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that great muni. We returned after saluting the great sadhvi, Sita".
“Let us also go there."
The members of the royal family were happy to see that Shri Ram had regained his composure. There was a great change in the atmosphere. The people who had gathered there experienced a feeling of new joy. All got ready to proceed to the place where Jayabushan muni was staying.
Shri Ram at once ascended his chariot. Lakshman also sat in the same chariot. All proceeded towards the ashram of Jayabushan muni situated in the Mahendrodaya garden. Shri Ram and Lakshman bowed to the great muni. All were supremely happy when they saw the great muni. The great muni was absorbed in delivering a discourse. Shri Ram sat down to hear the discourse.
The spirit of renunciation pervaded the atmosphere. Shri Ram, Lakshman and the other members of the royal family were happy. They were moved deeply by Sita's exemplary spirit of renunciation. They too began to look into themselves. They too began to realise the futility of samsar. All seemed to have become averse to the pleasures of worldly life. Sita's renunciation impelled all to think that worldly pleasures were fleeting and futile.
The great muni was explaining the four states of existence in the samsar and the joys and sorrows of samsar and he was also discussing the causes for those joys and sorrows. He was explaining to them how joys and sorrows come successively in the samsar. He said "In the cycle of birth and death, neither joys nor sorrows are permanent. They depend upon the karmas of the jivas and if there is anything permanent, it is only salvation”. He was saying that spiritual austerities would lead to spiritual elevation and salvation. He, in his discourse said that people should carry out spiritual austerities and practise yirtues like non-violence and self-discipline to destroy the bondages of Karmas. He also pointed out that only Bhavya jivas
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