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Role of Abhyasi
skin (peel) and threw away the fruit. When Vidura came and reminded her as to what she was doing, she came to her senses and began to feed him the fruit. Lord Krishna then said that the taste which he found in the peel was not there in the fruit. So when love and Bhakti take hold to such an extent, the condition which Vidura's wife had is some times experienced by the less advanced.
Shri X has written to me that I must go to Chickmagalore. But my health is not capable of withstanding the strain of purposeless journey. He thinks that he would gain merit by my going there, but it would in fact be gained by Rakat, the meaning of which you know. In short, merit is earned by prayer and devotion.
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GUIDANCE TO A SADHAKA
I have to take a lot of work from you, and also do a lot of work on you. Thus, taking and giving both are involved. In English there is a saying, `Exchange is no robbery!' In your spare time you must be
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