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DISCOURSE 47
Everyone thinks of his own or her own happiness. People do not hesitate to cause sorrow to others if by that they can get happiness. Of course, Mrinal did not want to cause misery to Munja but, "Munja should not go way from here. He must remain here". This idea eclipsed her intelligence. Mrinal thought, "Munja will not remain here, if I entreat him to do so or if I insist upon his staying here. He will escape by the underground passage. If he should be made to remain here, I must reveal the secret plan of Munja to my brother. Only my brother can stop him here. Mrinal went to her brother, Tailap and informed him of Munja's plan to escape by an underground passage. In the prison-vault Munja was waiting for Mrinal. He saw Tailap with his drawn sword at the door of the prison. He was shocked. He recovered his senses. His eyes were opened. His infatuation disappeared. Munja was a scholar, so he did not find fault with Mrinal. He found fault with himself.
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When Tailap made Munja go to various houses begging for food, Munja at every house, spoke the truth about the futility of human relationships. That was wonderful. Tailap caused Munja to be trampled upon by an elephant. Even then, he remained wonderfully calm.
BECOME A VICTOR OVER THE SENSES
Sexual passion is an inner enemy. In fact, sexual passion is man's greatest enemy. Man must aim at conquering that passion. He must always keep endeavouring to achieve a victory over that passion. "A real victor is he who achieves a victory over the senses. The conqueror of the senses is greater than the conqueror of the whole world. A jivatma who is a thrall of the senses cannot even imagine the inner felicity that is experienced by a victor over the senses. Even the shadow of the misery and anguish experienced by a thrall of the senses cannot fall upon the victor over the senses".
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Lust is the first enemy. I will describe later some methods by which you can conquer lust.
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