Rays of Dharma

Author(s): Chitrabhanu
Publisher: Divine Knowledge Society

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Rays of Dharma
his health. As such, when he happened to see the first pupil, he complained that he had done what the Guru had said, but he did not get the happiness. The latter inquired what he had done and said that he had misunderstood the Guru's instructions. Then the first pupil explained by his lifestyle, what the Guru really meant to convey.
When there is true appetite, simple bread also becomes tasty. The root cause of the diseases lies in the fact that we eat for taste, not for appetite. The present medical treatment also sometimes gives rise to some diseases. A learned Chinese man had once gone to the U.S. In a meeting a question was asked to him about the role of physicians in China. The man replied, “I once got ill and called for a doctor, but the illness worsened by his treatment. I therefore called for another doctor; his treatment led to further aggravation of illness. Thereupon I called for a third one, but he was out of town. By the time he came back, my illness had gone and I was cured.” This is not mentioned to downgrade the medical science. It is, however, a fact that many diseases do not need treatment and get cured on their own.
For getting popularity, one needs to give up all expectations; he need not harbor even the desire to be popular. Once a man ceases to expect other persons to do his work, the people will start volunteering their services. This is not surprising, it simply shows his popularity. For a desireless state of mind it is said, Sahaj milä so dudh baräbar, mäng liya so päni; khinch liya so khoon baräbar, yah Gorakhki bäni? It means that what is obtained without asking for it, is equivalent to milk, that obtained after asking for the same is equivalent to water and that obtained by snatching is equivalent to murder; that is what saint Gorakhnath says.
What is necessary for the purpose is to reduce the requirements. Food, clothes, residence and medication are what we need. All other requirements are superfluous; they merely happen to be shackles that make us run after them. If a desire arises and if it remains unsatisfied, it is going to cause unhappiness. Desire and misery thus go hand-inhand. The right way is not to desire. We should cultivate a state,
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