Gunpowder and The Cannonball

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Jaya Guru Datta,

 

Here is today's saying:

 

"Q: This is even more strange. When we asked what instigates the inert Indriyas,

you said that it is Raga and Dvesha which are the instigators. Are not these -

Raga and Dvesha - inert too? You seem to believe that one inert object can

instigate another inert object. All right. I will give you two vessels. Can you

make one vessel to take another vessel to a well and fetch water? If you can

make this happen, I will accept your argument.

 

A: Even during the course of the 35th lesson, you had posed a similar doubt. Two

examples (to show that one inert object can move another inert object) were

given there. Let us consider one more example. Gunpowder is filled in to an iron

tube. At the other end is a cannon ball. When the gunpowder catches fire, the

cannon is pushed with great force and it will in turn strike against the fort

and damages it. Here, what is not inert? Is not one inert object moving another

inert object? Similarly, it is not impossible for Raga and Dvesha (affinity and

aversion), which are inert, to move the three Indriyas (mind-speech-body)."

 

Sri Swamiji

Lessons in Vedanta - 37 part VII

Bhakti Mala, February 1999

 

Sri Guru Datta,

Swamiji Says

 

 

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