, the middle world and the lower world. As he had completely exterminated all passions, he had no attachment for worldly objects and he displayed his heroism in spiritual practice. Renouncing all lethargy, he remained always vigilant in the performance of his spiritual practice. Without the instruction of any person, he himself krew the nature of transmigratory existence; and having known it, he always mindfully practised spiritual discipline required for purifying the soul. He always remained unagitated, calm and equanimous throughout his whole life. Those who are desirous of liberation should lead their lives in this manner, I say so." (70)
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