The Twenty four Gurus (4)

2. THE WIND

‘Prana’ (the vital source of life) needs only the basic nourishment to stay in the body. We should consume food in quantities that is required for our survival and not try to satiate our senses.

Just as the wind that moves all around remains unaffected by things that it passes through, so too, is a ‘yogi’ who moves amongst various places, people and dharma, remains untouched by these. Even though the wind carries the odour of things it passes through, it remains uncorrupted. Likewise, a 'yogi', too, who is in a body carries out its functions but, remains unattached by the ‘sharira dharma’ (functions of the body).