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THE WAY OF LIFE
the offer, could be continue to live in the house of a dancer ? After becoming the Chief Minister of Magadha could he continue to live in the house of a dancer ? He had to begin to live in his own house. In that case, two things would result from it. He would get rid of the intimacy with Kosha and he would attain the position of Mahamantri (Chief Minister). Can you find a way to change an unworthy man into a worthy man ? No intelligence is necessary if an unworthy man has to remain unworthy. Sometimes owing to the effect of sinful Karmas, even a worthy man born in a noble family treads on the wrong path for sometime. But this does not mean that he will always remain unworthy. When his sinful Karma ends, his worthiness emerges to prominence. Even dark dense clouds disappear and the sun of a new life shines out.
“This man has fallen into the snares of a dancer. What if he is a brother? A debaucherous person should not be made a Chief Minister. If I can have my will, I would expel him from the country". A noble man does not think so. A noble householder does not think so. A noble householder thinks seriously about such a thing. A man's family-honour is a precious thing. In a man we can see the blood of his parents flowing. The family had been rendering service to the king and the country for generations. Probably, it was thought highly beneficial to the king and the country if such a man was made the Chief Minister.
IF YOU WERE PRESENT AT THE TIME OF STHULABHADRA'S INITIATION
On hearing the story of his father's murder and the political events relating to it, Sthulabhadra entertained the desire of renouncing the worldly life and he returned the ring of the Chief Minister to the King. He did not go to the house of Kosha also. He approached a Gurumaharaj. He renounced worldly life and received initiation into the Sadhudharma.
If you were present at that time, you might have opposed even Sthulabhadra's initiation. "How can initiation be given to such an immoral and debaucherous person? He should not be
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