Passage 14

In English

A person who undertakes this is called a “” (a competent person). Even in our worldly matters, we often refer to this “” (capability or competence). We say “I must be capable to achieve this task”, meaning that we must acquire the competence to perform the task. There is also a person by name in the Indian Mythology. He performed a , which became famous as “ .” He had a daughter by name “.” The name “” denotes . She married Lord . Because of his daughter (), he could establish close relationship with Lord . Thus, when we acquire , we become a (competent) to establish close relationship with Divinity. Instead of acquiring this , if we develop (ignorance) and bad qualities, we move away from Divinity. In fact, could establish close relationship with Lord only because of his daughter , who represents . He could establish relationship with Lord . It is therefore necessary that if we really wish to establish close relationship with God, we must join the company of elders who are mature in wisdom, listen to their teachings, understand the nature of to a certain extent and put it into practice through . This is the required for controlling the mind.