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Angulimaan, the Saint
Angulimaan, the Saint
Here,
we can see the character of his father shine when he
religiously told the king
about the doom his son could bring about as per his horoscope (Now don’t sit to
ask the question, does horoscope predictions come true and all). That much high
was the character of people in general and especially of the father of Ahimsaka
who thought of the benefit and good
of the nation before their own kith and kin. That’s why it was ‘Golden Era’. And
look at the
character of the king! Inspite of knowing that he could be a threat
to the kingdom, he did not kill the infant out of fear for self or blindly
believing the horoscope. He thought of an alternative and believed in ‘raising
the child properly and educating it so would mould his character. He was not
wrong in thinking so and doing so too! Every circumstance brings with it ‘a decision’ to be
taken. What
does the person taking the decision base his decision on – Dharma or emotions?
General good or selfish motive? These
decide and mould the character of the individual accordingly and thus he writes
his ‘destiny’. No one can predict the future. You can only act out of Dharma
and right and wrong based on present circumstances.
We can only assume few facts based on the story. Like the
teacher probably expected that Ahimsaka, in his attempt to complete that deed,
would be killed himself or, being caught by the king's men, would suffer the
highest penalty of execution. One of Ahimsaka’s motivations
may have been that an unquestioning obedience to the guru appeared to him as the
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