The Story Of Swami Rama - Holybook

The Story Of Swami Rama
thing; and to acquire the Truth is another. You may
read all the sacred Scriptures and yet not know the
Truth.
Death asks, not "What have you?" but ―Who are you?"
Life's question is not "What have I?" but "What am I?"
Thoreau preferred leisure to ornaments.
To give is a better bargain than to get.
Love is a disease if it impairs the freedom of the soul.
Make it thy slave, and all the miracles of Mature shall
lie in the palm of thy hand.
Let not desire and love tear and rend thee.
A soldier who is going to a campaign does not seek what
fresh furniture he can carry on his back, but rather what
he can leave behind. So if thou seekest fame or ease or
pleasure or aught for thyself, the image of that thing
which thou seekest will come and cling to thee and thou
wilt have to carry it about—and the images and the
powers which thou hast thus evoked will gather round
and form for thee a new body—clamouring for
sustenance and satisfaction—Beware then lest it become
thy grave and thy prison—instead of thy winged abode
and a palace of joy.
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