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master to some extent. He sighed and remarked, This is no than pouring ghee into ashes". The comment of the Guru surprised Municandra Suri. The lustre of a gem defies every effort to hide it. Muni Candra Suri was a great logician.
On account of being newly introduced to Santi Sūri, he had been silent uptill now and had heard everything, but gaining now an opportunity, he repeated, in order, the lecture of every day. Hearing this, Santi Sūri was wonder-struck and continued to teach him the science of logic.
When Dharma, after being defeated in debate by Dhanapala in the court of the King Bhoja, began to praise the latter, he said to Dharama, "What am I? Santi Sūri residing in Patana is the real person who excels me in the art of rhetoric." Hence, with an ambition to meet him, Dharma came to Pātana and went to Upäśraya where he found the Guru in torn clothes applying medicinal ointment to his body as he was suffering from itches. Seeing him in such dirty garments, the inner vanity of Dharma knew no bounds and he was tempted at once to debate. He took Śânti Siri as an ordinary orator. He could not have patience to wait and put a question to the great teacher-"Who art thou?"
The Guru-A déity.
The debater-Who is a deity ?
The Guru-I.
The debater-Who is 'I' (whom you mean by saying "I") ?
The Guru Thou-a dog.
The debater-Who is the dog' ?
The Guru--Thou.
The debater-Who is thou' (whom you mean by the word thou' u').
The Guru-A deity.
The Guru
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