Discard Everything Bad

Why do you yield in to temptations of smoking and drinking, knowing that they are injurious to health? On 04th of Feb 1984, I quit smoking. Since then, I have never had the craving to smoke. Even earlier, I refrained from smoking when I was observing the rituals for undertaking Sabarimala yatra. Persons used to ask me, ‘You have so much will power, why do you smoke after you return from the yatra?’ and I used to answer them, ‘I have faith in my will power and I can quit smoking when I want to.’ One day I had a vision of Anjaneya asking me to quit smoking so that He can dwell on my tongue and I immediately quit smoking.

Why do you fritter away your life in drinks and women and land up wasting your money on medicines and treatment? Discard everything that is bad. Most of your desires will automatically vanish. Retain, for now, all that is good. And slowly try to transcend that too. Then you will attain salvation.

Realize that life is very short. So do not waste time worrying over petty pains or hunting for paltry pleasures. Resolve to make your life more purposeful from this moment at least.