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ASPIRANT'S GUIDE ages. His personality was multifaceted. He influenced both the mass (ordinary people) and class (learned people) and has millions of devotees, dozens of institutes and huge spiritual literature at his credit which are all popular to this day. Once, a person committed a great sin, and regretted it later. Friends advised him to see Saint Kabir and explain him the sin. Saint Kabir may ask him to undertake a penance for his sin.
When the man came to Kabir's house, he was not there. The man narrated his sin before Kabir's wife.
She asked the man to recite the name of God three times in all concentration and devotion. This was a simple punishment but with this, the man cultivated devotion towards God.
Saint Kabir came to know of this and asked his wife, "Why did you ask him to utter God's name three times and not once ?"
His wife replied, "I asked him to utter God's name three times, so that he can remember God in three ways : via mind, word, and body."
Hearing this, Saint Kabir was delighted and he complimented his wife.
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