When he died from Saudharma, then he was born as a son of King satabala, the crest-jewel of the Vidyadharas, by his wife Candrakanta, in the West Videhas, in the province Gandhilavati, on Mt. Vaitadhya, in the country named Gandhara, in the city Gandhasamrddhaka. He was exceedingly strong, and was named ‘Mahabala’ because of his strength. Protected by guards and cherished, he gradually grew up like a tree. Gradually filled with all the arts, like the moon with digits, highly distinguished, he became a festival to the eye of the people. Continue reading “Fourth Incarnation as Mahabala” »
Fourth Incarnation as Mahabala
Neither ill treat yourself, nor others
नो अत्ताणं आसाएज्जा, नो परं आसाएज्जा
Neither think low of yourself, nor think low of others
Refutation of the Carvaka System
Then Svayambuddha said: “People, alas! are made to fall by the atheists who are enemies to themselves and others, dragged like blind men by blind. That the soul exists is known by its own perception, like pleasure and pain. From lack of superior proof, no one can deny it. ‘I am happy; I am unhappy this unrefuted conviction could not arise to anyone without a soul. When a soul has thus been proved in one’s own body from one’s own feeling, it is also present in other bodies from inference. Continue reading “Refutation of the Carvaka System” »
Tiny thorn
सुहुमे सल्ले दुरुद्धरे
A tiny thorn is picked with great difficulty
Foot prints of Lord Ajitnath
During the pilgrimage of shatrunjaya we come across the foot prints of Lord Ajitnath. Instead of going straight through the stone steps reaching Babu Temple, let us step a little right on the stone steps going hillside up. Continue reading “Foot prints of Lord Ajitnath” »
Do Not Speak Much
नाइवेलं वएज्जा
Do not speak much and for long
Śrī sīmandhara svāmī, muktinā gāmī
Śrī Sīmandhara Swāmī Jina Stavan
Rāga: Māḍha.., Nēmi jina pyārā…
Śrī sīmandhara svāmī, muktinā gāmī, dīṭhē paramānanda,
Prabhu sumati āpō, kumati kāpō, ṭāḷō bhavabhayaṅganda,
Karma arigaṇa dūra karīnē,
Tōḍō bhavatarū kanda rē.
…Sīmandhara.1
Useless violence
अट्ठा हणंति, अणट्ठा हणंति
Some people commit violence with some aim and some aimlessly
