VML-5/26/01

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" Neither through wealth, nor through progeny, but through

renunciation alone, is immortality to be reached " , say the Vedas.

" Sell all that thou hast and give to the poor, and follow me " , says

the Christ. So all great saints and Prophets have expressed it, and

have carried it out in their lives. How can great spirituality come

without that renunciation? Renunciation is the background of all

religious thought wherever it be, and you will always find that as

this idea of renunciation lessens, the more will the senses creep

into that field of religion, and spirituality will decrease in the

same ratio.