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DISCOURSE 16
MADANREKHA'S EMOTION OF COMPASSION
When sinners discard their sins, they should not be treated with anger or enmity, "The poor jiva is under the sway of Karmas. The jiva loses his sense and discretion on account of the appearance of the effect of sinful Karmas, and he commits mistakes". This kind of compassionate attitude appears towards sinners. Madanrekha adopted only that attitude of compassion, towards Manirath and Maniprabh. Of course, Manirath after being bitten by a cobra on that night, went to Hell, to suffer tortures there. When the god, Yugabahu narrated to Madanrekha what happened to Manirath after his death, Madanrekha did not experience any feeling of exultation in the manner of an ordinary mortal. She thought of him with the sublime emotion of serene compassion, "On account of me that poor man committed a sin and fell into spiritual ruin. How much anguish he has to experience? What a terrible sorrow, he has to experience ?"
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Madanrekha went to Mithila in the company of the god, Yugabahu. She went to the temple of the Paramatma there and offered a prayer to Lord Mallinath.
When they came out of the temple, they noticed a religious centre (upashray) nearby. She also noticed that there were Sadhvis in the Upashraya. Madanrekha said to god, Yugabahu, "Let us have a darshan of the Sadhvijis". Both of them went into the Upashraya and saluted the Sadhvijis with great politeness and sat near them. The Sadhvijis blessed them saying, "Dharmlabh (May you attain dharma)" and finding that they were worthy people, preached to them some sublime truths. They spoke to them sweetly and impressively about, the perilous nature of worldly life, the transcience and perishability of physical pleasures; the benefits of dharma; and the bondage of Karma; the philosophy relating to the destruction of Karmas; and the real nature of Moksha or the supreme state etc. When their preaching was over, the god, Yugabahu said to Madanrekha, "Noble lady, let us go to the palace. you can see the child".
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