Knowledge Leads To Unity, But Ignorance To

What Brahman Is Cannot Be Described. All Things In The World — The Vedas, The Puranas, The Tantras, The Six Systems Of Philosophy — Have Been Defiled, Like Food That Has Been Touched By The Tongue, For They Have Been Read Or Uttered By The Tongue. Only One Thing Has Not Been Defiled In This Way, And That Is Brahman. No One Has Ever Been Able To Say What Brahman Is.

Live In The World Like A Waterfowl. The Water Clings To The Bird, But The Bird Shakes It Off. Live In The World Like A Mudfish. The Fish Lives In The Mud, But Its Skin Is Always Bright And Shiny.

When The Fruit Appears The Blossom Drops Off. Love Of God Is The Fruit, And Rituals Are The Blossom.

If A White Cloth Is Stained Even With A Small Spot, The Stain Appears Very Ugly Indeed. So The Smallest Fault Of A Holy Man Becomes Painfully Prominent.

Imagine A Limitless Expanse Of Water: Above And Below, Before And Behind, Right And Left, Everywhere There Is Water. In That Water Is Placed A Jar Filled With Water. There Is Water Inside The Jar And Water Outside, But The Jar Is Still There. The 'i' Is The Jar.