Awakening

SR No.: 008704
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation
Publication Year: 1982
Total Pages: 211
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Sermon
File Size: 8 MB

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remember them. The father of Rohineya, the thief, advised him before his death that he should never hear the words of the Lord. One day, Rohineya was going on his way. He passed by a place where the Lord's discourse was going on. He put his fingers into his ears, so that he might not hear the discourse and began running. But while he was running he stepped on a thorn and instinctively he took out his fingers from his ears; hurriedly removed the thorn from his foot and again began running.
The next day, he was arrested. The king adopted a trick to make him confess his crime. In the night, he was made to stay in the midst of beautiful damsels. One beautiful damsel said to him, "On account of your merit. after your death you have come to heaven. We are apsarasas (celestial damsels) and we are here to attend on you. If you have committed any evil action in your life on the earth tell us and we will secure a pardon for you from Lord Indra. Otherwise, you will have to go to hell".
On the previous day, when Rohineya stopped to remove the thorn from his foot and when he took off his fingers from his ears, he had heard a few words of the Lord. The Lord was describing the features and qualities of divine beings. He was saying that their shadows would not fall upon the ground; the flower-garlands around their necks would not fade; they would not stand on the ground and that