In English
Follow the path of wisdom and devotion
Try to recognise the difference between wisdom and ignorance ( and ). Suppose there are mirrors everywhere in a room, on all four sides. A man enters that room and finds that whichever mirror he looks into, he sees his own image. He feels satisfied that he is everything. This is wisdom ( ). When a dog enters that room, it sees many dogs there. Thinking that those other dogs want to attack it, it attacks them. As a result, several of the mirrors break into pieces. Actually the dog fights with itself. When it sees a way to go out, it feels relieved and goes away. This sort of state is lack of wisdom ( ). is the cause of one’s bondage. One thinks that one is different from the . Though a person is the , one is deluded to think that one is the body. People are bound by the chains of bondage. There are two ways to escape from these chains. Either grow big, break the chains, and get free or escape by becoming very small. To say,” I am , I am ( , )” and grow very big and break the chains is the path of wisdom ( ). To say, “I am God’s servant ( , ), you become very small. To become very small and escape is the path of devotion ( ) (devotion).