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Crib and complain? Have it as it is or add the required amount
of sugar? If you just cannot have it as it and prefer to add
sugar, you really need to think over and regret this action.
Why can’t you tell yourself,” All I have to do is to fill my
stomach. Why is my happiness dependent on non-living
objects? Can a little salt or sugar make such a big difference?
Can’t I overlook such a minor fault? I am a human. I eat to
live and do not live to eat.”

But those who fake spirituality will say, “This body (minus
the soul) is non-living and so are the sugar or salt. Both are
material objects and matter eats matter. They support each
other as well, what does the eternal soul have to do with it?
The soul is immortal and imperishable.

Now, tell me. Can a person who thinks on these lines and is

proud of his so-called deep spiritual realization ever accept
his mistake and climb onto the right path? He does not believe
in following the noble code of conduct and exercising religious
activities like charity, celibacy, vigorous penance, etc. Thanks
to the Kalyug, even innocent Jains get carried away by people
who claim to preach the ultimate spiritual path ignoring the
primary religious activities. In fact, they are in such awe of
their “minute” narration and splendid foresight that
everything else seems fake and false to them.

In this way, some forget their supreme duties towards God
and religion due to such false and vague talks of spirituality
while others have sunk so deep in the vast ocean of illusion
and ignorance that they have no time to consider religious

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