I will reason with my own soul. What concern of mine are these people? Everyone knows their own welfare; to restrain them by force only causes resentment. Let whoever wishes to hear the sacred story listen; otherwise, let them go home and sleep in peace. My own course is clear; I have seen the path and will show it to others. Says Tuka, I will plead my own case before God; each one's desire bears its own fruit. The clash of prescriptions and prohibitions breaks the heart only so long as one has not tasted experience directly. Restlessness grows on both sides when one has not personally realized the truth. In one's own opinion it seems like madness, but the truth remains as it is. The fulfillment of practice is silence; make the mind steady. Says Tuka, through mere argument, even the assemblies of the learned have been wasted.