Agama And Tripitaka Comparative Study

SR No.: 022804
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Nagaraj Muni
Publisher: Today and Tomorrows Printers and Publishers
Publication Year: 1986
Total Pages: 804
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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enquired if.Gošala ka had the power to burn Lord Mahavira up.
Said Mahăvira: "With the powers achieved by him, Gosāla ka can no doubt destroy any person in one blow, but he can do no harm to Arahanta Bhagawan. Anagara's who has taken strict and blameless vows) divine powers are far superior to those of Gosa la ka, as the former can overcome anger with mercy. Similarly,the virtue of compassion makes the powers of Sthavira several times higher than those of 'Anagara. And the powers of Arahanta, on account of His Pure Compassion, are infinitely superior to those of Sthavira. Therefore,none can consume Him by fire although one might cause Him some trouble. Therefore, go and tell the Nir gyant has' (ascetics who have renounced all worldly possessions and wander na ked) like Ga uta ma, "O 'Aryas ,do not instigate Gosa la ka by entering into any religious argument with him, nor contradict him and say a ught against his doctrine. Give him no offence by speaking against his belief, as he has adopted mean tendencies, not behoving an Arya".
Prāvrtta - Parihāra (the doctrine of migration of soul from one body to another)
As Ananda Ana gāra was passing on this information to the sage Gautama and others, Gobāla ka arrived at Kostha ka Chaitya after leaving his followers behind. Standing at a distance from Bhagawān Mahāvira, he said: "Longlived Kasya pa, when you say that Gośāla ka, the son of Mankhali, was your religious disciple, you are right. That disciple of yours, after a noble and virtuous death, has been reborn as a god in the heavens, I am Udayi of the Kaundinyāyana Gotra (clan). Leaving the body of Arjuna, son of Gautama, in the seventh Pravrtta Parihara, I entered the body of Gobala ka, son of Mankhali, According to our theory, those who attained salvation in the past, are now attaining it, or will do so thereafter - all have to go through 84 la kh Mahakalpas, seven Deva Bhava, seven Samyutha Nikaya and seven Sanjnigarbha (human embryo) births. Then come seven migrations from body to body and, last of all, exhausting of 5,60,603 Karmas. That is the only way to achieve liberation, knowledge and salvation. That is how it has happened in the past; that is how it will take place henceforth."