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12) Laxmana SADHUIJI SUFFERED FOR NOT CONFESSING
No one can achieve
serenity until the glare of passion is past the meredian.
- Cyril Connolly
During the 24th Tirthankara of the past 80th sequence of 24 Tirthankaras, there was a princess named Laxmana. She became a widow, immediately after the marriage ceremony. Following the duties of a lay woman, she accepted asceticism on a auspicious day. She became a preceptor of many female disciples. One day, watching a sexual intercourse between a male & a female sparrow, she thought that “Why did Arihant Bhagwan condemn such acts? Oh! Bhagwan is an almighty soul, how can he know the sufferings of an embodied soul?” She had such a thought just for a moment. Later, she remorsed that her thought was wrong because Arihant Bhagwan are omniscient and therefore can understand the miseries of all embodied souls.
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