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face to face with outlaws, only the humans will think, ‘What is
to become of me? How will I cope? Who is going to take care
of things in my absence?’ Those who think this way are
independent; they have no support, whereas the animals are
dependent (ashrit) on nature. They receive food and drink
without any problems. They do not have doctors or hospitals;
they do not suffer from greed. Yes, having come into the
company of humans, the animals too have become miserable.
As ones intake of food decreases, so does his apathy and
laziness and his intellect develops. Tea decreases the intake of
food. Drinking tea was not common in the old days and so
people ate a lot. People became as big as bullocks and their
buddhi became dense like a buffalo. But they could work very
hard. They worked hard at whatever task they took on. Eating
heavily makes the intellect dull and its subtleness and sharpness
disappears.
Buddhi helps one achieve worldly tasks, not liberation. To
have just one viewpoint is buddhi. When one attains both
viewpoints i.e. the real and relative, only then will pragnya
which is the direct light of the Self, arise. With the power of
pragnya, one can see both the viewpoints and this leads to
liberation. There is eternal bliss wherever there is pragnya. With
buddhi there is imagined pain and that too a prolonged one.
There is always pain behind any worldly pleasure in the current
era of Kaliyug. During such times, there is nothing but endless
pain and suffering. Attachment has pervaded everywhere and
people are constantly wandering around in a state of infatuation
and stupor.
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