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Should we not, therefore, back off from indulging in these
things? Should we not dislike, detest and avoid them?

It is as if karma is telling us, “Your body will die but if
your delusion, sensual desire and greed shall cause us to
remain connected with your soul. Beware, your delusion,
attachment & aversion, desire and greed shall cause you
terrible sorrow.”

Reflect upon the fact that those who remain immersed in
delusion, attachment & aversion, desire and greed suffer
tremendously. Delusion, attachment & aversion, desire and
greed suffer cause nothing but grief, misery and torment.
Realise this and get rid of delusion, attachment & aversion,
and passion.

Swan reborn as a Deer

The swan died a painful death, and was reborn as a deer
in the nearby forest. The deer was living peacefully in the
forest but once again, his bad karmas fructified and the king
decided to visit the forest on a hunting trip.
Queen Sunanda asked her husband why he killed animals in
the jungle.

The king explained that, “The entire forest and all the creatures
who lived in it are our personal property. Just as the farmer
harvests his crop when it is ripe, we hunt the animals living
in our forest, as they belong to us.”
The queen followed her husband’s logic and asked to join
him on his hunting trip in the forest. She did not stop to think
that no one had the right to take a life. One who claimed the
right to the lives of those creatures who lived in his forest
would have to first exercise his right over his own children.

So the king and queen, along with their retinue, went to the
jungle on a hunting trip. Once they reached, the singers and
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