Krishna says that without the sacred fire, a monk has given up all of his duties. This contradicts what we think of as 'sannyasi' and 'yogi', he writes. A sannyasi is someone who sits in meditation; a yogi does yoga to be peaceful. Krishna's story starts with "a bang," which is paradoxical for its origin according to Indian literature.

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