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He does not just sit back and think but also implements as
much as he can. Even after exercising possible religious
activities he analyses that –

(1) Did these religious activities reduce my desire for sensual
pleasures, my passionate feelings of anger, greed, etc. ?

(2) How many more vices are left to eliminate ?

Q. How did Shalibhadra forsake his tremendous wealth and
comforts ? Thinking about the intensity of the dreadful
birth cycle –

When you contemplate upon the life of previous great men,
you will realize that they all left their happy and comfortable
life because they understood the dreadful nature of this world
and developed a feeling of non-attachment towards it. Feeling
the dreadful repercussions of sensual desires and vices, great
men left the materialistic comforts without a second thought
and accepted the path of non-violence, penance, renounciation.
Does this surprise you ? It shouldn’t but it definitely does. You
may be wondering that,

(1) Hey ! Jambukumar, you left abundant wealth amounting
to 99 crore gold coins just by listening Lord Mahavira’s
one sermon…

(2) Hey ! Shalibhadra you suddenly left your 32 beautiful
wives as well the 99 boxes of ornaments, clothes, etc.
that came to you from heaven each day.

(3) O Dhanyakumar ! You left the enormous wealth amounting
to 32 crore gold coins by just listening to Lord Mahavira’s
one sermon. You accepted the path of renounciation on
the next day itself.

Each of these indidents surprises you.
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