VML-5/27/01

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That man was the embodiment of renunciation. In our country it is

necessary for a man who becomes a Sannyasin to give up all worldly

wealth and position, and this my Master carried out literally. There

were many who would have felt themselves blest if he would have

accepted a present from their hands, who would gladly have given him

thousands of rupees if he would have taken them, but these were the

only men from whom he would turn away. He was a triumphant example, a

living realization of the complete conquest of lust and of desire for

money. He was beyond all ideas of either, and such men are necessary

for this century.