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FAITH AND SURRENDER
how to do ‘himsa’ under what circumstances himsa is permissible. It is not ‘ahimsa’ siddhanta as some people interpret. It has nothing to do with ‘ahimsa’. He was a warrior, he has killed so many thousands of people earlier, what is the great problem then? His problem were his grand father, his teacher who were standing just opposite him, they have to be killed. What is this? He is my grand father, he is my teacher, he is my brother, how can I kill them? What type of life I am going to lead later. This is absolutely a problem of attachment ‘Bandhupreeti’. His problem was one of ‘Bandhupreeti’ nothing else. From there he wanted to come out. The ‘kripanatva’ there is of a different variety. It was not of his existence, he was not afraid of his death, he knew definitely he will win, but even then he surrendered because of the confusion that he had. Whereas in the case of Vibheeshana, the surrender is of a different variety. He was also not afraid of his death. He said what is this ‘Dharma’ about? The ‘Dharma’ is in trouble, so he wanted to come away from Ravana and take refuge under Rama, because he was the person spearheading the ‘Dharma’.” He was seeking refuge under ‘Dharma’.
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