Unselfish men

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Unselfish Men

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" We are all beggers, whatever we do, we want a

return. We are all traders, for whatever we do, we

want a return. We are traders in life, we are traders

in virtue, we are traders in religion. And alas ! we

are also traders in love.

 

We get caught. How ! not by what we give, but by what

we expect. We get misery in return for our love; not

from the fact that we love, but from the fact that we

want love in return. There is no misery where there is

no desire. Desire, want, is the father of all misery.

Desires are bound by the laws of success and failure.

Desires must bring misery.

 

The great secret of true success, of true happiness,

then is this: the man who asks for no return, the

perfectly unselfish man, is the most successful. It

seems to be a paradox. Do we not know that every man

who is unselfish in life gets cheated, gets hurt?

Apparently, yes. Christ was unselfish, and yet he was

crucified. True, but we know that His unselfishness is

the reason, the cause of a great victory -- the

crowning of millions of lives with the blessings of

true success. "

 

- Swami Vivekananda

 

Hari Aum !!!

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Jaya Sri Radhey! Namaste.

 

Good and peaceful, great men living for the good of all, and having

themselves crossed the fearful torrent of becoming, with no ulterior

motive help others to cross too . 37

 

 

It is the nature of great souls to act spontaneously for the relief

of the distress of others, just as the moon here of itself protects

the earth parched by the heat of the fierce rays of the sun. 38

 

Out of compassion the Sage undertakes his instruction since he has

come to him for help in his search for liberation, is willing to do

as he is told, is pacified of mind and calm. 42

 

- From 'Crest Jewel of Wisdom'

 

(Also known as the Crest Jewel of Discrimination or Viveka-Chudamani,

By SANKARA, Translated by JOHN RICHARDS)