When The Divine Vision Is Attained, All

Many People Think They Cannot Have Knowledge Or Understanding Of God Without Reading Books. But Hearing Is Better Than Reading, And Seeing Is Better Than Hearing. Hearing About Benares Is Different From Reading About It; But Seeing Benares Is Different From Either Hearing Or Reading.

When The Head Of A Goat Is Severed From Its Body, The Trunk Struggles For Some Time, Still Showing Signs Of Life. Similarly, Though Ahamkara (egotism) Is Slain In The Perfect Man, Yet Enough Of Its Vitality Is Left To Make Him Carry On The Functions Of Physical Life; But It Is Not Sufficient To Bind Him Again Into The World.

As A Boy Holding To A Post Or A Pillar Whirls About It With Headlong Speed Without Any Fear Or Falling, So Perform Your Worldly Duties, Fixing Your Hold Firmly Upon God, And You Will Be Free From Danger.

As Long As I Live, So Long Do I Learn.

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.