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Chapter: - 2 Collection of Examples
Those people constantly indulge in delicious, sweet, and other enjoyable foods. Gradually, due to their karma, they developed a fondness for taste, leading them to acquire a permanent residence. Then, over time, due to the weight of their attachment to taste, they became lazy in their practice of meditation, teachings, and other actions. Due to the weight of their wealth, they became falsely proud and lazy in their proper humility and other virtues. Due to the weight of their taste, they became attached to their land, family, and other connections, becoming lazy in their search for liberation. Gradually, they died there and were reborn as a Yaksha, the guardian of the cemetery, near the city gate. Seeing his past life through the process of disintegration, he felt remorse and thought, "This is the time I have reached due to my past actions." Thinking this, he extended a large tongue from the mouth of the Yaksha statue in front of the ascetics who were leaving the city. He does this every day. One day, a courageous ascetic asked him, "Who are you, sir? Why do you show your tongue like that?" Then, with sorrow, the Yaksha revealed himself and said, "I am a cripple on the path of Dharma, your Guru, the venerable Manguna. Due to my negligence, I incurred the loss of my original merit, committed a great violation of vows, and became a Yaksha in this city. You should not be like those who are greatly attached to taste. I do this to inform you that I have fallen due to the taste of my tongue." Hearing this, they were filled with wonder and their minds became firm in their renunciation of taste. They spread the teaching in front of everyone, "Victory over the senses is the ultimate attainment for humans."
16. The story of the King of the Pond Lilies in the Sri Upadesha Mala, a collection of teachings on the practice of meditation.
The Pond Lily and the Lotus Lily were brothers, kings in the city of Pond Lily. Once, a certain sage came to their city. Inspired by his teachings, Pond Lily decided to renounce the world and, calling his brother, said, "I will renounce the world after you are crowned king." His brother said, "What? Should I go to hell? I don't want the kingdom. I will also renounce the world." The lord said, "This is the right thing to do for someone like you, but it is difficult." He said, "Nothing is difficult for those who are capable." Thus, even though he was dissuaded, he left, leaving the kingdom without a leader. Later, after many years of renunciation, due to the unbearable nature of the various hardships and afflictions, the result of his karma, and his innate, long-standing attachment to worldly pleasures, Lotus Lily, whose vows had been broken, thought, "I will return to the kingdom I had renounced earlier." With this intention, he came to the city and stayed in the garden outside. The city guard informed the king, "Is he alone?" The king, accompanied by some trusted men, came to see him. He saw him sitting under a tree, holding a bowl and surrounded by blades of grass. The king, understanding his intention, told his ministers, "This one, whom I dissuaded, has taken vows. Now, let him take the kingdom. We will return to this." Saying this, they gave him the royal insignia. He accepted the insignia. He went to his Guru. The other one, entering the vast expanse of the kingdom, ate excessively that very day and, suffering from indigestion, cried out in pain. He was a broken promise, unworthy of respect. Due to the condemnation of the people, he died in a fit of intense, furious anger and went to the seventh hell. Pond Lily, returning to his Guru, said