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No sadhaka can sustain
meditation
looking at the torch,
unsteadiness of the torch being the
reason;
'if the meditated object is
unsteady too,
the quiet mind of even a skilled
meditator
will become unsteady'
and many other such defects
are there in a torch!
372 Silent Soil
How many more examples should I give." Saying this
the pen turns to another example.
"Lamp is self-restraint, increases on increasing
and decreases too on decreasing.
A completely filled lamp
with cheap kerosene
burns bit by bit
with its speed,
does not consume the oil at once, like an ideal householder
a lamp is spend-thrift!
How regular, how innocent!
A small child even can carry lovingly
in his tender hands
a lamp, not a torch.
A lamp is more light-giving
than a torch.
