Parables of Rama
by Swami Rama Tirtha | 102,836 words
Stories in English used by Swami Rama to illustrate the highest teaching of Vedanta. The most difficult and intricate problems of philosophy and abstract truths, which may very well tax the brains of the most intellectual, are thus made not only simple and easy to understand but also brought home to us in a concrete form in such an interesting and ...
Story 249 - The imagery of the hunter and his game
There is a picture lying in front of Rama. In this, there is a hunter aiming his arrow at his game. He is taking his aim at a deer, in the long grass among the beautiful flowers with soft red petals under shady trees. Alas! The hunter will now kill the deer in no time. But no. Don't be afraid. Come and realise what the facts are. Is it a deer? No. Those who call it a deer are wrong. It is only paper and nothing but paper. As a paper, it looks a hunter here and fatal arrow and the deer there. Who should, then, be afraid of whom? There is no danger, no fear and no peril.
Why should one be afraid, when there is nothing to be afraid of? Nothing can harm an immortal, unchangeable and immutable Being. One who knows this secret can never be gloomy or sad.
Please dive deep into the reality of your name and form and discover your real Self. Don't be afraid of your own glory. Is fire ever afraid of its own heat? Everything is your own manifestation. Do not mind anything. Be fearless.