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Swami, why is Your living very simple and low?

[A question by Ms. Swathika]

Swami replied:- You must have heard the saying “Simple living and high thinking". There are four probabilities in this concept:- i) Simple living and high thinking. Ex.:- Shankara, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and several sages. ii) Simple living and low thinking. Ex.:- Some beggars take donation from you, showing their simple living and spend that donation in vices like smoking, drinking, etc. iii) High living and low thinking. Ex.:- Some rich people appear with simple living so that people will not trouble them, thinking that they are poor. Moreover, they deceive people through their simple living and do sinful earning. iv) High living and high thinking. Ex.:- God Krishna, wearing very costly silk dress and precious jewels. His thinking is also very high as you see in His Bhagavad Gita. Therefore, you must be aware of all these four types of people so that you are not exploited by anybody in this world since cheating and exploiting reached the climax levels in this Kali age.

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