Passage 8

In English

SECOND DAY

The deer that stray into the forest where the hunter is waiting for game and that promise to come later and be his prey on pain of incurring the penalty for various heinous sins are teaching a ; and if you practise those virtues and avoid those sins you can attain the bliss-form () that you really are. The deer speak of sin, but remember that there is no sin as such, there are only errors due to ignorance or greed or envy or hatred. The principles of righteousness () enunciated in this story have to be adhered to; it is not the hunter alone who nods approval, every listener of the must have approval. Even the slightest error has to be avoided by those who possess a developed conscience. It is unpardonable for a wise man to fall into error. But the error of an ignoramus, however dire the consequences, has to be passed over. Some people dismiss the as the fabrications of and refuse to attach value to the rules and restrictions prescribed by them. But that is a false argument. The have the authority of (the Lord) Himself. It is not but - not man-made but God-made.