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Gautam was thinking seriously when Bhagavan Mahavir said
Gautam, don't be impatient. Consider that as long as grain is covered with h isk
is it digestible?
On your soul there is a thin veil
of attachment just like husk on
a grain.
Bhante! What veil? What attachment? Has my love and devotion
for you become a hurdle in the path of
liberation?
(No, Bhante.
Bhagavan Mahavir said
Gautam your fondness is for my visible form. Attachment is bondage irrespective of its being for one's own form or
that of some other.
Prabho, Then when will I get liberated? When will I be free
of this attachment?
Bhagavan Mahavir said aapupugao
Gautam, don't worry or be disheartened. During this
incarnation, after we abandon these bodies we will both attain that eternal
formless state.
Bhagavan Mahavir explained with an example
A lotus remains unaffected by water, it is always above the surface of water. In the same way
you should also rise above fondness and be alert always.
[lt is believed that this sermon addressed specially to Gautam Swami is compiled in the tenth chapter of
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