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To milk the cow, to heat the milk, to cool it and set it to yield the curd, to put the curd into the churning pot and stir it constantly with the churning-stick till it is all frothy! Why undertake all this labour? Simply to get butter!
To transcend bodily pleasure and pain, to be free from the suffering inherent in all sensation, is the essence of sadhana. The infallible method of achieving it is to practise body-perception. It does away with negligence and increases mindfulness. The feelings of attachment and aversion come to an end, resulting in the development of equanimity.
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