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and time just flies! You settle down with playing cards and how many hours pass? Where is the count? You are liars! Of course, if you spare time here in the assembly or in some religious work it counts. Brothers! Do not feel hurt. But meditate deep into your inside and ascertain where your attachment is. Whether in the worldly affairs or in the Satpurush. If you place the same interest that you have in the worldly life, in the Sadguru, in the path showed by him, your self-conceit is bound to disappear.
The third reason is the false prestige! Fear of adverse publicity. What if somebody says something about my becoming very religious, about my frequent company with the Sages. You are afraid of THIS! Now, what do I say? Should I thank you? You are simply great! You are so bothered when you get religious, but have you ever thought while entering a Bar, what if someone says something? What about the prestige then? Oh! If I can go on to say something more. Brothers! My words may sound harsh, but they are true. Don't misunderstand me.
But somehow I have been unable to get myself over this since I heard it. Followers of Mahaveera, baton holders of Ahimsa, categorising yourselves as pure Vegetarians, how are you really? Are you pure Vegetarians? Then how do you go into hotels that cook Non-vegetarian food? On top of it you go on to praise them saying Veg and Non-veg are cooked separately there. Have you ever seen their kitchens, their utensils? Where has your passion for tasty foods taken you? Oh! I know it's not tasty food that draws you there, as much as the prestige of eating at such places. You believe your prestige rises. What a base feeling working here! If you are upto this today, what will your children do tomorrow? Today in the big cities, sons of the rich families eat and take pride in eating Non-veg. Where will all this end?
Brothers! This is not merely from the viewpoint of religion. Just consider the practicality of it. Where are you now? Wherever you are now, your next generation is bound to step lower down,
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