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'My question for you is regarding
the nature of grace.

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'Is grace stronger, or more present, or
accessible ,the closer I am physically to you?'

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For the grace, if you stay near the 
teacher physically, or not physically,

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it doesn't make any difference.

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And if it is available, the physical 
presence of a teacher is available,

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so that has to be given preference.

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Because most of the sages and saints 
are no more here in this half of this century.

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So if the presence is available, 
make the best use of it.

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And later if the presence is not available, 
then it is rather difficult to believe this person,

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because many doubts will come up in the mind.

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But in the presence you can give your 
doubt, and they will be answered.

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And your doubts will be cleared.

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So make the best use of the physical 
presence of a teacher

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And for grace, it doesn't matter whether 
there is a teacher or no teacher,

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but it is very rare because some 
people say, 'I have never seen the Buddha,

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'I was not there. And if I had been there, 
I would have been very much benefitted.'

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And if the Buddha was there and those people
who were near him, Kashyapa was there,

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Ananda was there, 
and many other were there.

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And they have enjoyed the 
benefit of his presence, you see?

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And even at the time of his nirvana, 
Mahāparinibbāna Day,

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he was lying, and the death was very near.
And some man came to see him,

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and somebody asked him, 
'The Master is dying in a moment.'

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But Buddha had seen. 
He said, 'Call him here.'

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So all the doubts which he had, they were 
clear and Buddha lost his breath forever.

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But that presence made instantly 500 people;
those who were near him were enlightened.

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With his first sermon, you see.

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But later on, when he passed away, many
more millions are being benefitted by him.

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As Bodhidharma went to China, to spread the 
message of love and freedom and peace.

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And he has seen the Emperor of China, 
who was very impressed.

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And his age when he went, crossed over 
the Himalayas, his age was 80 years.

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And for 40 years, he stayed there,
you see?

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Preaching the Gospel of Love.

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And whole China, Japan, Cambodia, 
and all this, Bhurma, all this Asia,

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became the followers of the Buddha.

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And many more are being
benefitted in his absence also.

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So if you have occasion, 
don't miss it, you see?

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'When I am near you I feel changes
in my body and brain,

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'and it seems like the closer I am to 
you, the stronger these sensations are.

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'At the same time, I think that if time
and space are illusions,

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'then your grace should be present,
in all times and places,

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'and is within me, wherever I might be.'

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So this is correct, you see.

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Actually there is no time and no space.

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This is a concept of the mind.

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So when you go across or beyond the time
and space, then this illusion vanishes.

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So at that time you must be sure
that you have nothing to do more.

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Nor to achieve anything.

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So you have achieved, achieved and 
attained, everything that was worth

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in this human incarnation.

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'But this is just my thinking, my experience
is that the closer I am to you physically,

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'the more I feel changes.
So what is the nature of grace?'

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So nature of grace is to enlighten 
a person finally,

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to not to be re-incarnate,
any time, in next world.

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So you have to be fully in trust with
this thing, 'I have not to be reborn.'

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And not only that, even this 
present birth is an illusion.

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Then you were sure that all this world; 
universe; sun; moon; stars;

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is only an illusion 
because when you think,

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then only you can see these forms, 
and names.

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And when you don't think,
nothing is visible.