The pan is not intrinsically hot. It got it from the fire or the electric coil underneath, right? So neither the potato has intrinsic heat of its own,. Neither the pan has in the water as intrinsicHeat of its own. As long as the fire is there, it's hot. But next we come to the fire. Where did the fire get the heat from? Is it? Is it intrinsically hot? Yes. What is the distinguishing fact between the fire and the others? All become hot and then they lose their heat. They are not always hot. They don't have heat all the time. One sign of a property which is not intrinsic is that one can gain it and lose
Question and Answer session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on Mar 25th, 2018.