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for it is very injurious for health to practise exercise beyond one's power and capability, morally or for the sake of show and pride. ( 10 ) A period of at last two hours must intervene between the taking of food and exercise. (11) That exercise is very harmful which is not taken at its proper time. ( 12 ) An exercise should be taken before bath as far as possible. (13) To rub pure sesamum oil on the body twice or thrice a week in the winter season and twice or thrice a month in the summer season is very useful for health. Mustard oil may also be used for rubbing the body in winter. (14) Exercise is useful only when it is taken lightly, and practised willingly, it is injurious on the contrary, if it is considered as a burden and practised unwillingly. ( 15 ) One must try to be cheerful at the time of taking an exercise and ( 16 ) if possible, place a mirror before him. This helps him in purifying his feelings and produces a healthy affect on his body and mind very soon. KING SIDHARTHA AND THE
DREAM-READERS. After taking his exercise, king Sidhartha had his body rubbed with pure oil. He then took his bath, put on his beautiful costumes and costly ornaments and went to his council of state where he sent for the dream-r-aders at once. When the dream-readers arrived, the whole story of Queen Trishala's dreams was related to them from beginning to end. Queen Trishala was sitting near by, she had come there with a desire to hear the reading of her dreams. The dream-readers calmly thought over them for a while, and then their leader came forward and, said, “My Lord, according to the scriptures there are nine causes of seeing dream which are as follows:
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