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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
your neck has grown larger and so with a collar of 12 inches you will find it difficult to breathe." On hearing this, the gentleman began to dance with delight. Laughing at his own foolishness, he said, "When the true doctor is here, near my house, I went abroad unnecessarily. What a fool I am!"
Where the disease arises its remedy also lies there. If an agitation appears in our mind, peace also lies in our mind, not elsewhere. But, this can be known only when we acquire true knowledge. "We should always bathe our minds in the sublime waters of knowledge but people have greater faith in the water of Ganga than in the water of knowledge. One day, Guru Nanak was bathing in the Ganga. Just then, he noticed a Brahmin taking the water of the Ganga with his hands and drinking it. Nanak said, "Brother! Take that cup of mine which lies there and drink water with it." The Brahmin said, "No, your cup is unholy." Nanak said, "The cup does not utter a lie, does not steal anything, does not cause harm to others and it does not also do any immoral things. How can it be unholy?" The Brahmin said, "Only a Brahmin's cup is holy; not others?" Nānak said, "How do you say it is not holy? I washed it three times in the holy water of the Ganga!" The Brahmin said, "That does not make any difference." Guru Nanak said, "I wanted to hear this from you. If a cup does not become pure after being washed three times in the water of the Ganga, how can a man become holy by taking a bath in the Ganga? A bath in the Ganga may cleanse the body, not the mind. No man can be pure as long as he has such evil feelings as hatred and contempt for others and as long as he believes that others are untouchable or unholy. Even if such a man bathes a thousand times in the Ganga or even if he remains in the Ganga like a fish, he cannot become pure and holy." The Brahmin became speechless on hearing this, but he was not prepared to discard his prejudices.
We see in our dreams during nights what we think of during the day time. Sometimes dreams also cause
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