Page 13 - Courage Redifined

and save her character, she could have thought on the following
lines while responding to the King’s offer.

How to resist temptations ?
This King’s talks are lame and immature. He thinks that this
human body is meant just for pleasure and comforts without
considering the means employed to acquire them. But this is
his ignorance.
Sensual pleasures and attractions are not a source of enjoyment
but are actually a source of trouble for the body and soul.

1) Trouble for the body because you have to keep on satisfying
its lust and temptation again and again. Loss of strength
in old age and loss of medium to satisfy this temptation
in youth is bound to distress you. Isn't this troublesome ?
2) Trouble for the soul because it has to become a servant to
satisfy the demands of the body and senses. Thus, it loses
a golden chance to serve the Almighty God and Guru.

3) Trouble to be dragged in misdeeds :
In spite of understanding that sensual pleasures and leisure
are not right, if you get tempted even once to enjoy these
pleasures, then this loss of determination is bound to drag
you in these misdeeds again and again. Being compelled
to commit wrong acts inspite of understanding that it is
wrong- is this joyous or troublesome ?
4) Trouble of losing the good :

While exercising the wrong, loss of the good and beneficial
things and acts is unavoidable. Isn't this a great trouble ?

5) Trouble of complete destruction :
By the end of life, all is lost. Then all the previous acts
are nothing less than trouble.

6) Trouble of becoming a servant of the body and senses :
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