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DISCOURSE 74
The noble warrior said, "What can you do? You stand up. You can!"
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Ded was encouraged by the divine words of the noble warrior; and he stood up. The iron chains and handcuffs broke down into pieces and he sat on the horse. The noble warrior drove the horse away from there. The horse kept running. The noble warrior took him to the place in the forest where Vimalashri was hiding herself. He alighted from the horse. Vimalashri saw him.... he saw Vimalashri but the divine rider on the horse had disappeared.
Ded was greatly thrilled and delighted and he sang a song of glorification to Bhagwan Stambhan Parshwanath. Vimalashri told him what she had done; and Ded told her the entire story of his suffering and deliverance. They together set off towards Vidyapur.
This was an incidental matter we had to take up. Of course, our subject matter is, "The proper way to carry on the pilgrimage of life". In the pilgrimage of your life, you must know the minds and thoughts of the people around you; and you should act in such a way that they do not become displeased with you. This ordinary principle is of very great importance in the life of a grihastha. Today, I will stop this discussion. Tomorrow, we shall discuss this matter further.
This is enough for to-day.
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