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BHAGWAN RISHABHDEV
Next day Bharat called the goldsmith to his palace. Giving him a bowl of oil filled to the brim, he said
Goldsmith takes the bowl and travels the entire Ayodhya city and returns back to the royal court. Bharat asks him
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Keep this bowl in your palm and roamthe entire Ayodhya city. Then come and tell me all what you saw? Remember, if you drop a single drop of oil from the bowl then death
sentence will be given to you.
Tell me what you saw in the markets or streets of Ayodhya?
Your highness,
my entire
concentration I was on this bowl
of oil. That is why I could not see anything.
OOON
Upon hearing Bharat laughed and saidLAN
Did you understand anything? In this world full of luxury, even I am living like that. My full concentration is on my soul. I have nothing to do with this world's market or streets. Think
am I still an accumulator?
In this manner teaching the significance of renunciation, forsaking of desires etc took Rishabhdev thousands of years. One day he realised that his end is near. Knowing this he went to Ashtapad mountain and in a state of samadhi attained moksha.
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Your highness, please
forgive me. I did not fully understand deeply
the lord's teachings
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