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going to be the best medicine for me. This is the best way to be happy."
He asked me : "Can you lend this book to me? Can I chant this Mantra? Will it alleviate my suffering?" I replied "For this I must seek the permission of my Guruji."
But... I said nothing further. My silence surprised him. He asked: "Why did you stop?"
I replied "Friend! I feel pity on you. Do you know this? If you take up this Mantra, you will have to give something in return. You will have to give up something. You will have to do something. What will you do then? Your life is full of pollutions, which you will have to give up outright! The Mantra cannot be propitiated without a sanctified mind. You cannot go high, sublimate yourself in this world if you do not mend your ways. Will you be able to do all this?" He said: "Well Vinodbhai, I shall give up everything. I shall abide by what you say. Live as you will. I starve, I am unemployed. If the refuge in dharma starves me, still I shall go high, get sublimated."
The next day was a dawn of gold for him. I and my friend went to the Upashraya. Revered Munirajshri Jitendravijayji Maharaj imparted the Mantra on my friend. He gave some sermons. He gave up his bad ways of life, gave up filthy thoughts, discarded outright all activities that were bad and immoral.
Now he has become an intimate relation as if from a friend. He propitiates the Mantra thrice in the day. Only within a span of eight days he experienced three surprising incidents.
