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birth, you had deliberately indulged in attachment
and aversion, likes and dislikes, joy and sorrow you
can notice the horror of attachment and aversion.
But now, on acquiring human birth, it may be
understood that the impact of the mohanīya karma
has lessened. But if you continue to constantly
immerse yourself in attachment and aversion, joys
and sorrows, without an iota of remorse, you shall
bind very intense mohanīya karma, which will
harm your soul for a very long time over several
births.

Self-Control and the shelter of dharma are the only
solution.

One needs to understand that in your following lives, you
may take birth as a lower life form. The attachment and
aversion you are indulging in right now shall bear unpleasant
consequences and you will not be in a position to understand
the root cause of this sorrow. In fact, you will be helpless in
the face of tremendous adversity.

Today, you are in a far better position. You are able to
comprehend the horrific consequences of attachment and
aversion, through the example of the story of Rupsen &
Sunanda. It is easy for you to step back, use dharma as the
means to transcend the feelings of attachment and aversion
through equanimity and contemplation on the self. But to
walk on this path, self-control is essential.

Now let us see where his intense attachment and aversion
take Rupsen. Not only did he die in an accident, he took birth
in the womb of Princess Sunanda. Such was the strength of
his longing for Sunanda that he was reborn in her womb!
What was the unmarried Princess Sunanda to do? She was
pregnant. Would she choose to keep her baby, or would she
get an abortion?
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