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The Great Arguments
He vowed to become the disciple of anyone who said something he could not understand. A Jain nun recited a verse he could not parse.
I have no partiality for Mahavira, he wrote, and no prejudice against Kapila and the rest. Whoever's words are reasonable are to be accepted.
Haribhadra Suri was a Jain monk of the eighth century.
The rest of this story, read aloud, and a new one every day.