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IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH YOUR MEDICAL CONDITION?
A: No, not at all. I had been telling it for years, that one day I'm going to stop speaking and just communicate through silence.
Q: WHEN DID YOU DELIVER YOUR LAST DISCOURSE?
A: That date you mentioned.
Q: OKAY, ALL I KNOW IS THAT IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT YOU WOULD STOP SPEAKING ON MAY 1.
A: That must have been the last.
Q: WHO DO YOU COMMUNICATE WITH THEN DURING THIS SILENT STAGE, ASIDE FROM THE PRESENT COMPANY?
A: It is something difficult... less of the intellect and more of the heart.
Q: I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, WHO DO YOU ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION WITH?
A: I don't engage in anything, I simply sit there silently in a prayerful mood.
Q: OKAY, BUT DO YOU TALK WITH ANYBODY DURING THE SILENT MOOD?
A: No, but that prayerful mood is infectious.
Q: DO YOU NOT TALK WITH SHEELA?
A: No, with Sheela I talk every day. That is a different matter.
Q: OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN, WHO YOU VERBALLY COMMUNICATE WITH THEN DURING THIS SILENT STAGE.
A: Only with Sheela because she has to bring the work to me, and what she cannot decide I will seek an answer to. She has to ask me.
Q: THEN SHE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS CONVERSATION WITH YOU?
A: Yes.
Q: AS I SEE THE RITE OF SANNYAS, WHEN YOU INITIATE SOMEONE INTO YOUR RELIGION... WELL, I GUESS THAT YOU CAN CALL THE RITE OF SANNYAS INITIATION INTO THE RELIGION -- IS THAT RIGHT?
A: Right.
Q: IN THE BEGINNING, IS IT TRUE THAT YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE THAT COULD CONDUCT THE RITE OF SANNYAS?
A: Only.
Q: HAS THIS CHANGED NOW?
A: Now I have given responsibilities, because more people have grown up to this state of consciousness.
Q: WHEN DID YOU APPROVE THIS ISSUE AS TO SOMEONE ELSE CONDUCTING SANNYAS?
A: In Poona.
Q: HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN ADMINISTER SANNYAS AS FAR AS YOU KNOW? THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF NOW?
A: Near about thirty.
Q: ABOUT THIRTY?
A: Yes.
Q: CAN YOU GIVE ME A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT SANNYAS MEANS TO YOU.
A: Yes.
Q: I MEAN BRIEFLY, IF YOU CAN DO SO.
A: Yes. Sannyas
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