Vicharmala Granth Satik Pustak 1 to 8

Author(s): Anathdas Sadhu, Govinddas Sadhu
Publisher: Heeralal Dhole

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VICHAB MALA. body, organs of sensduud action etc. to Self, and makes him say "I am,ader:" in short, Self is an agent and instrument of enjoysht subject to birth and death. Just as a dog entering a gles house is annoyed at the sight of another dog on the glass, which is a reflected shadow only, or as a lion fell into a well at the sight of his own shadow reflected in the water.
Where is he to be found ?
An ocean of kindness, he is discovered in earth. Kuowledge and cognition of Self are his gems. The very contact of his words touching the body
Makes the ignorant wise. A Guru is an ocean of kindness. He is found in earthhe discovers himself and nothing can hide him: and as in the bed of the ocean gemse bound, so in him there must be gems otherwise the simile will not be complete; therefore it is said, knowledge of Self, and his cognition are the gems found in bim; like the ocean waves touching the body of a person when he is said to have a bath water sprinkled with gems, the words of a Guru coming in relation with the ears through the knowledge they impart, help the ignorant to know Self to be nondifferent from the Supreme Iswara ; and cognizes him accordingly. If the precepts of a professor are capable of producing knowledge of Self, the usual means, 'Discrimina
* Connecting Self with the body is to say “I am lean." Similarly the common expressions “my hands," "my feet," "my eyes," "I am a Brahman" "I am a doer of virtuous works" eto. All these are instances shewing the popular mistake brought about by ignorance or illusion. A Guru by the help of negative and positive methods of analyses does away with these mistakes, and helps his pupil to have a direct cognition of Self. Then he no more thinks Self to be his body, hands and feet, mind, or intellect, but recognises him as the Indestructible, eternal Intelligence, full of blissfulness, the abstract truth,