Confession Path to Self Liberation

Author(s): Gunratnasuri
Publisher: Jingun Aradhak Trust

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be punished. He said, “Sunanda had great feelings of love & attachment towards Rupsen. She was now eating the flesh of the same soul.
“Knowing this, Sunanda felt very sorry. She said, “O Gurudev! The person, who committed the sin with me, just by his sight & thoughts, had to suffer for seven births. What will happen to me? I have committed more sins than him.” The sage replied that if one confesses the sins committed and observes atonement for the same, he can purify himself and even attain salvation. Hearing this, she accepted asceticism and following restrains after confessing, gained Avadhigyan i.e. clairvoyance.
With the help of Avadhigyan, she came to know that the soul of Rupsen had taken birth as an elephant. She made her way to the forest to preach him. The villagers tried to stop her but she was firm and entered the forest without any fear. When the elephant saw her, he stood still and stared. At that time the sadhviji said,
“Bujha, Bujha, Rupsen!. O Rupsen awaken, get an inspiration. Holding an attachment as well as affection towards me, you became a victim of so many sufferings. Why are you not abandoning that attachment?" Hearing this, the elephant remembered his previous births. He saw the sequence of the troubles & sufferings borne by him in all the seven births & regretted. “Oh! What have I done? Due to ignorance & fascination of evil desires, I have undergone spiritual degeneration. Now I don't want to continue the same cycle”. His soul was awakened. The sadhviji recommended the king that the elephant was now his
Sadhvi Sunanda preaching the elephant.
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