||Mahavir and Cow herd||
||महावीर और गोशालक ||
|| महावीर और गोशालक जैन धर्म कहानी ||
||JAIN RELIGION ||
One day as Mahavir swami was going from one place to another, he stopped near a big tree to meditate. While he was meditating, a cowherd came with his cows. He needed someone to look after his cows so he could go for some errands. He asked Mahavir swami if he would look after his cows for a few hours. Mahavir swami was in deep meditation and did not respond to the cowherd. However, the cowherd went away thinking that Mahavir swami had heard him and would look after his cows.
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| Indra preventing an ignorant cowherd from assaulting Bhagawan Mahavir |
One day as Mahavir swami was going from one place to another, he stopped near a big tree to meditate. While he was meditating, a cowherd came with his cows. He needed someone to look after his cows so he could go for some errands. He asked Mahavir swami if he would look after his cows for a few hours. Mahavir swami was in deep meditation and did not respond to the cowherd. However, the cowherd went away thinking that Mahavir swami had heard him and would look after his cows.
In the meantime, the cows started wandering away looking for grass. A few hours later, the cowherd returned and found all his cows were missing. He asked Mahavir swami, “Where are my cows? What did you do with them?” Mahavir swami was still in meditation and did not reply. The herder started wondering where the cows could have gone. Since Mahavir swami did not reply, the cowherd searched for them everywhere but could not find them. While he was looking for the cows, the cows returned to the place where Mahavir swami was meditating.
When the cowherd came back, to his amazement all his cows were standing near Mahavir swami. Mahavir swami was still meditating. The cowherd became very angry at Mahavir swami because he thought that Mahavir swami had been hiding his cows. Therefore, he took out his rope and was about to whip Mahavir swami with it. Just then, an angel from heaven came down and held his hand.
“Can you not see that Mahavir swami is in deep meditation?” the angel asked.
“But he tricked me!” said the cowherd. The angel replied, “He is in meditation and did not hear you. He was prince Vardhaman before becoming a monk. He did not do anything to your cows. You would have acquired bad karmas for hurting him.”
The cowherd realized that he had made a mistake. He apologized to Mahavir swami and went away silently
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| Bhagawan Mahavir declining Indra’s protection |
Then, the angel bowed down to Mahavir swami and requested, “Oh Lord, I would like to be at your service as you will have to undergo many hardships during your spiritual journey.” Mahavir swami answered, “One cannot progress spiritually and attain Keval-jnan using others help and support. To attain Keval-jnan and become an Arihanta one has to undertake all the efforts personally on the journey towards omniscience and liberation.”
The angel went back to heaven feeling happy that he could stop Mahavir swami’s suffering. Mahavir did not have any bad feelings towards the cowherd because he held no anger towards anyone.
We should not make hasty decisions because we could be wrong. One should think from all perspectives before acting. Secondly, we should not hurt anyone for any reason, but should forgive instead of displaying anger. This is the way we can stop the inflow of bad Karmas to our souls.
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