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breathe hot and cold. They respect all religions as well and good. It means that they cannot discriminate between right and wrong. They do not insist for truth.
That is a wrong-belief-inducing Mohaniya Karma by which soul enjoys in entertaining a Wrong belief. None can be degraded in a religion which claims aversion for attachments, renunciation of passions, devotion for the virtues of soul, and rites infested with true principles. Such religion is a genuine religion, which can only enlighten the path of beatitude. That religion deserves to be resorted to in which Gods cherish aversion for temporal affairs and the monks-saints reflect self denial. What is the use of serving and adoring the so called monks who aid and abet the acts of violence, who tell lies and who steal and induce to steal
TALE OF BAWAJI
A mendicant proceeded to a forest with his disciple. On his way, on seeing a sugar-cane grove, his mouth began to water. He said to his disciple, "With this bag go to the grove and fill the bag with the sugar-canes." Indeed it is theft to carry anything without the owner's consent, but those whose tongues want to enjoy taste hardly care for the owner's consent.
The clever disciple on the instructions from the preceptor entered the grove and started his work. The monk guarded at the entrance. In the meanwhile he saw four farmers with hooked sticks, so he got nervous. He thought if his disciple were caught he and himself as his preceptor would be fairly hammered. So he discovered a plan to detain the farmers at the entrance and to allow the disciple to escape safely thereby.
He began to sing, "Sant Pakad lo, Sant Pakad lo, Ā gaye garbhadhāri” Take up the Sant-Saint, (sugar-cane) the death messengers have arrived (the owner of the field has arrived).
The monk's voice was sweet and style of singing was attractive, so the farmers stood by and listened to the song. Song carried two meanings: first for the farmers and the other to be conveyed to the disciple.
With this line he conveyed to the farmers, “You are engrossed in worldly attachment since ages, you have undergone cycles of
