Passage 7

In English

Then comes the process of smell, the food we take in through the nose. You should take only sacred smell which is associated with divine aspects. Good smell does not mean scent or perfume. Good smell connotes sacred smell associated with the divine. Thus, through all the organs, we should try to take in only sacred and pure things. Next one is the sense of touch. Our ancients have prescribed that contact should be only with divine aspects. When we sit down for , we use a small plank and sit on that so that there is no contact with the earth. It is not possible for us to realise what happens by contact that exists between us and the earth. Those who do not recognise this truth, ridicule these habits.