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She went on pondering thus throughout the night. In the morning her mind changed on hearing the holy sermon of a monk and she began to reproach herself:
"Cursed am I, that I plotted to assassin my own flesh and blood - my dear sons-for this petty stone. Condemned be this devil 'Parigraha' (attachment for possessions)." On coming to her senses, she told the whole truth to her sons. She at once instructed them to cast away the inauspicious diamond into some unfathomable pond or deep sea. What to say of keeping it with her, she disdained even to look at it. The sons obeyed her and acted accordingly. Thereafter, all of them began to live with love and peace.
While describing the virtue of non-attachment (Akinch Anya Dharma), the great poet Reidhu writes:
Akinnchnru bhavhu apyu jhavhu, daihhu bhnru nranrmu Nrruvam gye vnru, suh sanpnru param antidiye vigybhu
Akinchnru bu sangah nriviti, akinchnru bu suhjhanr sati Akinchnru bu biyliye bhamti, akinchnru rynrtye paviti
Akinchnru anuchiyi chitu, pasrantu indiye bnri vichitu Akinchnru dhaihu nraih chatu akinchnru jn bhav suh vistu
Tinrmitu prighu jath nrthi, akinchnr so nriymainr athi Apaparjath viyar sati, pydijyi jhim parmaithi bhti
Chhndijyi jhin sanklp duth, bhoynru vnchhijyi jhin anrith Akinchnru dhamu ji aim hoyi, tn jhayijyi nriru ith loyi
Aihu ji phavain ladh shavain tithaisar siv nryri gya Gye kam viyara punr risi sara vndnrij tay tainr sya
1. Imagine of the virtue of non-attachment taking the soul as different from the body; soul is a storehouse of knowledge; it is unique; it is colorless; it is blissful; it is superb; it is devoid of senses and is fearless. Such evaluation of soul is Ahnchanya Dharma' i.e., virtue of non-attachment.
2. To get rid of attachment from all worldly possessions is the vow of non-attachment. To be endowed with the power to meditate upon the four auspicious virtues; viz. (i) Maitri-friendship with all living beings. (ii) Pramoda - delight at the sight of beings better qualified or more advanced than ourselves on the path of liberation. (iii) Karuna -compassion for the afflicted. (iv) Madhyastha - tolerance or indifference to those, who are uncivil or ill behaved; is the vow of internal non-attachment. To be free from the feeling of allurement for something is the vow of Akinchanya' (non-attachment); and to have no feeling of possession is the vow of external non-attachment; and to be dedicated
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