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ABUNDANT JOY OF SENTIMENTS
begging. When I come to meet you; when I walk, run towards you, it becomes a pilgrimage; otherwise it becomes roaming. wandering. You are at the centre-point of the word.
That is why it becomes devotion.
Otherwise that could be called only worthless talks.
Because of keeping your presence before my eyes there arises the spontaneous flow of sentiments, otherwise there is nothing but the miseries everywhere. If you are present then only my speech flows religious discourse; otherwise that only remains an ocean of miseries, pain and troubles.
To gain you whatever I leave that could be called penancesacrifice; otherwise it becomes fasting or dying because of hunger. Whatever I give you to keep is investment; all other things are troubles, a visit of condolence, a violent strife To gain you whatever decorative ornaments for the body, I leave is called renunciation; otherwise only poverty and wretchedness. If I leave support of words to understand you peacefully, that becomes silence; otherwise simply mootness,
Whatever I leave to gain you, is considered generosity; otherwise, only extravagance and senseless. To enjoy your nearness, proximity becomes resting place, rest house; otherwise laziness and sluggishness. To get your company if I sit at one place it is called stillness; otherwise laziness, sluggishness and stupidity.
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