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BODHAYANTI PARASPARAM
other purpose behind this nor is there any other greatness behind this. They were prepared for it and they went for it. I do not think we can afford to do that. First of all forests are dying; Secondly we do not have that much of leisure to run away from our house, we have got responsibilities to discharge. Physical disturbance is therefore to be fought with internal determination. Just as a student of mathematics or any student for that matter, concentrates mostly on his work and refuses to get diverted by any other thing, development of concentration is a consequence of determination. Disturbances do occur to us when the power goes off and our fan is off and we are not able to meditate in the place that we have chosen. These things must be won over by us by our determination. There is no other alternative. And this determination is most essential for any sadhana. We must have commitment to reach what we want. Sanity demands that we shall be committed to happiness. Sanity would make anyone at least to agree to this, that we all should be happy. Nobody can get happiness by making somebody else unhappy. All people shall be happy. How? What are the methods for that? These are all different issues and each one of us is working out in his own way, but that should be our goal.
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