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Chapter 7: Toka

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5:00 to 6:30 P.M. — Walk or play a game 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. — Rest; no meditation 8:30 to 9:30 P.M. — Dinner, walk; no meditation 9:30 P.M. — Retire for the night
The same day, the following rules and regulations for the Prem Ashram boys came into effect:
1. Boys not to touch one another. 2. Not to speak to one another in Baba's presence. 3. Not to make holes in the bamboo matting separating rooms to peek through. 4. Not to enter another's room. 5. Not to use another's articles. 6. Everyone should use his own glass to drink water. 7. Not to go out of the compound without permission. 8. Not to take a walk in the hall. 9. Until further notice, no one should study or read any books. 10. No one to write anything without permission. 11. No one should urinate in the bathing rooms. 12. No one should lean against the bamboo-matting fence. 13. Not to do anything else, except the routine work, without permission. Not to touch anything in the ashram without some reason. 14. All should obey the officer concerned, especially Agha Baidul. 15. To tell Agha Baidul if anything is needed, or in his absence, to his deputy [assistant]. 16. While sitting on the floor, not to forget to use a gunny sack underneath. 17. Everyone to keep his room clean and not to spit or clean his nose there.
For several days, Baba was in a dark mood and mentioned leaving Toka and disbanding the ashram. Because of the heavy rains throughout the night, the weather was quite chilly, which Baba did not like. Going to the toilet in the open field was inconvenient for the men. The boys were brought to the school with difficulty and, because of the physical discomfort, it was practically impossible to teach them; almost half of the benches and chairs were wet. Chanji was scolded for putting the boys to so much trouble. Because of the wet weather, Baba ordered the school closed on Tuesday, 2 October 1928. They were to rest that day as if it were Sunday and hold classes the following Sunday to make up for the lost day.
K. J. Dastur went to Bombay for a few days on the 3rd. Before leaving, he bid farewell to Mastan and then stepped forward to embrace him, as he sometimes did. Mastan flew into a rage and practically attacked Dastur, who quickly backed away while one of the mandali restrained Mastan.
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