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one’s attachment. And one should realise the consequence of
attachment: birth and rebirth.

What happened to Rupsen after he died?
Even when he was a full grown adult, poor Rupsen had no
idea how to curb attachment and desire from taking over
his thought processes. Naturally, when he was reborn in the
womb of Sunanda as a tiny infant, he could experience pain
and agony but was unable to take steps to alleviate the pain.
The poison Sunanda kept consuming every day had an effect
and one day the fetus of Rupsen died. He was reborn as the
son of a serpent. What business transaction could he have
conducted in the form of a snake? And what was he to eat
in order to sustain himself? Tiny living beings, young frogs,
etc. As the snake grew older, he began eating larger frogs
and mice, rates, etc. As a carnivorous being, the snake killed
thousands of small creatures.

No one can escape the consequences of the law of nature and
the consequences of karmic bondage.
Sinner or Believer?

The great British writer George Bernard Shaw knew Jainism
and was a vegetarian.

Question : Mr. Shaw, why are you a vegetarian?

Answer : My stomach is not a cemetery for dead animals.

The questioner was at a loss for words. Shaw was absolutely
right. What is meat eating? It means, eating parts of a
corpse.

How to lessen one’s sins

Is it appropriate to feed yourself with food that was obtained
through violence and murder? Think it over. You have the
invaluable opportunity to decrease sinful behaviour as much
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