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OUR SPIRITUAL GURU
Our spiritual Gurus are different from our regular school teachers in many ways. Some people give up all worldly pleasures and become a Sädhu or Sädhvi because they want to follow a higher spiritual or religious life. This means they have given up wearing fashionable clothes, going to movies, watching TV, sleeping on soft beds, and going out to eat ice cream and pizza. They do not even travel in cars or planes. They walk barefoot everywhere. They do not earn money because they live on alms.
Lesson 5 Our Spiritual Guru
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They do not have any ties to their family, friends, or money. They go from house to house to collect alms (food) and accept very simple food from people who happily offer them food. They fast a lot. They travel from town to town and teach us religion. During rainy season they stay in a place called Upäshray. They study
religious books most of the day and have devoted their lives to religion.
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