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Punishment For Impure Thoughts |
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An army officer arrived in Kainchi
and stood at the door of Baba's kuti. Vishambher
of Aligarh was also standing there holding a large puja
plate. They were waiting to go inside since all the ma's
(women devotees) were in Baba's kuti. When Baba
asked the women to leave so that his devotee Vishambher could also have
a chance to do his puja, the army officer started
to count the women as they came out. When all of them had left the kuti,
Vishambher, the army officer, and others went into the room. Baba
suddenly got up and started hitting the army officer with his fist.
Vishambher's puja plate and its contents fell and
were
scattered all over the floor. Baba threw off his blanket, pulled the
officer into the courtyard, and hit him so hard that he rolled across
the ground like a ball. Everyone in the ashram was unnerved. It was
clear to all present that the officer had had improper thoughts on
seeing and counting the women devotees. This was intolerable to Baba,
who punished the officer and told him, "Do not come here
again ever." The officer continued to come to Kainchi
now and then, even after Baba's Mahasamadhi, but
he never entered the temple premises. He would do pranaam
from outside and then go away.
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