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BODHAYANTI PARASPARAM – VOL 3
Grhastha. Sanyasins from my point of view are not Vairagis’ they are people who have abdicated their responsibility towards themselves, towards their spiritual progress and to others who are dependent upon them and therefore are essentially sinners.
A Grhastha is one who lives according to the verdict of GOD as a trustee and enables the Divinity to express through him and also be in a position to reach back his Homeland with no luggage, ‘Travel Light’ as Rev.Babuji puts it. Travel light is possible only for a Grhastha; we can handover the responsibility to some one else. A beautiful example Master gives in that article ‘Travel light’. He talks about the passengers in the train to give everything to the Guard of the train who will keep it there and we will be in a position to move on without the luggage. How many of us have thought about this as a delegation of responsibility I do not know but I thought it as delegation of responsibilities. I don’t have the responsibility to carry my luggage someone else is doing that job. That can be my son, that can be my wife, it can be my son-in-law, that can be my daughter, it does not matter much who, but
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