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## The Scattering of the Eager Refusal
After the festival, while the festival-goers were wandering around, a certain woman went to the market. Her former husband's relatives, the wealthy ones, did not welcome her. In the meantime, a second karma, a binding karma, arose. She entered the begging bowl, having taken a vow. She went to a beautiful house and asked for alms. The woman woke up and, taking off her necklace, she went to beg. In the meantime, a peacock, whose mind was filled with evil karma, swallowed the necklace. She thought, "This is amazing!" Then she was bitten by a snake. She went out, having received alms. She looked around and saw that the necklace was gone. She thought, "What should I do?" She asked the owner of the house. He said, "No one else has entered here today and taken anything." She was very upset and then fainted.
Even the festival-goers stopped. She said, "The results of karma are strange!" Then she went to her relatives. They did not welcome her, because they were jealous of her wealth. The wealthy ones laughed at her, but they did not change their minds. She also experienced the results of her karma. In the meantime, she stayed in the house with her former husband. The necklace, which had been swallowed by the peacock, was expelled from its body. They were filled with awe. "Oh, the greatness of the Lord! This is not possible!" They were amazed. In the meantime, the Lord appeared. The gods praised him. They asked him questions. He told them the story of her past life. These festival-goers, they are like this, full of delusion and suffering.
## 7. The Story of the Two Friends in the *Sri Avashyak Niyukti Hari Bhadriya Vritta* on the Subject of Greed and Delusion. - *Cheda Ganihana* -
Two friends, they wanted to see a place of execution. They were greedy for gold. One of them took a gold coin and hid it. The next day, he wanted the gold coin. The cunning one said, "Oh, you foolish one, why do we need that gold coin?" He did not agree. His heart did not see it. He made a promise to him. He took two dogs and put food on top of them. The dogs ate the promise.
He prepared food and brought it to the door. He did not give it to him. He said, "The dogs have eaten it. Come here." He placed it in a place where it could be eaten. The dogs ate it. They barked and ran away. He said, "These are your sons." He said, "How can dogs be my sons?" He said, "Just as the gold coin is gone, so too are your sons."
## 7. The Example of the Lion and the Kesari in the *Sri Upadesha Prasada* on the Subject of Greed and Delusion.
In Champa, there was a virtuous man named Suvrata. He took a vow of fasting for a month. He took four types of possessions, including money, land, time, and possessions. He went out to beg for the first time in his life. Because he was endowed with excellent austerities, all times were suitable for begging. As it is said, "For a monk who eats every day, one time is suitable for begging." This is the meaning of the *Samachari Sutra*. A virtuous person who eats only once a day is allowed to go out to beg once a day, to enter a householder's house for alms, but not a second time. If, after eating once, he is unable to perform the duties of a teacher, a mentor, or a sick