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DUTY AND DESIRE
Role of Abhyasi
When the flight gets very high it often happens that there will be no breath for even hours; and when thoughtlessness is created the breathing gets slowed down.
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Desire can be stated as the fulfillment of which brings pleasure to the heart, while its nonfulfillment brings sorrow, misery and pain; and the enjoyer of it is you alone, and yourself alone the doer. Duty is the carrying out of the commandment with non- attachment with the motive. Mohammed Ghazni had a slave named Ayaz whom he loved very much. The other courtiers did not like this behaviour of the King. Someone asked the King, ―Why do you love Ayaz so much?‖ After some time the King asked every one of the courtiers to smash down a very costly tree of diamonds which he had brought from India, and which was hung from the ceiling of the court-hall. But none of his courtiers touched it. Then the King called Ayaz and commanded him to break down the diamond tree. Ayaz obeyed the command
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