It is a fact that if one states the Truth, no one can T help believing what he says if only he make himself understood. If I issue an order in truth, there is no question but it will be both understood and obeyed. Suppose I issue an edict that every person should dress up … Read the article »

1. A hermit living among boulders, taking but water alone. A tiger ate him. 2. A man lived in great state highly respected and honoured. Fever killed him. The one should not have shunned society, the other should not have sought it. Neither of them lashed up the lazy sheep. Bottles around me on my … Read the article »

It is not that blasphemy is offensive to God. He is used to it, for He has met it under many conditions. But it is insulting to the atmosphere and destructive of him who uses it. * * * * The man of purpose says No to all lesser calls, all minor opportunities. In other … Read the article »

In a picture gallery at Brussels there is a painting by Weirk. A naturalist holds in his right hand a magnifying glass and in the other a handful of Napoleon and his marshals, guns and battle-flags tiny objects, swelling with meaningless glory. He examines these intensely while a child at his side looks on in … Read the article »

To steal or be stolen from is to be equally of a thieving mind. To be killed is to have a murderous mind. Mercy and Love is the might of the righteous. * * * * Does not the air breathe as kindly and as willingly into the lungs of the criminal as of the … Read the article »

1. In Western countries Cupidity is known under the name of Love. 2. In India Cupidity is always looked downupon and the word Love is never misapplied. Love is always for God. 3. (i) Apagupta; (ii) the Swami who ran away from the princess, each is great in his own place; (Hi) Bhishma; (iv) Arjuna; … Read the article »

Almost the whole of this Note Book is full of Sanskrit quotations, only so much portion is written in English. 1. Health. “Allah does not count from life the days spent in chase.” – Arabs “Exercise would cure a guilty conscience.” – Plato “You will-never break down in a speech on the day you have … Read the article »

When a student, after his usual excessively hard working late hours falls asleep; in the vision Neptune appears to him and offers to convey all the knowledge of the universe to him. But the student refuses and asks the boon of being provided with oil for his midnight studies. A young man (in Japan) refused … Read the article »

Was made to drink a substitute for coffee for preaching “The Gods are on high Olympus, Let them stay there; but you and I are here.” * * * * Man is the noblest work of Art – but nobody ever said so but man. Troubles are not really troubles unless you quit work and … Read the article »

In Greenacre. M. Malloy, a great personal friend of Emerson, told Rama as to how Emerson had strongly recommended to him the study of Bhagavad Gita and lent him a copy for just three weeks, claiming that that was the first copy brought into America. It cost Emerson a full Pound, $ 5. It is … Read the article »