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anew, a broken pot cannot be pieced again A living man has nothing 

 to do with heaven and hell, but when the body has become dust, what is 

 the difference between a Jackass and a dead Saint." 



" Earth, water, fire, and wind, blended together, constitute the body 

 — of these four elements the world is composed, and there is nothing else. 

 This is Brahma, this is a pismire, all consists of these elements, and pro- 

 ceeds from them through separate receptacles." 



" Beings are born from the womb, the egg, the germ, and vapour." 



" Hindus and Musselmans are of the same nature, two leaves of one tree 

 — these call their teachers Mullets, those term them Pandits ; two pitchers 

 of one clay : one performs Numaz, the other offers Pvja : where is the differ- 

 ence ? I know of no dissimilarity — they are both followers of the doctrine 

 of Duality— they have the same bone, the same flesh, the same blood, and 

 the same marrow. One cuts off the foreskin, the other puts on a sacrifi- 

 cial thread. Ask of them the difference, enquire the importance of these 

 distinctions, and they will quarrel with you : dispute not, but know them 

 to be the same — avoid all idle wrangling and strife, and adhere to the 

 truth, the doctrine of Dayaram. 



" I fear not to declare the truth — I know no difference between a sub- 

 ject and a king — T want neither homage nor respect, and hold no commu- 

 nion with any but the good : what I can obtain with facility that will 

 I desire, but a palace or a thicket are to me the same — the error of mine 

 and thine have I cast away, and know nothing of loss or gain. When a 

 man can meet with a preceptor to teach him these truths, he will destroy 

 the errors of a million of births, such a teacher is now in the world, and 

 such a one is Dayaram." 



