157. Pulchritude

Madal:

Chinmoy, is pulchritude detrimental to one's spiritual progress?

Chinmoy:

Madal, it is not physical beauty that is harmful to one's spiritual progress, but it is physical impurity that is harmful to one's spiritual progress.

From:Sri Chinmoy,Two brothers: Madal and Chinmoy, Sri Chinmoy Lighthouse, 1972
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