Sri Tandavaraya Swami
As the desire for liberation grew, he became unconcerned about his wife, children and property, ran away from them like an antelope which had extricated itself from the noose of a hunter, sought a holy Master and respected him with all his heart.
After eagerly saluting his Master, he stood up and sobbed out his heart saying, "O Lord! I have suffered long the torture of worldly life, which is after all so false! Gracious Master, save me by tearing off the cords which bind me to the five sheaths, so that my heart may be at peace!"
Finding him self-subdued, the Master looks at the soul of the disciple, and begins to instruct him, so that it may regain its true nature, as a wasp places a well-chosen caterpillar in its cell of earth and then buzzes before it.
"Look here, my son! He who has forgotten his true nature is alternately born and dies, turning round and round in the unceasing wheel of time, like a feather caught up a whirlwind, until he realizes the true nature of the Self. If he comes to see the individual self and its substratum, the Overself, then he becomes the substratum (Brahman) and escapes rebirths. Should you know yourself no harm will befall you. As you asked I have told you this."
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