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fruitless, overbelieving them is harmful.
'Sva' means one's own 'pa' means upbringing, protection and 'na' means not, he who cannot protect selfhood, what help can he lend to others? The mind attached to the past, turned away from the friend, entangled in many tangles is taken as svapana (dream). The threads of wakefulness are lost in a dreamy state, self-realisation is not possible then, even the accomplished mantra (incantation) becomes dead."
Hearing thus the voice of the kiln now the craftsman comes nearer to the kiln, but, where are being heard the screams of the pitcher?... Where are being solicited the alms from the potter?
Neither there is the agony of the pitcher nor there is his solicitation only... he.. there then! Where are the pranas distressed with thirst?
Silent Soil :: 295