He then related a story about detachment: the Persian friends travel mostly on foot
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He then related a story about detachment: the Persian friends travel mostly on foot. They sleep whenever they get tired. They rest whenever they see a shady tree. Once a person came to the Amir. The Amir wished to present him with a gift and with insistence he gave him a robe. Later, when he became tired, he laid down under a tree in the forest with the robe folded under his head. But he could not sleep as he repeatedly imagined that a thief was crouching nearby to take away the robe. At last he rose, threw the robe away and said: "As long as this robe is with me, I shall not find rest. To find rest, I must give it up." How long will you desire a robe for your body? Release your body that you may have no need for a robe.
Source: Earl Redman, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Their Midst, p. 206
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