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live like worms. You are Garuda, the mighty eagle. Therefore soar high to the infinite heights of infinite merits.
A God with Two Hands
Man, your God is neither in stone nor in wood, neither in fire nor in water, neither in the sky nor in the clay statues. Your God is within you, in every fibre of your body. You are your own God. There is no other God outside you. Some scholars call you "God with two hands", Yes, you are a god with two hands, Take care and see that by mistake you do not waste away your godhood.
Keep up Your Fire
Just consider whether you have any strength or fire within you. If you have any fire within you, make it the ocean-fire that keeps alive even in the depth of huge mass of water. Don't let your fire be extinguished. Your fire, your zest should be permanent. Don't boil up like milk that can be cooled down by a little spray of water, You must retain your fire, your strength, your zest in all situations.
O Man !
O man, why are you mad after the world ? Why are you so restless? You have just to take a counted number of breaths in this world. why should you then have so much of love, so much of attachment with this ephemeral life in this transient world? Why should you have attachment or animosity with anybody in the world ?
Whither to See
If you want to increase and preserve your demerits within your heart, keep your eye on your merits. But if
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