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VICH MALA.
BOOK II.
WITH a desire of finding out a theosophist, the pupil enquires of his professor about his indications.
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Lord! speak unto me, kindly, the indications of thewise; That I may properly serve him for Self-benefit
Worshipful sire, out of kindness, inform me the marks by which a wise person is to be distinguished, that I may find him out, and please hii with my service, for deriving benefit by his instruction on Self-knowledge.
ON THE SIGNS OF THE WISE. Replies the Guru :-[he is
Extremely kind, has no site in him,
Endowed with passivity e, devoid of action, enduring. Mild in his disposition, and bent
After the well-being of all.
He is said to be extremely kind, because he has no intention of deriving any benefit hereafter for showing his kindness and that is why he has got no enmity for any one. 'Enduring' signifies bearing the extremes of climatic influences, honor and shame, hunger and thirst etc. He is always patient in his endurance; and this is called the best of all dispositions. Then again, he is endowed with passivity, subjugation of the external organs of sense, etc., which you are not to interpret as so many indications, marks, features or signs of one desirous of release, and not of a theosophist. Because, a person who is devoid of any desire of action either for immediate benefit or
Vide note ante page 8.
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