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Silence Speaks
the actual meaning of peace, so they feel inclined towards it and crave for it. No such thought ever arose in my mind at any time, and I was thereby saved from a black mark against my name to show that I had induced my master to grant me  ̀³Peace'. Whatever I had was a boon to me for which I owe my greatest gratitude to my great master.
Let us now take into consideration the means by which we can develop that feeling in our heart. For that we must take into account the factors that are helpful in this respect as also others that serve to impede our progress on the path. The greatest obstruction on the path, as I could discover after a life's experience, is offered by our feelings of partiality and prejudice, which may be roughly assumed to be a type of ahamkara. It exists in numerous forms which are known to every body. To clarify my point I may take up an example. If a king thinks and repeats every moment that he is a king, it means he is adding round himself more and more layers of grossness and solidity, and in that case every one would be accusing him of arrogance and vain pride. When it surpasses the limits he gets
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