Maharaj
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Divine Reality
Immediate Detachment
In 1949 Maharaj went to Kashipur in District Nainital with nine devotees and stayed at Kishan Chaube's house. On his return he went walking along a dusty road outside the town. A group of potters were coming from the opposite direction, their donkeys laden with earthen pots. There was a young potter among them who passed Baba puffing a pipe, which he carried in his hand. Baba asked him loudly, "Who are you?" The potter replied, "Who are you?" Baba repeated the question more loudly and so did the potter, getting angry. Baba then changed the question and asked, "What caste are you?" The potter repeated the question back to him. Baba at once replied, "I am a sweeper, who are you?" This time the potter spoke with pride and said, "I am a potter." Baba showed respect towards him and humbly asked, "Will you give me your chillum to smoke?" The potter held out the clay pipe containing the tobacco and cinders towards Baba. Baba puffed it two or three times and then placed his hand on the potter's head. The young potter became quite detached from the world in that instant. They went to the nearby garden of Radhay Shyam. On Baba's instruction he took a bath using the well water, and Baba got the clothes of a monk for him. Giving the boy a rosary, Baba initiated him and made him a monk. He then made arrangements for his boarding and lodging in the garden. Baba instructed the boy to go to Badrinath from there and then left.
