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start performing rituals again, you earn puëya, go there, enjoy
there, and then come back again – something like a businessman,
who goes to Florida in winter, and spends his summer in Italy.
In India, he goes to the hills!
And where will you stay there? It depends on the puëya in
your pocket. Some will stay in a five-star hotel. For others, any
dharmaçälä will do, because they have not come to enjoy luxury;
the climate is what they want. For people like us, sadhus with
a kamaëòalu, either a multi-star hotel or a tree under which to
stay, makes no difference. The climate is the same for everybody.
Wherever you go, how long will you stay? Suppose a man
has booked for two months, but he plays cards on the first two
nights; the pocket-puëya quickly vanishes. Then he informs

Through Rama to Rama-tattva;
In loving memory of through Krishna to Krishna-tattva;
RUKMINI VENKATRAMAN through names and forms – to the
Besant Nagar, Chennai ‘Beyond!’
Swami Chinmayananda

Tapovan Prasad 9 March 2026