00:00Jesus seemed to have his affinity towards meat and wine.
00:04Ramakrishna Paramhans would run after fish.
00:07Being a Bengali, he found it very difficult to resist fish.
00:12Nisargadatta Maharaj, by the way, was also an avid smoker.
00:15But then does that mean that you have to smoke to be enlightened? No.
00:20Those kind of things, even if they are documented, recorded, observed in a realized man,
00:26must be respectfully kept aside as the idiosyncrasies of the realized man.
00:32They were extraordinary people.
00:34In spite of liquor or flesh or cigarettes,
00:38they could overcome those obstacles that only proves the strength of their love,
00:44their resolve, their determination.
00:46The common man does not have that kind of resolve.
00:49Why add to your challenges?
00:52Why add to your troubles by indulging in avoidable stuff?
00:56There is much else that can be learned from the wise ones, not these aspects.
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