Night Mare is Over

Author(s): Gunratnasuri, Mokshratnavijay
Publisher: Adhyatma Shikshan Kendra

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said to Pratisurya "You have become one of the best relatives in all, for you have saved me and my family from a great impending disaster. You have done very well by protecting my daughter-in-law, the cause of lineage.
Despair and gloom disappeared from Pavananjaya's face. His eyes shone with a new light. After all fate had been kind by restoring to him his beloved Anjana. A great festival was held in the forest.
At the request of Pratisurya all the Vidyadhars with their retinue, arrived at Hanupur. A fabulous festival much greater than the former was held in Hanupur. After the festival was over the Vidyadhars went away to their respective places. Pavananjaya remained at Hanupur.
14. DIKSHA AND SALVATION
Pavananjaya and Anjana now passed their time happily. Hanuman grew up to be strong and healthy. He learned all the lores and arts and obtained many victories.
In this mercurial life, raging with miseries, and sometimes with the lightning of happiness, the soul is far from bliss, for it is not in its nature to be happy in sensual enjoyments. True happines is that which is not mixed or barred by misery, and is not dependent on any relative factors. For example the happiness of eating depends upon one's being hungry as well as of desirous food. Same can be said for other pleasures. True happiness is in abundanceinfinite in the soul. but is obscured by the Karmas. In fact, we do not know what we are and wallow in sensual enjoyments, contrary to spiritual nature, which in turn brings misery, for any sensual enjoyment is not possible without "Himsa" -violence-killing" and by violence the soul contracts
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