Without a breach or pause, the tale directly runs into Book Three – The Brahmin and the Rabbi. It opens with Sivarama’s consideration of life as a Lila of the Chessmaster. The image of Gautama comes …show more content…
These discussions take place in the dinner party arranged by Ratilal. In the dinner party he declares to hand over his business to his younger brother Harilal and he would go for meditation and spirituality. He describes how his wife died and he went into a sort of coma and late his decision not to lend money and earn interest. He also takes the vow to observe celibacy. He presents an account of his large family and his meeting with a saint in Girnar Hills having a lion. That saint sends him back to his own Guru. The main difference between Ratilal and Sivarama lies in the fact that Ratilal’s guru says that the metaphysics and moral meet somewhere, but Sivarama thinks that Advaita is above the …show more content…
The dialogue throws light on the subtle differences between the Hindu culture and the Jewish culture, metaphysics and theology. The tales of Jewish suffering narrated by Michel is gripping and pathetic. The most vital is the story of one Isae, who was very sharp and intelligent. Despite financial constraints and social negligence, he studied well and became an able person to earn a lot of wealth and could win a heart of countess and later sailed to India. He helped the Indians in industrialization and curing people of diseases and ultimately became a