Passage 9

In English

Service to God: the vehicle for liberation

The ten heads of signify the four and six . Though had mastered all these texts, he could not benefit from them. Practice is more important than mere mastery of the texts. A speaker who spoke earlier related to you how advised . , while searching for in , heard in the corner of a palace the chanting of . He immediately went into the room from which the sound of came. On entering, he found and exchanged pleasantries, for both of them were devotees of . said to , “Oh , though you met just a few months ago, you have advanced very high in the realm of the Spirit. And you are enjoying the sweet proximity of . But I have been chanting for so many years; yet, has not showered His Grace on me. I have not had the of even once.