Amar Vani

Author(s): Amarmuni
Publisher: Sanmati Gyan Pith Agra

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TRUTH, GOODNESS, BEAUTY
and expands the soul, attachment contracts it. Love is the expression of selfless devotion, while attachment is the expression of self-interstedness.
Love
What is love? It is a spiritual current that leads man from enmity to friendship, from individualism to universalism. "Love embraces the whole world within its fold.
"The Liberality of Rama
History beais testimony to the fact that when Rama first met Vibhishana, he hailed him as the 'Sovereign of Lanka. A monkey-disciple who was sitting by, smiled and asked : "Supposing Ravana returns Sita, where will you find a kingdom for hịm ?" Rama seriously replied, “There is no difficulty. I shall request my brother Bharata sto abandon the throne of Ayodhya for him.” This is the ideal of Rama. Should we not all try to rise to that spiritual height ? Man attains greatness not by amassing wordly powers and possessions, but by liberally giving away what he has.
The Great Message
The best thing is that wherever you live and under whatever circumstances you work, weave around you a small circle of social service and render all the service you can within the means available to you.
It unfortunately you do not have the capacity to serve Others, or if you are not in a position to do so, you can at least always do one thing : forbear from doing any disservice to others. If you cannot make others laugh, at least do not make them weep. If you cannot bless others, at least do not curse them, do not abuse them.