Passage 4

In English

Without (purity of conscious-ness), performance of any number of and or extensive reading of sacred texts is only a waste of time. The king mastered the four and six (scriptures). Moreover, he was doing intense by undertaking activities like (constant repetition of the Divine name) and (penance). In spite of acquiring great spiritual power, ruined himself because he had no . Whether it is reading a book or walking in a market place or writing a letter, for anything, concentration of mind is required. A cart cannot move by itself. For the cart to move, the bullocks are to be yoked to the cart. And, those bullocks must have been trained to pull the cart. Also, they must have been familiar with the road on which they are pulling the cart. On the other hand, if you engage untrained bullocks on unfamiliar roads, they cannot pull the cart to the destination and the cart itself will be involved in an accident. Our (Inner consciousness) is comparable to this cart and our mind and intellect to the two bullocks. It is only when these two bullocks are trained in (truth), (Right conduct), (peace) and (love), the cart of our can reach its destination safely. Since our mind and intellect are trained today in worldly matters only, we are loosing the valuable opportunity of travelling in the path of liberation.