According to the text, what qualities must one possess to have the right to live on alms?

📖 Chapter 9

Chapter 9 outlines very specific prerequisites for someone to rightfully live on alms. It states that a person must first renounce three fundamental desires: the desire for sons, the desire for wealth, and the desire for fame. Only an individual who is truly free from these three powerful desires should even wish to live by begging. This high standard is presented to explain why Sai Baba, as a great and powerful Siddha, was qualified for this lifestyle, distinguishing him from those for whom, as Saint Tukoba says, relying on a begging bowl would be a shameful life.


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