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error, he had ascended the height of lofty thoughts. That is why the answer for the two questions is so different."
Upon re ika's request the Lord further said “The meditating monk overheard the conversation of two army generals, Sumukha and Durmukha. He learnt that his minister and an enemy king might be possibly dethroning his son to whom he handed over his kingdom to become a monk. Angry, giving in to love for his son, he was battling in his mind with the minister and the enemy king. In the fearsome time of these results, you asked the question so I said he would go the seventh hell. But after sometime when he realised he is but a monk and what is his business with kingdom and thrones, and repenting, he took to lofty thoughts, hence I said he would attain to Sarv rthasiddhi vim na.”
Lord Mah v ra was explaining to re ika the secret of his statement when the skies resounded with divine sounds. The Lord told re ika"That same monk, Prasannacandra, who became eligible for the SarvarthSiddhi vim na, in the second stage of his deep meditation, ascended the vimalasreni, and destroying, at the same time, his obscuring karmas, has attained pure intuition and pure knowledge. To express the glory of that, the gods are beating the drums.” re ika was pleased in his mind to see the Lord's omniscience.
Once, Lord Mah v ra was staying in R jag ha's garden. A person came to Mah v ra at that time and falling at his feet, said – “Lord! Your sermon is like crossing the worldly ocean. Once I had the opportunity to hear your speech and your teachings at that time saved me from trouble. Today I wish to benefit from your speech.” Thus, with a firm resolve, he heard the Lord's sermon, hearing which he felt guilt for his past actions. With folded hands, he requested the Lord - "Lord! My past life is full of misdeeds. Can I get a place at your feet to purify it? Can a thief and a perpetrator of atrocities obtain rama a dharma? Hearing that person's pure words, the Lord said - "Rohineya! True repentance clears the blackness of sin. All your impurities have burnt to ashes by the selfcriticism. Hence you have become eligible for the rama a status."
Soon the infamous thief Rohineya became a monk and went far ahead because of his penance and good deeds. It is true, after all, that the
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