vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 1. A man may live but for a moment, but that moment should be spent indoing auspicious deeds. It is useless living even for a kalpa (4,320,000*1000 years) and bringing only distress upon the two worlds (this worldand the next). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 2. We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about thefuture; men of discernment deal only with the present moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 3. It certainly is nature of the demigods, men of good character, and parents to be easily pleased. Near and distant relatives are pleased when they are hospitably received with bathing, food, and drink; and pandits are pleased with an opportunity for giving spiritual discourse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 4. Even as the unborn babe is in the womb of his mother, these five arefixed as his life destiny: his life span, his activities, his acquisition ofwealth and knowledge, and his time of death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 5. O see what a wonder it is! The doings of the great are strange: they treatwealth as light as a straw, yet, when they obtain it, they bend under itsweight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 6. He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear andsorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discardattachment to be happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 7. He who is prepared for the future and he who deals cleverly with anysituation that may arise are both happy; but the fatalistic man whowholly depends on luck is ruined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 8. If the king is virtuous, then the subjects are also virtuous. If the king issinful, then the subjects also become sinful. If he is mediocre, then thesubjects are mediocre. The subjects follow the example of the king. Inshort, as is the king so are the subjects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 10. He who has acquired neither virtue, wealth, satisfaction of desires norsalvation (dharma, artha, kama, moksa), lives an utterly useless life,like the "nipples" hanging from the neck of a goat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 11. The hearts of base men burn before the fire of other's fame, and theyslander them being themselves unable to rise to such a high position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 12. Excessive attachment to sense pleasures leads to bondage, anddetachment from sense pleasures leads to liberation; therefore it is themind alone that is responsible for bondage or liberation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 13. He who sheds bodily identification by means of knowledge of theindwelling Supreme Self (Paramatma), will always be absorbed inmeditative trance (samadhi) wherever his mind leads him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 14. Who realises all the happiness he desires? Everything is in the hands ofGod. Therefore one should learn contentment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 15. As a calf follows its mother among a thousand cows, so the (good orbad) deeds of a man follow him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 16. He whose actions are disorganised has no happiness either in the midstof men or in a jungle -- in the midst of men his heart burns by socialcontacts, and his helplessness burns him in the forest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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