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I am the Soul
"For me! Of what use is it to me?"
"Maharaj! Pouring this solution on rock turns rock into
gold."
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"But what do I do with it?"
"Aha, Maharaj! Have you not understood? If this solution is with you, thousands of people will come licking your soles."
"I left the disciples behind. I have extricated myself from the society which was following me as a devotee and have come here to pursue the supreme and am doing that. Now I do not need disciples and servants!"
The sanyasi felt, 'this rustic does not understand. What does he know how valuable this thing is? How would an ape know the taste of sugar?' And he started requesting again. But Anandghanji was the name and he was immersed in the joy of his self. Of what good was this solution to him? And when the stranger would not give up, he picked up the bottle and threw it away. The former watched in dismay. 'Alas! This fellow has reduced my Guru's effort of years to dust.' He began to lament.
Anandghanji arose to explain that such attainments were at hand all around us but we do not care for them. To us they are not even worth dirt. He went a little distance and urinated on a rock, and at that moment the rock turned into gold. The stranger was awe-struck. Anandghanji told him -
"Pick up this rock! And take it to your Guru! Tell him, you just sent the solution, but I am offering you ready gold. Go gift him on my behalf." The sanyasi turned away with a sorry little face.
Brothers! The power of devoted practice is that, when the great men pursue it, on one hand it leads to limitless nirjara of karma. As a result the purity of the self begins to grow and on the other hand, due to the virtuous thoughts, punya is added on
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