must be abandoned, left behind and transcended, before good is grasped and known, and when good is practised and fully comprehended, then all the afflictions of the mind are at an end, for that which is accompanied with pain and sorrow in the consciousness of evil is not so accompanied in the consciousness of good. Whatsoever happens to the good man cannot cause him perplexity or sorrow, for he knows its cause and issue, knows the good which it is ordained to accomplish in himself, and so his mind remains happy and serene. Though the body of the good man be bound, his mind is free; though it be wounded and in pain, joy and peace abide within his heart.
A spiritual teacher had a pupil who was apt and earnest. After several years of learning and practice the pupil one day propounded a question which his master could not answer. After days of deep meditation, the master said to his pupil: “I cannot answer the question which you have
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