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Again by way of reply the craftsman's pose calming down the soil:
"Wheels are of many kind
samsara wheel is that
which is the cause of attachment and
aversion etc.,
the perverse inclinations;
the cakravarti's wheel (disc) is that which is the cause of the end of physical life;
but,
this potter's wheel is that whetstone put on which the life
gets brilliant with matchless aspects, is the cause of the glory of pious life.
Yes, yes! The giddiness you feel is not due to the potter's wheel, but,
due to the fault of your vision, because,
looking at the circumference the conscious falls
and,
looking at the ultimate centre
the conscious is saved.
At the circumference there is wandering,
the life passes meaninglessly;
at the centre there is ramana (merriment), life looks happy.
162 Silent Soil
