The infant does not know the taste of milk.
By taking it daily, it develops an attachment
for it which is so deep that when milk is to be
given up and rice substituted, it starts to protest.
But the mother does not despair.
She persuades the child to take small
quantities of cooked rice daily and by this process
it starts liking rice and it gives up milk.
Milk was once its natural food.
By practice, rice became its natural food,
so natural that if no rice is available for a single day,
it becomes miserable.
By taking it daily, it develops an attachment
for it which is so deep that when milk is to be
given up and rice substituted, it starts to protest.
But the mother does not despair.
She persuades the child to take small
quantities of cooked rice daily and by this process
it starts liking rice and it gives up milk.
Milk was once its natural food.
By practice, rice became its natural food,
so natural that if no rice is available for a single day,
it becomes miserable.
So too, though sense-pleasures
are “natural” at first, by means of practice
and training and listening to the commendation
of the wise, slowly the greater and more lasting
pleasure derivable from the glories of the Lord
and their recapitulation is grasped.
Thereafter, one cannot exist without
that atmosphere even for a minute.
One feels that there is nothing as sweet
as the experience of listening to the splendor of the Lord.
The company of the worldly who chatter
about the senses and the sense-objects
will no longer attract.
The company which exults
in praising the Lord will draw and hold.
are “natural” at first, by means of practice
and training and listening to the commendation
of the wise, slowly the greater and more lasting
pleasure derivable from the glories of the Lord
and their recapitulation is grasped.
Thereafter, one cannot exist without
that atmosphere even for a minute.
One feels that there is nothing as sweet
as the experience of listening to the splendor of the Lord.
The company of the worldly who chatter
about the senses and the sense-objects
will no longer attract.
The company which exults
in praising the Lord will draw and hold.