Chapter
6
dakṣikṣetāgamanam
arriving at
the Dakshi Ranch
Ranch
Hand namaste, kaḥ tvam syāḥ ?
Hello and
who might you
be ?
.
Jack aham jack asmi. Badal nāma
naraṃ anu
eṣāmi.
i am
Jack. i am
searching for Badal . iṣ
c1 seek
RH tvam
śīghram āgacchasi
. Badal tatra āyatane
bhavitum arhati.
You are
early. Badal is in the
barn over there.
J
tvam anuyānatāt
mama aśvaḥ
muñceḥ ?
Would you
take my horse
from-the-trailer ? muc c6
RH
ām, mayā prakharaiḥ
saha saḥ
bandhyaḥ.
Yes , by-me
he will-be-bound with
the mules. c9
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āyatanam praveśane
entering the
barn
J
hi,
aham jack asmi. tvam badal
syāḥ vā ?
Hi , i
am Jack. Might
you be Badal
B
ām, namaste , tvam
vilambam bhavasi
yes hi you are
late .
J
kadā vayam pra ārabhāmaḥ ?
When
do we start
off ?
rabh c1
B
vayam horā-dvayataḥ pra ārabhāmaḥ .
We
start off in
2 hours. rabh c1
vayam rātrau sīmam
tarāmaḥ .
We
must cross the
border at night.
J
āvām dvau eva
bhavāva.
Will
it be just
the 2 of
us ?
subj.
B
na hi,
anyaḥ
kṛṣikaraḥ catur-daśa
prakharān nayāti ,
No. A
ranch hand will
handle the 14
mules.
tathaiva sergey
api
bhavāti.
and
there is Sergei.
J
sergey vā? russideśataḥ ?
Sergei ? a
Russian ?
B
ām, saḥ
eva.
That he
is.
J
saḥ kim kṛṇoti asyām yātrāyām ?
What
is he doing
on this trip ?
B
tena saha vade gaccha.
Go talk
to him.
saḥ
vrajau kharān
pūrayati. ---
He
is in-corral loading
the mules.
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vrajau
at the
stable
J
tvam sergei
bhavatu
You
must be Sergei,
S
ām, tvam ca jack
bhavitum arhati.
yes. and
you are-privileged to-be
Jack.
tvam surakṣā asyām yātrāyām asi ?
Are
you the security
on-this trip ?
J
kimcit
, aham dharmika-granthān kebhyaścit dhanibhyaḥ prāpnomi .
Sort-of ,
i am getting
Buddhist manuscripts for
some rich people .
S
suṣṭhu , abhi etat aham aśṛnavam
.
oh yes
, i
heard about that.
J
tvam narakajitaḥ
adharmeṇa āvahasi ?
You
smuggling drugs ?
S vade
śakyate,
Sort-of ,
aham camling-sarovara-devakulam māstiṣka-yantrāṃśān
ānayāmi.
i
am taking computer
parts to the
Chamling Lake Monastery.
J narakajitā-vahakaḥ aham tvām bhavitum
manye .
i
had you figured
for a drug
smuggler.
S
catuḥśatam kilo
bhaṅgasya api mayā
saha svīkaromi.
i
am also taking
400 kilos of
cannabis
J ataḥ bhavān narakajitāvahakaḥ bhavitavyaḥ.
So ,
i guess that
makes you not
a drug smuggler .
S
aham
māstiṣkayantrakarakaḥ asmi
i
am a software
programmer
J
kim
māstiṣka-yantrakarakaḥ tibet-madhye kṛṇoti ?
What
is a programmer
doing going into
Tibet ?
S camling-sarovaraḥ Hub
asti.
Chamling Lake
is a Hub.
eṣaḥ ekaḥ
asti dvā-daśeṣu Hub
Tibet-madhye.
it
is one of-12 Hubs
in Tibet.
J Hub kim bhavati ?
What
is a Hub ?
S
viṣvaṃ kendram
kenacit dhaninā
cina-puruṣena upa-labhyate.
Each
Hub in Tibet
is owned by
a super rich
Chinese guy.
te
purātanāni devakulāni
krītavantaḥ
They
bought up old
monasteries
tatraiva adhyayana-kendrāṇi nirmitavantaḥ/kṛtavantaḥ.
and
built huge mainframes
in them.
te prathamam kṛtrima-cetanam kire prayatante.
They
are competing to-build
the first A.I.
J aham na kadācid eteṣu nṛṇām aśṛṇavam
i’ve never
heard of these
guys.
S aṣṭa-navatiḥ kārya-kendrāṇām kṛtsnāyām
bhuvi bhavati.
There are
98 Hubs all
together on earth.
Maybe more.
J
kutaḥ kimcid api na
śrutavān aham ?
Why
haven’t I heard
of this ?
S
etat guhyatamam asti.
it’s
all kind of underground.
yathā
mmo-māstiṣkayantra-krīḍā asti.
It
is like a
MMO computer game.
janāḥ
saṃgantum śaknuvanti
People can
join various games
tathā
hi avataraṃ kartum samarthāḥ bhavanti.
and
create an Avatar.
tadanantaraṃ avataraḥ
teṣām vividheṣu lokeṣu paribhramitum samarthaḥ.
then their
Avatar can move
around various virtual
worlds.
sarvam
kendram svalokam vyavaharati, sarvāṇi tu baddhāni vartante.
Each
Hub runs its
own virtual world,
but they are
all linked.
tava avataraḥ
ekataḥ anyam lokam gantum śaknoti.
Your Avatar
can move from
one virtual world
to another
etad
eva adhikṛtya aham kāryam karomi.
This
is what I
am working on.
asmin viṣaye ekam varṣam
kāryam akaravam.
I’ve worked
on this for
one year.
mama dvitīyam varṣam
ārambhate.
I’m heading
back for my
second year.
J
kimartham tvayā adharmeṇa
māstiṣka-yantrāṃśāḥ ānetavyāḥ?
Why
do you have
to smuggle these
computer parts in ?
S
smara yat ete adharmikāḥ
lokāḥ
Remember, it’s
all kind of underground.
yatra
sarvam kendram spardhate anyaiḥ.
And
Each Hub is
competing with the
other.
eṣā
dhaninām krīḍā bhavati.
It
is a rich man’s
sport.
J aho
bata! Etad atyānandaṃ śrūyate.
Wow , this
sounds like a lot of
fun.
S
niścitam eva. kintu kimcid bhayaṃkaram vartate.
it
is. but a
little dangerous.
aham
prakṣyāmi yat bhavatā taiḥ saṃmelitum śakyate
vā iti.
I’ll
ask if you
can meet some of the
guys.
J
kati janāḥ tatra
devakule vasanti ?
How
many people are
at the monastary
?
S paritaḥ
navatiḥ janāḥ vasanti.
There are
around 90 people
there.
J nāryaḥ
santi vā ?
Any
women ?
S aparyāptam.
Not
enough.
anyataḥ
sukham sthānam kāryārtham
It
is a fun
place to work,
J
asamicīnam yat mama
kevalam gamanāgamanam bhavitum arhati.
Too
bad I’ll just
be passing through.
S
tatra catvāraḥ
pañca vā amerikadeśataḥ janāḥ bhavanti.
There are
4 or 5
Americans there.
J
ete prāgatyāḥ
santi vā ?
Are
they Evolutionaries ?
S
ām uttamam etad uktam, mitra me,
Yes , well
put my friend,
te
tvayā saha sammelitum iṣān.
They
will want to
meet you. iṣ subj.
J atra
badal āgacchati.
Here
comes Badal.
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Badal
sādhu, prakharāṇām
rekhām nirmātum āvaśyakam tathā pragacchāma.
OK
boys, lets form up
the mule line
and go.
B
kaṣṭam na
pratīkṣate,
We
don’t expect trouble,
kintu
parīkṣadhvam, śastrāṇi ca sajjāni bhavantu.
but
keep your eyes
open and gun
handy.
aham neṣyāmi.
I
will lead.
prathamata eva yātrāyāḥ
horācatuṣṭayaṃ gamiṣyāmaḥ,
tadanantaram viśrāmaḥ
tathā hi horādvayam bhūyaḥ gamanaṃ bhavatu.
We
will go for
4 hours, rest
and the go
for 2 more
hours.
S
kutra tvam mām bhavitum icchasi ?
Where do
you want me ?
B
cintā māstu.
It
does not matter.
kolāhalam
mā kṛṇu .
Just
don’t make too
much noise.
adhunā gacchāma !
Now
lets go .
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anuyāne
on the
trail
S
atha jack, yogam karoṣi vā ?
So
Jack, do you
do Yoga ?
J prayatnam na kṛtavān
pūrvam, kevalam dṛṣṭavān.
Never tried
it other than
to watch.
S
bhoḥ, kimcid viśiṣṭam atipannam
bhavatā !
Man,
you are missing
something special
J
yat kimapi
ucyate bhavatā.
Whatever you
say Dude.
kimartham te
Hubs devakuleṣu tiṣṭanti ?
Why
are they putting
Hubs in monasteries ?
S
vayam parāmanasaḥ
anu icchamaḥ
We
are seeking Higher Mind
Jack. A.I.
kim
anyat sthānam sutaraṃ bhavitum śakyate ?
What
better place to do
that. ?
J
tava kāryam adhikṛtya
kimcid vada me.
Tell
me about your
programming stuff.
S camlign-sarovare
prabhūtam nirmāṇaṃ upayujyate.
Chamling
Lake runs a
massive mainframe
sūkṣma-lokaḥ
tatra asti, saḥ parābuddhiḥ iti ucyate.
It hosts
a virtual world
is called ‘ ParāBuddhi ’ .
MMO-saṃyogam
kṛtvā
Once
you’ve joined the
MMO,
tava
avataraḥ bahūni vastūni kartum śakṣyate.
your
Avatar can do
many things.
eteṣu
ekam bhavitum śakyate caturtha-sthiti-manaḥ iti anveṣaṇam
kartavyaṃ,
One
of them might
be to search
for the Fourth-Order-Mind.
aham
tasmin kṣetre kāryam kṛṇomi.
i
work on that
project
J ākhyātum śakyate vā kim caturtha-sthiti- manaḥ asti iti.
Can
you tell me
what the Fourth-Order-Mind is.
S
na tu tattvataḥ, prayatnam kṛṇavāmi.
Not
really but i’ll
try,
Sriaravindaḥ
parācetanam avadat .
Sri
Aurobindo talked about Supramental Consciousness.
saḥ aṣṭā sthitayaḥ manasaḥ
iti avadat
He
said there were
8 levels of
mind .
asmābhiḥ
prathamāḥ tisraḥ vidyante, yathā
We
know the first
3 as,
annamayaṃ
manaḥ, prāṇamayaṃ manaḥ, manomayaṃ manaḥ.
physical mind
- vital mind - mental
mind
anyāni
pañca
The
other 5 are
parāmanaḥ,
divya-manaḥ, parābuddhiḥ, atibuddhiḥ,
supra-jñānam.
Higher - illumined - intuition -
overmind – supermind
aham parāmanasi kṛṇvan bhavāmi
I’m
working on Higher
Mind.
J
sādhu
śrūyate, kintu kim etad asti ?
Sounds good
but what is
it ?
S ekaṃ śāstraṃ
asti yatra sthitayaḥ ekaikam adhitiṣṭhanti,
The theory
of Supervenience states that
tatra
ārohanaṃ tattvānām vyavasthe bhavati.
there is
a hierarchy of
properties in a system.
yatra
nīcatarāṇi tattvāni uttarāṇāṃ
tattvānām pratiṣṭhām vyūham ca kurvanti.
Where lower
properties determine the
distribution
and structure
of higher properties.
Atha uttarāṇi tattvāni
anyāni nīcatarāṇi tattvāni adhitiṣṭhanti,
yathā
rasāyana-tattvāni
And that
the higher order
properties supervene on
the lower properties.
such as
māstiṣkāyāḥ
vyūham nirmāṇam ca nirṇayanti
tathā māstiṣkā api manasaḥ vyūham nirmāṇam
ca nirṇayati.
chemical properties
determine the distribution
and structure of the
brain,
The brain
determines the distribution
and structure of
the first order
mind.
prathamaḥ
Manaḥ dvitīyasya manasaḥ vyūham, nirmāṇam ca
nirṇayati.
The first order mind
determines the distribution and structure
of the second
order mind.
viparītena,
Contrariwise,
dvitīyam
manaḥ api prathamam manaḥ adhitiṣṭhati.
The
second order mind can supervene
on the first order mind.
prathamam
manaḥ māstiṣkām api adhitiṣṭhati.
The
first order mind
supervenes on the
brain.
māstiṣkā
api rasāyanatattvāni adhitiṣṭhati.
The brain
supervenes on chemicals.
manye
yat sriaravindaḥ parāmanasaḥ
i think
that Sri Aurobindo is
saying
parāmanasaḥ
tattvāni
nirṇītāni
that Higher-mind’s properties
are-determined
uccā parābuddhyā, supra-jñānena
ca.
from
above , by Supermind
and Overmind.
na
tu adhastāt.
Not from
below.
J
aham tathāpi
nāvagacchāmi.
i still
don’t get it .
S
avagamayitum prayatnam
kṛṇavāni .
Let
me try to
disambiguate,
asmākam manasi,
in
our mind,
matayaḥ
bhājyante nirmīyante ca nīcataraiḥ tattvaiḥ.
thoughts are
distributed and structured
by lower order
properties.
parāmanasi
matayaḥ na utpatanti parantu avataranti.
In
Higher Mind , thoughts don’t
pop up but
pop down.
amohataḥ,
From
clarity,
mahataḥ
tuṣṇībhāvataḥ,
From
an aggressive silence,
J katham jñātum śaknoṣi yat anubhavitum asamarthaḥ.
So, how
can you explore
something that you
can’t sense.
S asmākam āśā asti ‘pradhāna-saṃsthānam
sāhāyyam kartum śaknoti’ iti
We
are hoping that
the mainframe can
help.
yantra-cetanāyāḥ
bhinnāḥ niyamāh santi.
Machine intelligence
has different limitations
dhūmapānam
kartum icchati vā ?
Do
you want to
smoke a joint
?
J kevalam yadi bhavān mama viski pātum aṅgīkaroti.
Only
if you will
drink some of
my whisky.
S sādhu, aṅgīkṛnomi.
You’ve got
a deal .