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I am a courtesan. Even to qualify to express your carnal desire for me i 4 you have to pay one hundred thousand gold coins to me.”
When he heard this, the ascetic became thoughtful. He said—“I 55 am a mendicant who has renounced the world. I don't have even a 4 single penny with me.” Kosha said—“The king of Nepal gives a gem i studded shawl to every visiting mendicant. Its price is one hundred
thousand gold coins. You may go to Nepal and bring that shawl for me."
A man consumed by lust forgets what is good or bad for him and is prepared to do anything. The ascetic forgot all about his discipline
and practices and left for Nepal. After a lot of hardships and suffering 1 he reached Nepal and got the shawl from him. On the way back some 4 5 bandits deprived him of the shawl. He was still not free of his si 41 obsession. Not caring for the hardships, he once again returned to si 5 Nepal and begged another shawl from the king. This time he
concealed the shawl in a hollow staff. Avoiding bandits and suffering 4 all hardships when he at last reached Kosha he was extremely weak
i and emaciated. 45 With the hope that his desire at last is going to be fulfilled, he $ handed over the shawl to Kosha. Kosha smiled at his emaciated body, 4 wiped her feet with the shawl and threw it on a heap of trash. 5 The perplexed ascetic uttered—“What have you done Kosha? I 51 brought this shawl for you after suffering so much pain and you have
thrown it on a heap of trash?” 4 Kosha said serenely—“Great ascetic, I did all this to bring you 4
back to the right path. You have strayed from your path. Indeed, the i gem studded shawl is highly valuable, but the discipline acquired through practices is priceless. All the pleasure and grandeur in the
world is insignificant before it. You had decided to throw away that 15 self earned immense wealth on the heap of the trash that is carnal 4 indulgence. Regain your rationality and try to understand why you
have become eager to accept again what you abandoned considering
it to be despicable and base?" 5 Kosha's statement opened the ascetic's eyes. He involuntarily Suttered—"Sthulibhadra, who does harshest of the harsh spiritual
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