In English
The difference between destructibility and indestructibility is something which is very fine, which is very small. If there is no destruction, then we will not be able to comprehend what it is that is permanent or indestructible. On the other hand, if there is no permanency or indestructibility, then we will not understand what it is that gets destroyed. Sometimes these aspects will convey to you a lesson that they are related to each other; in fact, related to each other so closely that one cannot be separated from the other. This is what is contained in the 13th chapter of the where the and , that is the place and the one who lives in the place, have been dealt with. In very clear language, the relationship between the abode and the one who lives in the abode has been explained. We have to make an enquiry and ask if the realisation of the self or the soul is the final achievement. That is not the end of the enquiry. Of course, by such an enquiry, we understand what is the destructible part of man and what is the indestructible part of him. But there is something that is neither the body nor the soul. This something is what may be called the , and it transcends both these things. We can take it that we have reached the goal of our practice only when we have been able to realise this .