Passage 4

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They felt it was the supreme truth. With joy … , arguing it out in many ways, some went on in debate, for and against. Some came along disputing among themselves: is it Advaita, is this Dvai… … ? That depends on each one's own feelings. To those who say … it is right. To those who say it is wrong it is wrong. One who has eaten a mango … a mango trēnu. One who has eaten a cucumber gets a cucumber belch. One who has eaten a sapota gets that same belch. So whatever … … are, those are the belches they get. Each one's own is right for him, but it is not right for another. What gives … to everything is our own form of the Ātma. While they all went off arguing, he waited for some time … ; after everyone had gone, Bhoja Rāja said, ‘Swāmi,’ and was putting some question. Meanwhile this Swāmi, wanting to stitch his old quilt … , was trying to thread a needle. Because the Swāmi's age was spent … … , getting the thread into the eye had become hard. Bhoja Rāja saw this. ‘Swāmi, why do you struggle for … this old one? There is a new shawl; take it, I will give it,’ he said. Then the Swāmi said, ‘If … wish to do me a favour, I do not want your shawl; put this thread into the needle for me … ; that is enough. I do not depend on anyone. I need no one's advice. My advice … … has been giving it to me from long ago. Whatever I need, He Himself provides. Thinking of Him, I do all my … . I do not need your shawl,’ he said. Bhoja Rāja understood to some extent. ‘Swāmi! I … . The burden of the kingdom is on my head. If I know one thing, I do not know the second.’

One who knows everything is not found on the earth; one who knows nothing is not found anywhere; the one who knows all is Sāīśa alone.

… who know are not seen in the world.

This is what is called awareness. Knowing everything. That is not possible for anyone. Seeing so small a cloth, … can tell. They call it a piece of cloth. But only when it is opened out fully and shown … that it is a hand kerchief. They call it this hand kerchief; but without seeing it fully they cannot say it is a kerchief. So awareness is recognizing …ly. To think one knows a little is Ahaṅkāra. In the world there is one disease that is not cured though many medicines … . That is Ahaṅkāra. It … in every human being to some deg… . As long as this Ahaṅkāra is there, he will not understand the principle of the Ātma. For it he … … . This Ahaṅkāra is the mark of ignorance. It is only one who knows nothing who has Ahaṅkāra.