>>11311202Questioner: I see you smoking!
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj : Exactly so. You see me smoking. Find out for yourself how did you come to see me Smoking, and you will easily realise that it is your 'I-am-the-body' state of mind that is responsible for this 'I-see-you-smoking' idea.
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Questioner: You smoke?
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj : My body kept a few habits which may as well continue till it dies. There is no harm in them.
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Questioner: You eat meat?
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj : I was born among meat-eating people and my children are eating meat. I eat very little -- and make no fuss.
Questioner: Meat-eating implies killing.
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj : Obviously. I make no claims of consistency. You think absolute consistency is possible; prove it by example. Don't preach what you do not practice.
