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The Religions of India

CHAPTER XII
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The great Teacher Jn[=a]triputra (Mah[=a]v[=i]ra), it is said, never went to shows, pantomines, boxing-matches, and the like; but, remaining in his parents' house till their death, that he might not grieve his mother, at the age of twenty-eight renounced the world with the consent of the government, and betook himself to asceticism; travelling naked (after a year of clothes) into barbarous lands, but always converting and enduring the reproach of the wicked.

He was beaten and set upon by sinful men, yet was he never moved to anger.
Thus it was that he became the Arhat, the Jina, the Kevalin (perfect sage).[27] It is sad to have to add, however, that Mah[=a]v[=i]ra is traditionally said to have died in a fit of apoplectic rage.
The equipment of a monk are his clothes (or, better, none), his alms-bowl, broom, and veil.

He is 'unfettered,' in being without desires and without injury to others.

'Some say that all sorts of living beings may be slain, or abused, or tormented, or driven away--the doctrine of the unworthy.

The righteous man does not kill nor cause others to kill.


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