Satsang

A potter throws raw, moist clay on a wheel then shapes it into a vessel. If it breaks while he is moulding it, he takes it off the wheel, kneads it into a lump, puts it back on the wheel and starts to shape it again. If it again cracks he repeats the process. He will keep on pounding and reshaping that clay until the pot is properly formed and can be baked in the kiln. If it breaks at this stage, he cannot put the pieces back on the wheel.
It is the same with us. If a person ‘bakes' in the fire of Knowledge he escapes the cycle of reincarnation; but one who does not, has to return to the wheel. He has to live out his attachments and desires in a series of different lives.
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