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his teacher, “I am showing so much devotion to you. I am serving you sincerely. Yet why have you not taught me the secrets of the Nimittha shastra? You have taught the secrets to him; not to me".
The teacher asked him, “What happened ?" The pupils narrated the whole event to their teacher. The teacher asked the pupil who had made a false prediction, "On what basis did you say that the woman's son had died ?" The pupil replied, "Even while she was speaking to us, her pot fell down and broke to pieces. Seeing that, I told her that her son had died".
The teacher asked the other pupil, "On what basis did you tell her that her son had returned home ?” The pupil gave a polite reply, "Gurudev, I thought about it according to the shastra. The pot that was made of earth returned to earth, so I thought her son who had taken birth from her had returned to her. Thinking thus, I told her that her son had returned home”. The teacher said to the impolite pupil, "I have taught the Nimitta shastra to both of you without any feeling of discrimination but you could not understand the secrets of the shastras on account of your impoliteness and intellectual inertness. This is not my fault".
BE SENSIBLE IN HAVING CONTACTS WITH PEOPLE
Without an incisive intelligence, you cannot understand the secrets of the shastras. You can attain incisive intelligence by showing politeness to the Gurudev. You can attain exceptional intelligence by studying shastras with concentration. You can attain perfect intelligence by constant and thoughtful exercise, endeavour and action.
If you associate with unintelligent people, your intelligence will not develop. Your intelligence gets destroyed if you associate with people who are lusty, passionate, irritable, avaricious and deceptive. That is why, the enlightened people say that you should associate with noble men. Who are noble men ? Do you know this ? Noble men are those who possess faith, enlightenment and an exemplary character. Noble friends are
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