Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. Neither need we trouble ourselves if a few fail. It is in the nature of things that many should fall, that troubles should come, that …
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August 7: Privilege to Be an Instrument
Everything depends upon the will of the Master. One can do only as much as the master graciously permits one to do. Blessed is the person whom the master selects as an instrument for his work. The …
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August 6: Lower Not Your Standard
"Be you holy and, above all, sincere; and thee not for a moment give up your trust in the Lord, and you will see the light. Whatever is truth will remain forever; whatever is not, none can preserve. …
Kena Upanishad 2.5
इह चेदवेदीदथ सत्यमस्तिन चेदिहावेदीन्महती विनष्टिः ।भूतेषु भूतेषु विचित्य धीराःप्रेत्यास्माल्लोकादमृता भवन्ति ॥ ५॥॥ इति केनोपनिषदि द्वितीयः खण्डः ॥ iha cedavedīdatha satyamastina cedihāvedīnmahatī …
August 5: ‘I Am God’s Servant; I Am His Devotee.’
In the Kaliyuga, man, being totally dependent on food for life, cannot altogether shake off the idea that he is the body. In this state of mind, it is not proper for him to say, ‘I am He.’ When a man …
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Chandogya Upanishad 8.8.5
तस्मादप्यद्येहाददानमश्रद्दधानमयजमानमाहुरासुरो बतेत्यसुराणां ह्येषोपनिषत्प्रेतस्य शरीरं भिक्षया वसनेनालंकारेणेति संस्कुर्वन्त्येतेन ह्यमुं लोकं जेष्यन्तो मन्यन्ते ॥ ८.८.५ ॥॥ इति अष्टमः खण्डः …