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existence – Omniscience (Keval gyan) in spite of eating
everyday.

2) Sulsa – Her activity of giving alms to monk,
Supatradana got affected due to the breakage of glass
bottles, but it didn’t enrage her because her internal
religious outlook was in place. Due to it, she successfully

passed the Devta’s test. Impressed by her faith, the
Devta gave her a boon.

Let’s ponder over the nature of religious outlook that both of
them possessed.

Kurgadu Muni’s religious outlook

He was remorseful about his inability to fast. However, this
does not mean that, attributing his inability to his past karmas,

he considered himself helpless and used it as an excuse to
keep feasting all day. Instead, not succumbing to his taste
and temptations he decided to have only a pot full of kura-
rice once a day and thus he became famous as Kuragadu
Muni.

Now reflect upon yourself –

On some tithi or holy day, due to some reason, you aren’t
able to fast. That doesn’t mean that you can now eat all that

you want, any number of times, at any time. Is this the religious
outlook? Just because of a minor headache or stomach ache,
you do not fast; that is still justified, but then no control over
temptations, no compromise in your food. How wll you justify

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