Honour Both Spirit And Form,

Common Men Talk Bagfuls Of Religion But Do Not Practise Even A Grain Of It. The Wise Man Speaks A Little, Even Though His Whole Life Is Religion Expressed In Action.

As The Shell, The Pith And The Kernel Of The Fruit Are All Produced Form One Parent Seed Of The Tree, So From The One Lord Is Produced The Whole Of Creation, Animate And Inanimate, Spiritual And Material.

The Sun Can Give Heat And Light To The Whole World, But He Cannot Do So When The Clouds Shut Out His Rays. Similarly As Long As Egotism Veils The Heart, God Cannot Shine Upon It.

The Rishis Of Old Attained The Knowledge Of Brahman. One Cannot Have This So Long As There Is The Slightest Trace Of Worldliness. How Hard The Rishis Laboured ! Early In The Morning They Would Go Away From The Hermitage, And Would Spend The Whole Day In Solitude, Meditating On Brahman. At Night They Would Return To The Hermitage And Eat A Little Fruit Or Roots. They Kept Their Mind Aloof From The Objects Of Sight, Hearing, Touch, And Other Things Of A Worldly Nature. Only Thus Did They Realize Brahman As Their Own Inner Conciousness.

A Devotee Who Can Call On God While Living A Householder's Life Is A Hero Indeed. God Thinks: 'he Is Blessed Indeed Who Prays To Me In The Midst Of His Worldly Duties. He Is Trying To Find Me, Overcoming A Great Obstacle -- Pushing Away, As It Were, A Huge Block Of Stone Weighing A Ton. Such A Man Is A Real Hero.