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In previous times the grhastas were habituated to asking if anyone was hungry. And so one grhasta went outside and called out to see if anyone was hungry. He saw a fisherman and he said, "Have you taken your meal?" And the fisherman said "No," so he took him inside. Then he said, "Please leave the basket outside. It is too smelly." After he fed him he asked the fisherman, "Do you have a place to sleep tonight?" He said, "No." He allowed him to sleep there. About one or two o'clock in the morning the grhasta had to get up to answer nature's call and when he looked to see how the guest was doing, he found him tossing and turning. He asked, "How are you sleeping?" The fisherman replied, "My sleep is very disturbed. I cannot get to sleep!" "Why is this? What is the difficulty?" And the fisherman said, "The difficulty is that I cannot sleep without my basket. I am used to the smell. Without smelling that fishy smell, I cannot go to sleep." So then he said, "Alright, bring your basket, and you can go to sleep." Then the fisherman slept soundly. MORAL: In the same way, everyone in the west has to have a machine. To brush your teeth, you need a machine. So people have become addicted.
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