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Question : What causes this vastly different response to the
same stimulus?

Answer : The difference in their intention, mind and focus
causes them to respond uniquely to the same
stimulus.

His purity of intention, mind and focus ensures that the
detached person does not bind too many karmas. In fact,
keeping one’s intention, mind and focus pure is the best way
to ensure that one does not remain transfixed in the web of
sañsāra.

Pure mind : Concerned with self-purification

Pure intention : Gives importance to the soul rather than to
sensual pleasures

Pure focus : On the freedom of the soul, rather than on
worldly goals. A person with pure focus does
not waste his time chasing sensual delectations.
He has stopped walking on the path that could
harm his soul.

What you should think when you glance at a woman
Once your intention changes, everything else changes
concurrently.

Suppose you are walking on the road. Suddenly, you see a
beautiful lady. Keeping your intention pure, you glance away.
But what if thoughts of her enter your mind? If your intentions
are pure, you will not think of her as a body. Instead, you
will think of her as a fellow living being who is capable of
attaining liberation. You think of her as a soul possessing
infinite qualities but jailed by karmas. You will hope for the
liberation of her soul.

Your pure intention transforms your thought process
completely. Instead of dwelling upon her looks, you feel

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