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his co-saint. He said, “O Brother! It is better you talk to the
Acharya Bhagwant. He will show you the right solution.”

The saint confided in the Acharya Bhagwant and he casually
replied, “O, It isn’t a great problem. It will be solved in a jiffy.
I will give you an effective solution. Look, you have deeply
studied our scriptures and some monks here are in need of
knowledge. Hence, you start imparting scriptural knowledge
to them in the form of religious sermons.”

Why did the AcharyaBhagwant give such a suggestion ?
Because he saw that the disturbed saint was knowledgeable
but was in such a troubled state due to the lack of the
revision of scriptures. As a result, his mind was enveloped
with thoughts of lust and sensual desires. If he would get
engaged in imparting knowledge to others, then his mind
would be constantly occupied in those thoughts which would
automatically eliminate all unwanted desires and negative
thoughts.

How will a mind engaged in scriptural fundas and principles
be free for nonsense thoughts ?

If the mind is engaged in nonsense thoughts it depicts that it
does not have enough food for contemplation about various
elements stated in our scriptures.

If you are supposed to count Rs. 10,000, will the mind
be diverted in other thoughts ? No. Because the mind is
concentrating on counting every single rupee. Ask a person
who is occupied in the work of passing little pearls in a
thread, “Does your mind get diverted elsewhere while doing
this work ?” He will definitely refuse because if he did his
work in bits and pieces while concentrating somewhere else,
he would not finish his work on time and would not earn his
livelihood. If the mere thought of livelihood can stop the mind

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