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MIRA AND MAHAVIR
you live in the world, and want a God after this pattern. You agree that the primary motive of all individual action is something good, and it is change, caused by the forces of Nature, which of course includes, Man himself, that brings about unhappiness. Now can you conceive of any action within or without you, which, in spite of this change, does not appear to cause inconvenience,
dissatisfaction or unhappiness ? MAHAVIR—I don't know. Perhaps I can think of some
thing. I breathe, and do not feel any discomfort
in a state of health, of course. KRISHNA-Yes. Your body is undergoing constant change
from monient to moment, and, in a state of health, it does not disturb or make you unhappy; and health and not discase is the law of life. You breathe, you sleep and awake, you wink and move your limbs,
and do not feel unhappy. MAHAVIR--Yes I agree, I might say that when my
body acts in accordance with the laws of its existence, I do not feel any change, and so do not feel its effect, namely, unhappiness. I am in fact not even
conscious of what happens. KRISHNA-Exactly. Now if all your actions were of this
character, you would not be unhappy, whatever happened. Indeed, you would be happy. Hence, your ideal of a happy Being is one who, living in the midst of Nature, acts in accordance with the laws of his lifc.
