 by a sutra, it is the sutra of transcendence. So this also leads to a state of nirbhaya or fearlessness. If you are not so physical, there's not much fear in you. The Devi Sutra is more like a protection. The whole science of yoga itself is extrapolated in the form of sutras, various kinds of sutras. Over 200 sutras makes the whole body of yogic knowledge. So when they say sutra, in that context, they're talking about just the basic. When the yoga sutras, when we say yoga sutras, then Patanjali kind of assimilated yoga sutras. Sutra means a thread. He gave only the thread. He left the responsibility, the mastery and the artistry of making the garland to each master. The sutra is same, the thread is same, but what kind of garland you make out of it is different. There can never be a garland without the thread, but nobody ever wears a garland for the sake of the thread. We wear the garland for the flowers that it bears. You can put flowers on it, you can put beads on it, you can put pearls on it, you could put diamonds on it, but without the thread there is no garland. But you never wear the garland for the sake of the thread. Thread is white old, but that's not its… it is not a purpose by itself, it's not a goal by itself. So we found many other ways to use the thread, you have heard of Mangalsutra, you tied one. If it was properly done, the idea was binding two beings as one. That was the idea. Today it's just become a ritual, that's different. But if someone is there who knows how to do this, you mix up the two DNAs in such a way that energy-wise they cannot be separated, doesn't matter what happens. Many things may happen in the course of life. You may quarrel over big things, you may quarrel over petty things, but you cannot separate because the energy is a band in a certain way. You have to tear yourself apart, that's the only way you can go. It's not like shedding your clothes, it's like peeling your skin off. Now Abhayushutra is not made to bind you. Two kinds of sutras both are being called Abhayushutra. The terminology Abhayushutra goes better with the Devi Sutra, which is read in Kala. When you get the sutra for the Panchabhutaradana, which is connected to the Dhyanalinga, it is more to enhance certain dimensions of who you are, fundamentally to enhance the spiritual dimension. Then why is it being called Abhayushutra? You need to understand, Bhaya means fear. The basis of fear is your physicality. If you are not physical, would you have fear? Would you? No? It is the limitations of the physical which causes fear. If you are not at all physical, you wouldn't be fearful of anything, isn't it? So in that context, it is Abhayushutra, but essentially it is the sutra of transcendence, but we did not want to use too many names, we will get confused, you know. So this also leads to a state of Nirbhaya or fearlessness. We can call this Nirbhayushutra, that is Abhayushutra. That is more like a protection. This is to enhance the spiritual dimension of who you are so that you become less physical. If you are not so physical, there is not much fear in you, that the Devi Sutra is more like a protection. There are two ways to be free of thieves. If you're always afraid a burglar may come into your house and steal, one way is to put a guard outside, another way is not to have anything and nobody will come. And if you invite him, he won't come, he'll go somewhere else. So this is his way, nothing, so nobody will come, so fearless. There, you want to put a guard, you still have stuff, you want a guard. I see many, many hands which have both, that's good. So how to dispose it, you can keep it for a minimum of forty days. If you're not using soap, too much soap, it will last much longer. If you're using a lot of soap, at least for forty days it will remain vibrant. If you're using only cold water, it will last much longer. If you're having bath with warm water, at least forty days it will last. It is if the thread maintains its tenacity, then it will maintain the energy. So somewhere between forty to sixty days, if it's just become a thread, there's no point wearing thread and walking around. So you can take it off and put it somewhere where it will disintegrate easily. Usually the tradition is to dig a small hole near a plant and put it because it gets watered and within three days it will be gone. It should not get into somebody else's hands, that's important. Something that's been so intimately on your body, a certain marriage has happened between you and Devi and between you and the Anilika, a small scale marriage. When that has happened, it's best that it should not get into somebody else's hands. If they know how to use it, they can finger you. So you must always bury it. If you don't have a place to bury, you must burn it. You can burn it, take the ashes and smear it on your body from your wish to be done. That's a simple way of doing it, otherwise you bury it.