In English
The difference between human and the animal
Moreover, in every living being, there are five sheaths (food), (vital), (the mental), (Awareness) and (Bliss). But while other creatures are not aware of the existence of the power to discriminate between the transient and the permanent, man alone can recognise the existence of this faculty. The second is (the ability to acquire the highest knowledge). This knowledge is not limited to the physical, but embraces also spiritual knowledge. This faculty is radiant in man, Now, to the third faculty: Every living being including man is born with (attachment). But man alone has the capacity to realise that he can attain liberation by getting rid of this . Thus there is a significant difference between human beings and all other living creatures. But the veil of (illusion) envelops man and makes him go astray. What is this ? It is the combined expression of the three - , and (the pure, the emotional and the lethargic). The have declared that it is only when man overcomes the three that he would be able to get rid of (the illusion which makes one see the unreal as real). What is ? There are three kinds of acquisitions wealth, wife and progeny - which serve to promote (delusion). When attachment to these triple possessions is given up, will go and (liberation) will be easily secured. Man constantly strives in various ways to elevate his status and condition. As he succeeds in one effort, he seeks success in another, and so it goes on. But, what is the hall-mark of a true human being? Human life is bound up with gains and losses, ups and downs. Man has to face them. Incidentally he has to suffer blows of one sort or another. Only he is a true human being who overcomes these challenges with fortitude.