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Tyāga (renunciation), tapasyā (austerity), vairāgya (dispassion), dhyāna (meditation), and bhakti (devotion). These are the five. These five principles can liberate us. Therefore, human life—the value of human life—is that diamond which you cannot pay for. You cannot borrow it from someone, nor can you buy it from anywhere for yourself. This body is given to you, only and only for you. You can utilize it as much as you like. There is one stone, Pāras, the philosopher's stone. When you touch the philosopher's stone to iron, the iron becomes gold. So, one master gave this Pāras stone to a poor man for one week only. "In one week," he said, "you can make as much gold as you like." The man went to the market and asked, "How expensive is iron?" They said, "100 crowns per kilo." He thought, "Do you think it will be cheaper? Yes, it seems it will be cheaper. Now the Americans have stopped the war, so it will be cheaper. I am a poor man; I will buy it later." After five days, he went again to the market. "How expensive is iron?" "25 crowns per kilo." "Wow, 75 crowns less! Do you think it will still become cheaper? Definitely. Because they are preparing for some other war." The next day he went again. "How expensive is iron today?" "Five crowns." He thought, "How is God helpful to poor people! Do you think it still will be cheaper? Yes, definitely. So I will buy the iron when it's cheaper." It was already the seventh day. The master came. He said, "Give me the Pāras." The man said, "What? Is the time over?" The master said, "What do you mean, time over? Have you done nothing?" "No, master, because iron is so expensive." The master said, "Oh, God. If he would have taken only one nail and touched it to this Pāras, this nail would bring so many kilos of gold. Again, you didn't utilize it." The man pleaded, "No, Master, please leave it one more week for me." The master said, "No, time is over." He took the Pāras and went away. So this human body is Pāras. And God has given us time: make as much gold as you want. You can do it with this body. That gold symbolizes here wisdom, knowledge. And one day, the last day will come, and you will say to God, "What? You came too early. Please, God, please give me one month more, one day more. I must phone my mother-in-law." She will say no. You can phone from the sky. Not God will take this body away. This body is for us, that kind of permission, that we can do as much good as we want. Understand human life, the value of the human life, and protect the life, and utilize this value to realize that which is indescribable, immortal, everlasting—the divine, the Self, the Ātmā. Do not waste your time in gossiping.