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LESHYAS - STATE OF MIND AND KARMIC STAINS and indulgence in severe anger. He further thought that he ought to have maintained love for all the creatures of the world, ought to have no malice for the ministers, and no attachment for his son. He severely condemned his mental act. He despised it and withdrew himself from such a feat of anger and malice. Oh king, when he thought this way, you asked me the next question and I replied that he would be born in the Sarvärtha-siddha (heaven) as an angel. Thereafter, he continued the purification of his mental reflections and gradually he reached the stage of 'Kshapak', where he annihilated all of his destructive (Ghäti) karmas, and attained omniscience."
King Shrenik's doubts were resolved and he learned how mental reflection could fluctuate. He also learned that not only can physical acts or verbal abuses have such devastating effects, but mental acts also can have devastating effects. We, too, must learn from this story.
God is neither the creator nor the destroyer of the universe.
He is merely a silent observer and omniscient.
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