One day when Swami Vivekananda was moving about in the city of Calcutta, an aristocratically dressed person accosted him and asked, "Why do you wear this gerua robe? Perhaps you want to advertise that you have given up the world and renounced all desires. This exhibition is a sign of ego."
Swami Vivekananda laughed and said, "My dear friend! I have no such idea. I wear it because seeing that I am a sanyasin, with no money, no beggar would approach me and bother me. I can walk about without being pestered. I have spiritual treasures with me, but no cash. When people come asking for them, I give."
(Chinna Katha from the Divine Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba)
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