Passage 3

In English

There was an ascetic once who felt an intense desire for milk; he decided to pray to God, either tot its fulfilment or for its destruction. He knew that the Lord was reclining on (thousand-headed serpent) on the Ocean of Milk and so he chose to pray to Him in that form, as . Though the original purpose of the ascetic's (penance) was the purely physical need for milk, the Lord was so pleased with his steadfastness that, after proper trials and tests, He granted him Liberation itself. The man who initiated for milk was rewarded with a permanent: denial of mother's milk. That is the greatness of the Grace of God. God in His mercy took pity on him and felt he was wasting his efforts in the pursuit of a cup of milk a day. One must develop deep detachment. It is no use becoming so enthusiastic, to renounce some food or drink to which you have become bound, when you hear a discourse or when some religious text is expounded within heating. Detach yourself from all that keeps you away from God.