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pride, arrogance, pleasure - When have you ever thought of living your lives without these qualities? Have you at any time asked yourself thus :
"Oh soul, when will you renounce the violence and severity of sexual passions and aberrations ? When will you be free from the violent passion of anger ? Until what time will you be burning in the terrible fires of avarice? How long will you remain conceited and stiff with pride ? How long will you be intoxicated with the various kinds of arrogance ? How long will you remain intoxicated and delighted by evil habits ? If you live depending on these inner enemies, you will be bound with countless sinful Karmas. At least, do you know this? How intoxicated are your five senses by those inner enemies ? Are you thinking about this ? On account of these inner enemies, you are unable to carry out your spiritual endeavours. Have you at anytime thought about this ? On account of these inner enemies, in your Arthapurushartha or financial objective and Kamapurushartha or in the objective of fulfilling your desires, you cannot attain success. Have you thought about this seriously ?”
Can you find sometime to carry out this kind of contemplation and assimilation. If you find at least a little time and think about these points, a change for the better will appear in your lives. There will be reformation in your life. If you realise that lust, anger etc. are enemies, that they are really enemies, there will come about a noble reformation in your life. What a tremendous reformation took place in the lives of the ninety eight sons of Bhagwan Rishabdev! Hear that exciting story. I will narrate it to you.
BHARAT’S VAST AMBITION
Bhagwan Rishabhdev had one hundred sons. When he renounced worldly life, he divided his Kingdom and distributed those divisions among his one hundred sons, with the result that each had an independent Kingdom or estate. Bharat was his eldest son. He wanted to become the Emperor. His ambition was to become the emperor of the whole of Bharath (India).
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