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seriously upset. His wife approached another doctor and explained the situation to him. The doctor told her, "Please do not worry. I will come to your house and see the patient". The doctor came to her house; examined her husband and said, "I will give you medicine. Your asthma and cough will greatly decrease". The patient said, "But I cannot give up curds".
The doctor said, "You consume curds and you also take medicine. You may consume as much curds as you want to".
The patient said, "All right. The other doctors advise me not to consume curds but you permit me to consume curds.... why so?
The doctor said, "There are many virtues in curds but three of them are very important:
(1) Those who consume curds while suffering from asthma, never grow old.
(2) Thieves will not break into such a man's house. (3) Dogs will not bite such a man on the way".
The patient said, "Why so?"
The doctor said, "The man who consumes curds while suffering from asthma dies soon, so he never grows old. Throughout the night, an asthma patient keeps coughing so thieves do not break into his house. An asthma patient has to walk carrying a walking-stick to support himself; so dogs won't come near him. Do you understand ?"
FOUR IMPORTANT POINTS
That gentleman understood the meaning of the doctor's words and gave up consuming curds. If you realise the significance of these principles:
(1) You will not eat the food that does not agree with your constitution.
(2) You will eat food only when you are hungry.
(3) You will not eat food when your hunger is satisfied. (4) You will fast when you are suffering from indigestion.
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