Passage 18

In English

There is a small illustration for this. We have the case of paddy. If we sow paddy in the earth and water it, we note that it sprouts. There is some rice inside the paddy, covered by husk. This is the reason why it sprouts. If we remove the husk and plant the rice alone it does not sprout. Because of the presence of husk, we call it paddy. If there is no husk, we call it rice. If the grain with husk is planted, it sprouts. In this analogy, rice has no rebirth and paddy has rebirth. Our life, when it is covered with the husk of desire, has rebirth. Once we remove this husk of desire, there is no birth.