A businessman once approached a sadhu for initiation. The sadhu said, "Wait, I will initiate you after some time". The businessman pressed the sadhu again on several occasions for quick initiation. The sadhu totally declined and went away. He. however, visited the businessman after a couple of years with his bhiksha-bowl containing some mud, hair, urine and excreta, and asked the businessman for alms. The businessman brought out nice sweetmeats, kheer and halva. He had prepared these nice dishes, as he thought that he would be initiated this time by the sadhu. The sadhu said to the businessman, "Put everything into the bowl". The businessman said, "How can I place them, Swamiji, in this dirty bowl! Clean the bowl and bring it to me. I will then place in it all the nice preparations". The sadhu replied: "When such is the case with this bowl, how can I place the pure Lord in your heart which is filled with various impurities like lust, anger, pride and greed? How can I initiate you now, when your mind is very dirty like this bowl?" The businessman went away in shame. Just as coloured water penetrates freely and nicely into a piece of cloth when it is pure white, so also, the instructions of a sage can penetrate the hearts of aspirants only when there are no desires and when the impurities of their minds are destroyed.
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