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thinking that I could fix the gun. When the judge came to my ashram, he told me the whole truth, saying that he had lied to me and now his gun would not work.
"Could you fix it for me, Guruji ?" the judge asked. "But, Mr. Dinkar, I know nothing about guns. How can I fix it ?"
"Just come to my house and touch it again. I promise that I will not use it to kill birds or anything with it," he said.
When I went to his house, I only touched the rifle as I had done before and it was fixed! In India, there is a belief that if someone comes and does a sacred mantra and then touches a gun, the gun will not work or kill anything again. This had apparently happened when I first touched the judge's gun. And because my faith is so great in the mantra system, I could fix his gun easily and quickly.
After that the judge became my devotee and he told me many wonderful stories about his travels, three of which I have called "The Prince and the Lion," "The Power of Sound" and "Secret Knowledge." The Judge was basically a very good, honest and intelligent man and he had a very deep relationship with me for several months. And because of that relationship, he does not kill anything with his guns anymore.
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