Page 57 - Moral Stories Vol 3
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"Is there any change in the bowl of water?" asked the god.
"None," said the servants.
"They cannot see that the water has diminished," said the god, "just as they cannot see that your beauty has deteriorated."
The prince was shaken. He thought: "My beauty is diminishing by the day. It is short-lived. Why am I besotted by something so fleeting? I should concern myself with that which is eternal."
He never again looked into a mirror and in course of time renounced his throne and became a monk.
Moral: Everything in this world is short- lived. Fix your mind on Him (God) who is eternal.
— A medieval Jain tale
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