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Life And Works Of Śrīmad Rajchandra this question. He says, "I have not remained a householder (even at the age of 25) out of any inherent love or attachment. I have to discharge my duty as a householder and a husband and get rid of my past karmabandha in respect of my family and my wife. Similarly I am getting freed from my past karmabandha by doing the needful for my family and wife... .. I am not remaining in samisāra for the sake of wealth, enjoyment, happiness or selfishness or emotional binding. nor out of any fear. I am absolutely untouched by pride and insult, or contempt."59 He had developed a very strong sense of distinctness of soul from body and also experienced it. He says, "As a seer of a pot is different from the pot, so, the soul, who is the seer and knower of the body, is different from the body and is not body. As that is a proven fact, there is no sense in rejoicing or grieving at the decay, growth, 60 In his 26th year, he is appearance etc., of the body." experiencing great sense of equality and love towards all the souls of the world, as if every soul is like his own soul. He says that he desires peace and happiness for every soul, as he desires for his own. He had the same dispassionateness towards or detachment from his own family members as he had in respect of others. He did not desire to do anything special for anybody.
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