Such a sage is not anxious any longer for the dissolution of the universe; he has no aversion towards its play of plurality. The Man of Truth has awakened from all his illusions. Yet from our viewpoint he is still a member of the community with a physical body and should not, at least, his body have the bare necessities of existence – food, clothing and shelter? Aṣṭāvakra explains that a Man of Perfection lives in his own world of perfect Bliss and his body continues its existence living upon whatever comes to him unasked. Such a Master, though he lives with us, is no more a native of this
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