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But, listen!
To quench his hunger
the lion doesn't eat excreta,
nor eats up his own just born child...!
There.... the picture of the hare and the tortoise
is awakening the sadhaka
telling him the method of sadhana. The tortoise walking with his slow speed
has reached the goal in time,
and
the hare, being runner even, legged far behind.
The reason is a known oneone's march was continuous, the other slept in the way; laziness is the supreme enemy of a wayfarer.
Now the observer observes
two words hi (only) and bhi (also) on the countenance of the pitcher. Both these bijaksaras (seed words) represent their respective philosophies.
'Hi' is the supporter of absolutism, 'bhi' is the symbol of anekanta, syadvada.
172: Silent Soil
