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Panchadashi Lesson G0550: Enlightened and Ignorant

Panchadashi
Module - G
Unit - G05
Lesson G0550: Enlightened and Ignorant can work together
By Raja Subramaniyan

Although the enlightened is not bound to do any action, he may lead an active life due to his preferences. Such action will also happen to facilitate the world to function and to yield the appropriate results to others. In a world where all types of people are living, there will be many joint actions or actions with inter-relationships which will bring the enlightened and the ignorant to work together.

Such association will not bring about any personality clash. Since the objective of both of them are very different, there will not be any issue. While the enlightened performs the action without any selfish goal, the ignorant do it for the sake of expanding the business. Therefore, there is nothing, which is common and attracts the attention of both.

For the enlightened, it does not matter how the work is carried out in the world. He may work perfectly but does not expect others to work perfectly.

For the ignorant, it is important to follow the rules and rituals and the enlightened will not care for them. Nevertheless, he will follow them for the sake of others since it does not matter to him either way.

Example: If two deaf men are shouting at each other, knowing that both of them are deaf, there is no point for a third person to get into it.

Similarly, the worldly people clash with each other without having the ultimate knowledge. In any case, the enlightened knows it does not matter either way since everything is an illusion. There is no point in participating in an argument since the absolute knowledge will come only when someone surrenders to a competent teacher. Knowledge can never be transferred through an argument or discussion.

The focus of the materialist is to gain worldly possessions. The enlightened person does not have anything to gain.

Conquering one desire is better than fulfillment of thousand desires. The enlightened has accomplished the difficult task and the ignorant will learn the truth when is attempting to satisfy his never-ending desires.

Getting involved in worldly actions will not be a risk to the knowledge of the enlightened. Knowledge can be erased or replaced only when knowledge from a stronger source is obtained. Since the knowledge from the scripture is the ultimate, the enlightened will not risk his knowledge by performing worldly action.

Example: Even a live rat cannot kill a cat. If that is so, there is a no possibility of a dead rat threatening to kill the cat.

The world is an illusion and it will have no impact on the reality.

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