Let Mahavira be the ideal-
You have now to make the character of Mahavira
your ideal. See how at the command of
Ramachandra he crossed the ocean. He had no care
for life or death! He was a perfect master of his
senses and wonderfully sagacious. You have now to
build your life on this great ideal of personal service.
Through that, all the other ideals will gradually
manifest in life. Obedience to the Guru without
questioning, and strict obedience of Brahmacharya –
this is the secret of success. As on the one hand
Hanuman represents the ideal of service, so on the
other he represents the leonine courage, striking the
whole world with awe. He has not the least
hesitation in sacrificing his life for the good of
Rama. A supreme indifference to everything except
the service of Rama, even to the attainment of the
status of Brahman or Shiva, the great World-Gods!
Only the carrying out of Shri Rama‘s behest is the
one vow of his life! Such whole-hearted devotion is
wanted.
You have now to make the character of Mahavira
your ideal. See how at the command of
Ramachandra he crossed the ocean. He had no care
for life or death! He was a perfect master of his
senses and wonderfully sagacious. You have now to
build your life on this great ideal of personal service.
Through that, all the other ideals will gradually
manifest in life. Obedience to the Guru without
questioning, and strict obedience of Brahmacharya –
this is the secret of success. As on the one hand
Hanuman represents the ideal of service, so on the
other he represents the leonine courage, striking the
whole world with awe. He has not the least
hesitation in sacrificing his life for the good of
Rama. A supreme indifference to everything except
the service of Rama, even to the attainment of the
status of Brahman or Shiva, the great World-Gods!
Only the carrying out of Shri Rama‘s behest is the
one vow of his life! Such whole-hearted devotion is
wanted.
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