MASTER: "All our suffering is due to this 'I'. The cow cries, 'Hamba!', which
means 'I'. That is why it suffers so much. It is yoked to the
plough and made to work in rain and sun. Then it may be killed by the
butcher. From its hide shoes are made, and also drums, which are
mercilessly, beaten. (Laughter.) Still it does not escape
suffering. At last strings are made out of its entrails for the bows used
in carding cotton. Then it no longer says, 'Hamba! Hamba!', 'I! I!'
but 'Tuhu! Tuhu!', 'Thou! Thou!'. Only then are its troubles
over. O Lord, I am the servant; Thou art the Master. I am the
child; Thou art the Mother.
The relationship of master and servant is the proper one. Since this 'I' must remain, let the rascal be God's servant. "
Once Rama asked
Hanuman, 'How do you look on Me?' And Hanuman replied: 'O Rama, as long as I
have the feeling of "I", I see that Thou art the whole and I am a
part; Thou art the Master and I am Thy servant. But when, O Rama, I have
the knowledge of Truth, then I realize that Thou art I and I am Thou.'
The relationship of master and servant is the proper one. Since this 'I' must remain, let the rascal be God's servant. "
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