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The prostitute consoled her, “What is the use of crying ? Who
can change God’s desire ? No one has the power to change
our fate. Do not fear at all. Stay at my place for as long as
you wish like my real sister. Come with me.”

The prostitute was tempted. She saw her own self-interest.
She thought that this lady was very pretty and had lost her
husband. If she agreed to become a prostitute and join my
business, then great kings, princes, merchants and landlords
will become my customers and my business will flourish.
I will become wealthy.”The prostitute knew this world’s
greatest weakness. Kings or princes, merchants or landlords-
most of them are slaves of beauty and touch. They wouldn’t
take long to get attracted to a beautiful woman like her.

Why is Vairagya (non-attachment) priceless ?
Those who are slaves of beauty will take their eyes where
they get to see such beauty. Some are slaves of tender touch.
As soon as they get to know about some tender touch, their
mind is occupied in attaining and experiencing it. Some
people are slaves of taste but they are better than the previous
two because he will stop once his stomach is full. For some
time, he will not crave for sweets or other such delicacies.
But those who are slaves of beauty or touch have no such
limit or restriction. Why will such people not get attracted
to the beauty of pretty women ? People are dying in this
way. Leave alone releasing themselves from the trap of this
sansaar (material world), they do not even have the basic
realization that this sansaar is a vicious trap. When they
do not even have this fundamental realization, they do not
possess vairagya, then it’s implementation by forsaking such
temporary pleasures is bound to be impossible.

Why don’t the number of sadhus increase ?

Pure-hearted saints are the need of the hour but the number of

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