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moments, Madanrekha inspired in him lofty thoughts and feel. ings and made him adore dharma. She enabled Yugabahu to attain emotional equanimity. She impelled him to seek the four supreme refuges. She recited the Navakar Mantra to him. On account of these spiritual austerities, Yugabahu after his death was born in the fifth heaven. After being born as a god in heaven, he, by means of his extra-sensory perception, saw and realised how he had attained to that heavenly state. When he saw his wife who had bestowed such great benefactions upon him, seated near me he came here by a supernatural airship. This god is Yugabahu."
A BENEFACTOR IS GREAT
Maniprabh's heart overflowed with joy. The great Muni said, "Maniprabh, at least have you understood why this god first saluted Madanrekha ? That person who guides a man to attain pure dharma becomes his teacher (guru). This god regards Madanrekha as his dharmacharya or spiritual mentor. He has not come here with the idea that she was his wife in his previous janma. “She has saved me from spiritual ruin. She kindled in me the eternal light of sublime dharma. She enabled me to attain to heavenly existence. She has bestowed upon me the greatest benefaction." He has come with this idea".
Maniprabh stood up and sought forgiveness from Yugabahu who was now a god and greatly complimented him. By the grace of the Mahamuni, Madanrekha realised that this god was Yugabahu's soul in a divine form and that he had been born as a god in the fifth heaven. She felt supremely happy. "What sublimity dwelt in the soul of Yugabahu ! He had not forgotten the benefactions bestowed upon him, by Madanrekha even after reaching heaven. Otherwise, the human beings that reach the heavenly world become so deeply absorbed in heavenly delights that they forget those that had helped them when they were human beings; that they also forget their relatives and friends. Now-a-days, those who attain to the heavenly world do not even think of coming here. We believe that those who in their life as human beings perform spiritual activities rightly and who die
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