Shivapuri Baba´s stayed with Leo Tolstoi

It was a tradition for a Sanyasi to live in one place continuously for three nights only. But SB lived with the great writer Leo Tolstoy continuously for three months or more. During that period, SB taught the Count the secrets of the Spiritual Science, while he learnt the Russian language from him. The Count's writings gradually changed to accomodate the Eastern Thoughts. For example, his story THREE QUESTIONS, was entirely based on SB's Teaching: the Count did not want his friend SB, to leave Russia. He managed to prolong SB's stay on one pretext or another. Finding no other way out, SB had to "run away" from him at the middle of a night, like a thief, without even saying a goodbye!