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Sunanda was unaware of this development. She was between
a rock and a hard place. She felt all the love a mother
naturally feels towards her child. But she was willing to
sacrifice her unborn child on the altar of respectability and
social acceptance. In other words, how true was her love for
her child? Evidently, her love for the unborn child would
only last as long as it did not come in the way of her dreams
and ambitions.

The World Runs on Attachment

Worldly life is built on the edifice of love and attachment.
This is why despite wandering all over the world, people
come back to the place they consider home. They dwell in
their homes, finding relief in them, they live in their homes,
and store their wealth in them. Their families mean the world
to them. They identify with their family members and consider
their joys and sorrows as their own.
Attachment is uncontrolled, unrestricted and uncertain.
Why seek it?

What is all this? So much emphasis on attachment and
aversion! And love itself is doled out in percentages. Only so
much love for one person and far more for another person! If
needed, for the sake of those we love the most, we harm those
we love the least. And our love is not consistent. At times,
those we love the most fall in our eyes and we stop loving
them. And at times, we shower all our love on those we used
to dislike earlier. Essentially, there are no rules governing
love. So why should we give it so much importance and ruin
our lives for the sake of love?

If you must love someone, love the Jinas, the preceptors
and dharma itself. Love your own soul. Loving one’s body
is pointless. It is not going to last. It is better to love the
soul which is constant and shall be with you forever. Besides,
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