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started bleeding heavily Suddenly, the monks eventemperedness gave way. They summoned the King of Rain and ordered him to pour down for fifteen days and nights incessantly. They were the holders of many powers and their word was bound to bear fruit. The whole country was inundated and carried away in the waters, even the highly accomplished ‘mahatmas' were not spared and were carried away to the seventh hell. Karmasatta did not forgive them their display of anger.
Karmasatta is very clear that justice has to be carried out. “The whole world may consider anger worth forgiving but in my law, it is not so. Under my law, anger is unpardonable.”
Question: What if it is the other person who is instigating us?
Answer: It is not for us to see or think what the other person is doing. We were going to spend our chaturmasa in Palanpur in Vikram Samvat 2038. Pujya Gurudev Shri Vijay Bhuvanbhanusoorishwaraji Maharaj Saheb was travelling to Palanpur along with his disciples. On the way, they came to a middle-sized town. There, a very aged Acharya was already stationed with his big family of disciples. His health was quite critical due to his old age and physical condition. Swargastha Pujya Gurudevshri was proficient and enthusiastic about ‘niryamana”. He decided to stay there for ten days for the
Acharya = a preceptor Swargastha = now living in heaven Niryamana = assisting souls on their death bed or experiencing deep pain to undertake practices with a pure conscience, leading to an equanimous and peaceful death
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