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Although we are suggesting that this body is useless and is a form of contamination, we are not recommending that it be abused. We may use a car to carry us to work, but this does not mean that we should not take care of the car. We should take care of the car for it to carry us to and fro, but we should not become so attached to it that we are polishing it every day. We must utilize this material body in order to execute K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness, and to this end we should keep it fit and healthy, but we should not become too attached to it. That is called yukta-vair\u0101gya. The body should not be neglected. We should bathe regularly, eat regularly, sleep regularly in order to keep mind and body healthy. Some people say that the body should be renounced and that we should take some drugs and abandon ourselves to intoxication, but this is not a yoga process. K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a has given us nice food \u2013 fruits, grains, vegetables, and milk \u2013 and we can prepare hundreds and thousands of nice preparations and offer them to the Lord. Our process is to eat k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-pras\u0101da and to satisfy the tongue in that way. But we should not be greedy and eat dozens of samos\u0101s, sweetballs, and rasagull\u0101s. No. We should eat and sleep just enough to keep the body fit, and no more. It is stated,\n\nyukt\u0101h\u0101ra-vih\u0101rasya\nyukta-ce\u1e63\u1e6dasya karmasu\nyukta-svapn\u0101vabodhasya\nyogo bhavati du\u1e25kha-h\u0101\n\u201cHe who is regulated in his habits of eating, sleeping, recreation, and work can mitigate all material pains by practicing the yoga system.\u201d (Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101 6.17)\n\nAlthough we should minimize our eating and sleeping, we should not attempt this too rapidly, at the risk of becoming sick. Because people are accustomed to eating voraciously, there are prescriptions for fasting. We can reduce our sleeping and eating, but we should remain in good health for spiritual purposes \u2022\u2022\u2022 read with us: biglink.to/pathofperfection & check out our website for the catalogue of all the books we\u2019ve read so far and some other interesting things www.sravanamdiaries.com