Thus Said Vivekachudamani

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[size=5][font=Bookman Old Style]Thus Said Vivekachudamani[/font][/size]

[size=5][font=Bookman Old Style][color=#000000]Vivekachudamani,the celebrated text on introspective thinking, says that five types ofcreatures get killed because of their attachment to a particular object ofenjoyment:[/color][/font][/size]

[size=5]1. Deer are attached to sound. Hence the hunter plays sweet notes of music on aflute; the deer come attracted to the source of music, and get trapped. Once amonk saw that a hunter was chasing a deer which ran faster than the hunter.Then keeping its bow and arrow down, the hunter took out a flute and began toplay it. Mesmerized by the sound of flute, the deer turned back and camerunning to the hunter. Then the hunter kept the flute down and killed the deer.Sound killed the deer![/size]

[size=5]2. A moth goes after a flame, attracted by its rupa (colour and form). It doesnot see the burning nature of fire. It comes near the fire, touches it, andonce its wings are burnt, it falls down. Moths rush to fire, without knowingthat they are going to die, because they are fascinated by rupa.[/size]

[size=5]3. The elephant has the wickness for the sense of touch. A bull-elephant getsexcited when it sees a cow elephant. It rushes towards her, not seeing the trapof covered trench between him and her. He steps on it, falls into the trench andbecomes imprisoned for life. Even though a mighty animal, an elephant loses itsfreedom forever, because of its weakness for touch.[/size]

[size=5]4. Similarly, the fish goes after the bait and gets hooked. The fish looks atthe bait as a piece of food. It goes to bite it and ends up losing its life.[/size]

[size=5]5. So is the case with the bee. A bee, while enjoying the fragrance of lotus,gets inside it and remains inside it even after sunset and gets trapped in itwhen the petals close. And then it gets crushed to death by wild animals whichhappen to trample upon the flowers at night.[/size]

[size=5][color=#000000]Eachof these creatures meets its end due to its weakness to a particular sense; andthen what to talk of the fate of human beings who have weakness for all thefive senses! If this fact is seen and seriously meditated upon, we developdetachment towards sense objects.[/color][/size]

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