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 ...
Some time ago a Hindu monk was sitting on the bank of the Ganges, in the deep Himalayan forests. On the opposite bank some other monks were observing him while he was chanting to himself Sivoham! Sivoham! Sivoham! Which means, I am God, I am God. There appeared a tiger on the scene. The tiger came and got him in his claws and though in the fangs of the tiger, same chant was coming out from him in the same tone, in the same fearless strain, Sivoham! Sivoham! Sivoham! The tiger tore off his hands and legs, and there was the same sound, unabated in intensity.
Embracing Him, accepting Him, wedding Him, become one with Him, to such a degree and so intensely that there may be left no trace of separation.
MORAL: To realize Unity, love should be raised to such a degree of intensity that no trace of separation be left.