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Ch. 12: Chandkaushik - Universal Language
power and begins to rule. The soul then neither suffers nor enjoys the pain or pleasure of the body. Instead, it becomes a mere observer and the body stops responding to the external events. Consequently, even the poison does not have any effect on the body of an enlightened person. If we were able to free our own soul, as Mahavir has done, our bodies would also be free from pain.
Dear Ajja, I too was once ignorant of these matters. I was lost in the scriptures and their empty babble. I was vainly groping in the dark to extract truth from those mantras. I discovered Bhagwan Mahavir's path only when I met him. All of us, everyone in our sangh, are here to try and achieve what Bhagwan Mahavir has achieved. By his own example, he
has shown us that consciousness is
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limitless compassion and knowledge.
He is the living proof of this. We can also communicate in the universal language of the soul when we imbibe compassion and knowledge. Through his 12 years of sadhana, Mahavir has been able to discover the Self. This is why he was able to communicate with that cobra. It was not magic. Neither was it a miracle. It was simply a logical outcome of Mahavir's success in discovering the Self."
Our soul is a prisoner in our body due to our kashayas. In that state, our body is the virtual ruler and the soul is the prisoner! Our powerless soul meekly suffers bodily pain.
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