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DISCOURSE 38
209 THE CONTACT WITH A PROSTITUTE IS LOW AND DESPICABLE
Some may say, "Instead of getting entangled in marriage and married life, it is better to go to a prostitute whenever our sexual passion is strong; and whenever we desire sexual pleasure. If we pay money, our desire will be fulfilled”. Some people, even though they are married, seek the company of prostitutes to gratify their strong sexual passion; and lose their physical and mental welfare. Debaucherous people become victims to many diseases. They also ruin themselves financially. They become addicted to many evil habits. A PROSTITUTE; A WASHERMAN'S STONE-SLAB
Men sink into many evils merely for the sake of physical pleasures. A prostitute's love is not true love. She sees meaning only in money. In the eyes of the enlightened people, a prostitute is like a stone-slab which a washerman uses to wash clothes. The stone-slab on which one washerman washes clothes will be used by other washermen also. They too wash clothes on it. So also, a prostitute does not have contact with only one man. Many men have contact with her. Her company is enjoyed by many men. Men of culture and character should not go to prostitutes. A PROSTITUTE; A DOG'S PLATE!
Have you seen the plate used to feed dogs ? People put morsels of food into a dog's plate. Many dogs put their mouths into it and eat the food in it. One plate; but many dogs ! Similarly, one woman but many men! Can intelligent and cultured people seek the company of such a woman ? All those men who followed this disastrous path have lost everything. We read in books that such things took place in ancient times also. There are many such examples described in books, of men who in order to please a prostitute gave her lakhs of rupees but were ultimately insulted and turned out of her house. We hear that such events take place today also.
Whatever the amount of money they give a prostitute; however much they may love her, she will not be theirs, because
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