Hemalekha said,
- I shall explain to you the rationale of reaching the Supreme Goal by means of faith. Be attentive. People will not gain anything, either during their lifetime or after death, by endless discussion or blind acceptance. Of the two, however, there is hope for the latter and there is none for the former.
- Once there lived a saint, by name Kaushika, on the Sahya Hill near the banks of the Godavari.
- He was serene, pure, pious, having knowledge of Supreme Truth.
- Once when when the master had gone out, the disciples started to discuss philosophy, according to their own lights.
- There appeared on the scene a Brahmin (Soonga by name) of great intellect and wide learning. He was a man without faith and conviction, but an able debater. When they said that the truth must be ascertained by reference to some standard, he argued on the basis of an unending series of and refuted them.
- He (Soonga) said, "Listen, you Brahmins, standards are not applicable for ascertaining merits or demerits and so arriving at the truth. For erroneous standards are no good as tests. To start with, their correctness must be established. Other standards are required to check them. Are they in their turn infallible? Proceeding in this way, no finality can be reached. Therefore no tests are possible. Ascertainment of Truth being impossible without being tested, nothing can therefore be Truth. This enunciation itself cannot be true, nor the enunciator either. What then is the decision arrived at? That all are nothing, void. This too cannot be supported by reliable facts; hence, the statement that all are void ends in void also."
Excerpts from Chapter 6, Tripura Rahasya
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