Book Title: Lotus Bloom
Author(s): Chitrabhanu
Publisher: Divine Knowledge Society

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________________ Mental Dedication Men who expound the juxtaposition of continence in congruence with the pattern of food taken, subordinating the element of mental dedication in the procedure, may have come to grips with the exterior of continence, but not its inner secret. Sufficiently illuminating in this matter are the instances of the sage Vishvamitra and the sage Parashar living on roots and water and fruits insignificant. A sensual urge such as would not grip even once a year a lion feeding on rich food, might in one day frequently seize a pigeon as a rule living on things paltry! So, in the pursuit of continence it is the element of psychic alignment which is not a whit less, probably more, important than the physical limitations of food and drink. 106

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