Tirthankar Mahavir and His Sarvodaya Tirth

Author(s): Hukamchand Bharilla, K C Lalwani
Publisher: Kundkund Kahan Digambar Jain Trust

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BHAGAVAN MAHAVIRA : PRESENT LIFE
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detachment. To know these is to know you. Those with attachment are known from their households, their parents, their children Oh Jinesvara; you have nothing to do with these. I am lucky to have seen you. My human life has been useful What I wanted to get out of it I have got. I have not only obtained you, Oh Master, I have obtained myself
"Oh Lord! Only those who know your treasure and recognise it know you; the rest are mere onlookers The king comes and he is followed by his retinue. They are overwhelmed by the external grandeur, they bow their head, they pray for worldly things, they consider you to be a donor of worldly objects, and overwhelmed with devotion they describe you to be the donor of worldly objects, of treasures external, a great master.
"Oh Bhagavan' they are not your real devotees, they are the devotees of worldly pleasures. To them, worldly pleasures are everything, their God They bow not only to you but to anyone who can gratify their hankering
“Oh Lord! How very amazing it is that the worldly pleasures of which you denied yourself they are running mad after them, they consider them to be useful and they are begging for them, and looking upon you as their donor Oh Lord! Infinite is the importance of your unlimited knowledge, but equally infinite is ignorance of the ignoramous How else could they behave like this ?
“Oh Lord! Anyone who knows and recognises your omniscience and detachment also knows and recognises himself, and his delusion (falsehood) wholly goes With his personality turned inward he can gradually end the delusion which enshrouds his conduct and over a period of time he himself acquires detachment His delusion, attachment, greed go out in totality He comes to know the universe, as well as the non-universe, he himself becomes omniscient and detached ”3
"Oh Lord! One who has acquired detachment and omniscience in his knowledge after the exhaustion and tranquilisation, over time
3 Pravacanasāra, Gatha, 80-81