Passage 7

In English

Though Emperor was born In a clan (known for its demonic nature, but with the one exception of ), he had acquired a pure heart, free from hatred and pride. He had mastered the waywardness of his mind. The Lord then appeared before him as a mendicant, as a great tribute to his worthy nature. The Lord asked from him only three feet of ground. This was a symbolic request, for the three feet meant the , and , representing the gross, subtle and causal bodies of man. The (worlds) are not placed one over the other or one after the other. They are lmmanent, each in the other. The visible loka is the , the vital atmosphere around it is the and the world of which envelopes the vital is the . Man has five (sheaths) which encase him. The material and the mental comprise the , the vital and the intellectual comprise the and the is the .