Passage 4

In English

How far is the Divine?

Where is Divine? The (revealed ancient scriptures) say the Divine is twenty feet away from the (the bachelor). The reason is a youth suffering from the fever of adolescence cannot perceive the Divine. He relies on his mental abilities and the ; power of his muscles and heart. He has no faith in the power of or God. Hence, one who is remote from is also distant from God. For a (the ascetic), God is said to be three feet away. Wearing the yellow robe and having a shaven head cannot make a man a genuine ascetic. He must have renounced all bodily attachments and all material desires. Although he may have renounced many things, because the (renunciant) has still some delusions regarding the body, God is said to be three feet away from him.