Every one values his own image.
If we know one too closely, we will know that, he too is made of the same clay as we are made of. “No one is a hero to his butler”.
There was a photo and write up about late KPC Anujan, my friend, relative and a very knowledgeable person, especially in Samskrutam books and tantric rituals, in Indian Express newspaper, which I liked and kept it with me.
When Anujan visited us at CS puram gramam, where we were staying then, he liked it and took it with him. He said he liked the photo which conveyed his own image of himself !
A relative of mine killed himself, after financial losses, not because he became bankrupt, but his image as a clever man suffered a setback.
Shriram left his dear wife in the wild forest, to save his image in the public.
If we do not care for our image, why do we wear costly, fashionable dress?
Once I told my sister it will be thrilling, to spend the summer night in the sandy Bharathapuzha river bed, enjoying the cool breeze from the sea and the starlit night sky. She replied that people will think we are beggars !
Again, the image problem.
True sanyasis realise that the body and mind of man is just a creation of God; we have no role in it. We have nothing to hide, nothing to be ashamed, even if we are physically handicapped.
Why be proud that I am so snd so etc. ?
There was a photo and write up about late KPC Anujan, my friend, relative and a very knowledgeable person, especially in Samskrutam books and tantric rituals, in Indian Express newspaper, which I liked and kept it with me.
When Anujan visited us at CS puram gramam, where we were staying then, he liked it and took it with him. He said he liked the photo which conveyed his own image of himself !
A relative of mine killed himself, after financial losses, not because he became bankrupt, but his image as a clever man suffered a setback.
Shriram left his dear wife in the wild forest, to save his image in the public.
If we do not care for our image, why do we wear costly, fashionable dress?
Once I told my sister it will be thrilling, to spend the summer night in the sandy Bharathapuzha river bed, enjoying the cool breeze from the sea and the starlit night sky. She replied that people will think we are beggars !
Again, the image problem.
True sanyasis realise that the body and mind of man is just a creation of God; we have no role in it. We have nothing to hide, nothing to be ashamed, even if we are physically handicapped.
Why be proud that I am so snd so etc. ?
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