24th March 2006

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As written at PRASANTHI NILAYAM 24th March 2006

 

 

For accomplishing anything in the world, three things are essential:

one, mastery over the senses; two, control over the mind; three,

maintaining perfect bodily health. It is only when all these three

requisites are present, that man can achieve his goals. If today man

fails to achieve even petty objects, it is because he is deficient in

all these. To acquire these three, man has to practise Dharma

(righteousness), as laid down by the sages. The Vedas declare -

"Yatho abhyudaya nisshreyas siddhih saa Dharmah" (that which is

conducive to one's well-being here and the hereafter is Dharma). This

calls for unity in thought, word and deed. This is true

righteousness. Where there is no accord between what one thinks, says

and does, one's life is meaningless. It is by the harmony of thought,

speech and action, that the true worth of man is manifested.

 

- BABA