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The topic of detachment is really important and
interesting. I would like to give one example which
I have seen myself. It is a real story which is very
close to this concept of detachment. In Vrindavan,
there was a man who loved sweets very much. Indian
sweets are very sweet! When you ate one piece of it
your lips are already sticking together. This man
ate a lot of sweets after dinner each day. He
especially liked one kind of sweet: rabari. It
is made from milk and sugar. You put it together in
a pot and warm it up so that it gets thick. This man
loved to eat that and you really need a good
digestive system for it. However he became ill and
got diabetes. So when he went to the doctor he was
told that he should not eat any sweet anymore at
all. Normally it was his daily routine to go to the
sweet shop after dinner and have fresh rabari there.
Now that he was not allowed to eat it anymore he had
to change his daily routine. I knew him and I saw
how he went to the sweet shop like he did everyday
but instead of eating rabari he called someone who
was walking on the street and asked him:
"Would you like to eat some rabari? I will pay
if you would like to eat it." The other man
was very happy and enjoyed these sweets and then he
asked "But why did you give this to me?" "Because I can't eat it!" And you
could see, one man was enjoying eating the sweets
and the other man was enjoying even more to see the
first one happy. I say this feeling is detachment.
This is an example for what I am explaining in the
last days: Give joy to others without thinking of
your own enjoyment.
At the moment we are sitting in London Heathrow. The
journey from Wiesbaden to London was nice and
smooth. We still have some time until our flight to
Delhi departs. It will be seven hours and we will
arrive in Delhi when it is there at five o'clock in
the morning.
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