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BODHAYANTI PARASPARAM – VOL 3
what has happened to it, what has happened to our feelings? The feelings are all in our heart. If we have unfortunately granted permanency to it we will be the worst sufferer of that as it has happened in the case of King Dasaratha. The attachment for Lord Rama for him meant his death. Right, that is because he retained that feeling even when his son has grown. He should have allowed him to grow, as sage Viswamithra told him. Sage Viswamithra told him “your sons are all Divine people who are meant to destroy evil, and you are not to hold them; please leave them to attend to their divine duty”. The kinge was clinging and arguing, then Sage Vasishta said “Viswamithra knows better, better hand over”. In spite of that lesson he never learnt it. In spite of the lesson that Lord Rama is a God incarnate, the father in Dasaratha was not prepared to leave his feelings, and attachments to the son which was dear to him. That is what an attachment to a child can mean. Please understand the importance of that sentence of Rev. Lalaji Maharaj. He simply made a statement there allowing us to understand and many of us don’t even think about it. We tend to think that play
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