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on a slab of rock, the Siddhasilā and gave a discourse to them. At the end he asked : "Can one on the plains see any of us sitting at this height ?"..
“No, no one can,” one of the disciples made a reply.
"In the same way”, said śrīmad, “the self which still resides among the lower, cannot get to know of the real mode of existence of the soul who has attained a higher state of knowledge. He can know of it only when he himself moves up the ladders as it were and attains a higher state."
“Because we are on an elevation" continued Śrīmad,“we can view the whole of the town below, and the country far and near, but one who is on level ground can see little beyond the place of earth which lies directly beneath him ::.:" . . . "
We are aware that standing on a level ground whatever glimpse of Śrīmad Rajchandra's philosophy and spirituality, we could catch of, we have humbly tried to present here. It is upto the readers to judge how far we have succeeded in our attempt. (Vide. Digish Mehata, Śrīmad Rājacandra : A Life, pp. 108-9).
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