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      Published by Trevor Leggett Adhyatma Yoga Trust

      PO Box 362

      KINGS LYNN

      PE31 8WQ

      United Kingdom

       www.tlayt.org

       First published by Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd in 1982

      Copyright 1982, 2016 Trevor Leggett Adhyatma Yoga Trust

      All rights reserved

      No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a data base or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher Trevor Leggett Adhyatma Yoga Trust, except for the quotation of brief passages in criticism.

      Printed in the United Kingdom

      ISBN (Paperback edition): 978-1-911467-00-7

      ISBN (Ebook edition): 978-1-911467-01-4

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      Trevor Leggett Adhyatma Yoga Trust

      DEDICATION

      To the late Hari Prasad Shastri,

       in whom the ancient traditions were always young,

       this collection of pieces is reverently dedicated.

      CONTENTS

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       Preface

       The pictures

       Introduction

       Iron rods

       The preacher

       The wine pot

       Mirrors

       Fried eels

       A tremendous lot

       The Pure Land

       The bridge

       The fourth truth

       The vase

       The sieve

       Pearls before swine

       Help, no help

       The Buddha’s fingers

       Gifts

       The backhander

       The tortoise

       Eighty per cent is Perfection

       Grace of God

       Will of God

       Tea

       Chains

       The blue cloth

       Sweeping

       The needle in the haystack

       Incredible

       Qualification

       Drunk

       Meditation

       The way of the merchant

       Powers

       The door

       The calligrapher

       Obstacles

       Karma

       Unsteadiness

       The nesting instinct

       New

       Looking up

      PREFACE

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      Stories of the type presented here are used in many spiritual schools, to a greater or lesser extent; nearly all teachers make some use of them. I have collected these over the years from a variety of sources: sometimes reminiscences of a former teacher are buried in an old book, or a temple magazine; one or two are folk stories, some are verbally transmitted, some would be difficult to trace to a source. There are one or two incidents personally experienced, and I have occasionally put a few introductory remarks.

      Their function is to act as flint and steel in making a light. In this, the flint is gripped in the left hand, with some dry tinder (usually a herb) under the thumb near the edge; then the steel is struck with a glancing blow across the edge of the flint. There may be no spark;

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