That car of Jagannatha that you see is but a concrete symbol
of this corporeal car.
You have to behold the Atman in this car of the body.
Haven't you read "आत्मानं रथिनं
विद्धि -- know the Atman to be seated on the chariot" etc.,
"मध्ये वामनमासीनं विश्वे देवा उपासते -- all the
gods worship the Vamana (the Supreme Being in a diminutive form) seated in the
interior of the body"?
The sight of the Atman is the real vision of
Jagannatha.
And the statement "रथे च वामनं
दृष्टा पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते -- seeing the Vamana on the car, one is no more subject to
rebirth", means that if you can visualise the Atman which is within you,
and disregarding which you are always identifying yourself with this curious
mass of matter, this body of yours -- if you can see that, then there is no
more rebirth for you.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Conversations and Dialogues,
recorded by Sharat Chandra Chakravarty
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