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LEONA SMITH KREMSER
Then the soul will rise to its inherent home, Without return, blissful and eternal Pure Soul to the top of the universe. Twenty-five hundred years ago, Nirvāņa lifted up the Great Hero, Twenty-fourth teacher of the Jaina Ahimsā That extends liberation to all living beings. Great Benefactor, for good and all He bequeathed the thinking lotus of joy, Joy in the Sramanic culture that decrees Let live, let live all living beings. Yes, that holy freedom Ahimsā, That joy of soul, that stirs the universe to chant, Rejoice ye, rejoice Ye every living being, ye every lifted voice In Jainism, O Rejoice. ... Behold Within the poet's meditation The vision ends, the vision of Jaina Ahimsā. Yet the living universe shall rejoice in Jainism Into Eternity ..: Obeisance to the Bhagavān Mahāvīra.
Summary in English
Obeisance to the Great Hero of Jaina Ahimsā.
The poot sees a vision, a temple in a colour of dusts. Yet like floating lotus stone is the temple image, bearing witness to the pure and everlasting ideal Jainism. The poet chants ‘Joy' to recognize the Mahāvíra image in the poet's own temple-after the poet's body is dust. Likewise, eternal and exalted as the venerable image, is the holy freedom Ahimsā that Lets live ... lets live all living beings. Thus into Eternity shall all living beings In Jainism, O Rejoice.
Obeisance to the Bhagavān Mahāvīra.
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