God is not present in idols.
Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.
Do not reveal what you have
thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to
carry it into execution.
As a single withered tree, if
set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole
family.
A man is born alone and dies
alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and
he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode.
He who nurtures benevolence
for all creatures within his heart overcomes all difficulties and will be the
recipient of all types of riches at every step.
All the creatures are pleased
by loving words; and therefore we should address words that are pleasing to
all, for there is no lack of sweet words.
A man attains greatness by
his merits, not simply by occupying an exalted seat. Can we call a crow an
eagle (garuda) simply because he sits on the top of a tall building?
Sinfully acquired wealth may
remain for ten years; in the eleventh year it disappears with even the original
stock.
He who wears unclean
garments, has dirty teeth, is a glutton, speaks unkindly and sleeps after
sunrise – although he may be the greatest personality — will lose the favor of
Lakshmi.
Eschew wicked company and
associate with saintly persons. Acquire virtue day and night, and always
meditate on that which is eternal forgetting that which is temporary.
We should always speak what
would please the man of whom we expect a favor, like the hunter who sings
sweetly when he desires to shoot a deer.
He who is prepared for the
future and he who deals cleverly with any situation that may arise are both
happy; but the fatalistic man who wholly depends on luck is ruined.
Even as the unborn baby is in
the womb of his mother, these five are fixed as his life destiny: his life
span, his activities, his acquisition of wealth and knowledge, and his time of
death.
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