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BODHAYANTI PARASPARAM
first commandment, the importance of the sandhya period and the early morning sandhya. Everybody knows that is the best time for sadhana. Evening, of course, a modern man has no chance of utilising that time. Many times when we reach home, it is already 8 or 9 or sometimes 10 O’clock. Very few people, I think, very fortunate people alone can get back home by 5 or 5.30 P.M. I always get back at 5.30 PM. But in the case of business men, industrial workers, they come back home at 8 or at 10 O’clock. In cities also it becomes a big problem. I was told yesterday by an abhyasi from Bombay that he leaves home at 7 O’clock in the morning and comes home by 9 O’clock in the night and he stays 20 miles away from his work spot. So frankly speaking, sandhya is not in our hands. The modern man is unfortunately deprived of that. So every effort must be made to see that we get up early in the morning. We take our bath, keep our body and mind as pure as possible and start our sadhana. Can I do sadhana in the bed itself, can I just wash my mouth and then start it or shall I do it without washing my mouth, all these things are ridiculous and irresponsible. If someone does it once in a while, it does not matter, but many just continue to do and come back complaining. We should not give such unfortunate
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