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Freed From the Bondage of Desire |
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One night when all the inmates of the
ashram were asleep, Baba called out to Sri Jivanti Ma, "Jivanti,
Jivanti, make some moong dal
[lentil soup] for me, I am hungry." Both
Sri Ma and Sri Jivanti Ma got up and reminded him that he had already
taken prasad
and that it was past midnight. Baba made a show of being angry and
said, "If you don't want to cook the food for me, I will wake
Brahmachari Baba to do it." Jivanti Mata ji cooked moong dal
and roti
for him, which he ate. The two Mothers also ate again, and then they
all went back to sleep. The next day Baba received the news that a
certain devotee died at 2 a.m. the previous night. Baba said, "On
his deathbed his mind was thinking of moong dal
and roti
instead of being focused on God. My devotee would have gone thinking of
food. I had to eat for him to relieve him of that desire so that he
would be freed from rebirth."
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