In English
Sublimation of the senses is essential
A dog lying comfortably in the middle of a busy thoroughfare - you will have seen some dogs enjoying a siesta in that spot full of danger, creating an island for itself in the midst of the traffic flow - was once asked why it had chosen that spot. It replied that it wanted to discover who among the pedestrians were good and who were bad. It explained that though there was enough road space on both sides, some men prodded it just for fun or out of sheer mischief in order to shoo it off. Such men are innately bad, it declared. The others who mind their own business, go their way, and do not concern themselves with things they meet on the way which distract their attention delaying their journey are good, it said. That dog spoke true, for the men who cannot let well alone are really obstructing their own progress. The main thing is the control and the sublimation of the senses. Letting them have their way, by directing them on the objective world of tastes, smells, shapes, melodies and softnesses is to fall into a bottomless pit. It is like locking up the treasure in a golden box with a golden lock. The thieves get a richer loot, that is all. The speaks of , , , as and by yoga is meant what intended it to mean: , that is, the stilling of the agitations of the Mindstuff. is the supreme exemplar of this calm, for He is "", the very picture of peaceful calm., though reclining on a thousand-hooded serpent; the snake being the symbol of the objective world with its poisonous fangs. Being in the world but not of it, not bound by it - that is the secret. gave up even the urge to live when he got the chance to die at the hands of , with his eyes fixed on the charm of that Divine Form. He knew that was, as he said, "' - in cognisable form. So he thanked for the chance given to him to be killed by 's arrow.