In English
Man falls by attachment and rises by non attachment
The royal preceptor of Emperor was . He had, by his austerities and scholarship, attained a place of high honour among the monks, but he stood in the way of the renunciation which Ball had set before himself. could teach, but he did not himself follow what he taught others as desirable. He was a highly respected monk, but he had this one great flaw. It is such people, who call themselves 'theists' and 'believers,' that promote atheism and disbelief. They have no faith In the validity of what they profess; their actions are contrary to their declarations. Scholars run after possessions which they declare are 'trivial and temporary.' They preach devotion to God but are devoted to mammon. They accuse others for causing the. decline of (righteousness) but they are themselves the cause. When came forward to offer to the Lord three feet of ground that He had asked for, , the all-knowing preceptor, protested and pointed out that the Lord had come only to ruin and rob him of his possessions. But the pupil was greater than the preceptor. He replied, "Well, if He is the Lord Himself who is extending His Palm to receive the gift, I am certainly the most fortunate being on earth. The hand that creates and fosters the Universe is now held before me, and my hand held over It is dropping the gift into It. Do not prevent me. Be happy that It has become possible for me to do this. I shall renounce heaven, my empire and even my life for this one piece of good fortune." Man falls by (attachment) and rises by (non-attachment). Ball reached the acme of and his preceptor failed to bring him down. The - was the external (sacrificial rites), but the inner was the great renunciatory surrender of at the Lotus Feet of the Lord. In the consecrated fire of the heart he poured, as offering, his ego nature; he rose, humbler and wiser, and saluted the Divine within Himself, manifest as incarnate.