1847.] Catechetical Dialogue of Sook. 122!) 



Gosain of Tirhoot,) to whom it was inscribed by the transcriber in 

 1762, year of Sak corresponding to 1840, A. D. 



Salutation to Ganes. 



1. Mercifully say O benign Gooroo ! (1) where can I, who am sink- 

 ing in the midst of the shoreless sea of the world, find a refuge ? In 

 the ample vessel of the lotus-feet of Biswes. 



2. Who are the fettered? Those who are addicted to the enjoy- 

 ments of the objects (2) of sense. 



Who are the free ? Those who discard the objects of sense. 



What is the Terrific Hell ? One's own body. 



Which is the way to heaven ? To conquor all desires. 



3. Who has relinquished the World? He who has acquired a 

 knowledge of his ownself according to the Veds, and this knowledge 

 also confers beatification. (3) 



Which is the door of hell ? Woman. 



Which is the way to heaven ? Kefrainment from the infliction of 

 all kinds of injuries. (4) 



4. Who sleeps in peace ? He who is addicted to devout meditation. 

 Who is awake ? He who discerns truth from falsehood. 



Who are the enemies of man ? His own unsubdued desires, and 

 these when subdued become his friends. 



5. Who is poor ? He who is of vast desires. 



(1) Gooroo. The Hindus have various sorts of Gooroos or teachers, 

 such as the Xcharj ^tt^t^I Gooroo, or he who instructs in the rites and 

 ceremonies of religion, and also teaches the 31T^, Muntra. Parents are 

 also called Gooroos. These two sorts are the Maha or chief Gooroos. 

 Next to these is the Tantric Gooroo, m^RT^, or he who instructs his 

 pupil into the esotery of the Tantras. 



(2) Objects of sense, f^T, are all those that are perceivable by the 

 five senses. 



(3) Beatification MV%, or liberation of the soul from the body, and 

 its exemption from further transmigration and consequent absorption 

 into the essence of iT^rrnr, or the great Being. 



(4) Injuries are of three kinds, TU^, mental, ^lf^<*f, verbal, and 

 «fnfw> personal. 



