Passage 19

In English

There is one other small example here. There was a father who had an only son. His only son was looking after the father very dearly and was serving him with great affection. In his 61st year, the father passed away. This son was sitting by the side of the dead body of his father and was crying, “Oh father, you have left me and gone. Who else will look after me in this world?” We should examine this carefully. When he says, “Father, you have left me and gone,” for sixty years he has been calling that body his father. The body, which has been described as his father, is still there. What is it that has gone away? Truly, if that body was his father, the body is still there and he can retain that body as his father. No, it is not right.