Bondage and Freedom

Author(s): Chitrabhanu
Publisher: Divine Knowledge Society

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would be a reward of one thousand gold pieces for anyone who brought Koshalraj dead or alive to him. Koshalraj smiled to himself that his head, even without the crown, was still worth so much. Perhaps some day there would be an occasion to sell it!
The life of one who lives with love and compassion forever. in his heart is like a rain cloud. The cloud bursts bringing joy and life to the Creation. Those who are born to be immortal, know full well that the soul is more valuable than any of their worldly. possessions, and to lift the soul to the highest level, no sacrifice is too great, not even the sacrifice of one's own life. Thus it was that Koshalraj was prepared to lay down his life if the need arose. Here we see that the soul dominates the mind and the body. Most of us would think of our own safety; it is because we have not risen to the same spiritual height, it is because the body-the brute in us, dominates the soul. Each one of us has godliness within him. We need not roam from temple to temple, from shrine to shrine, in search of God. God is within us -we must recognise His Presence within us and try to be worthy of this spiritual gift.
Days passed. Koshalraj, living in the woods, cut off from his dear ones, deprived of his kingdom, wondered when the occasion would arrive for him to realize the price of his head.
At last, one day as he was carrying his bundle of fagots, a poor man approached him and asked him