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 ...
They say it was a penniless lad. And nothing, nothing to lose he had. He heard that thieves were at him still. They must pursue, go where he will. Thus haunted, worried, he for escape Ran uphill, down ditch, into the cape. He hurried and flurried in fear and fright, Wore out his body and mind in fight. Yet nothing, nothing to lose he had, They say it was a penniless lad!
O worldly man! Such is thy plight, Thy arrant, ignorance and fright, O scared fellow, just know thyself. Away with dread of thieves and theft, Up, up awake, see what you are. There is nothing to lose or fear for, No harm to thee can ever accrue, Thy thought alone doth thee pursue. "Afraid of what? Of God? Nonsense! Of man? Cowardice! Of the Elements? Dare them. Of yourself? Know thyself. Say, I am God."
MORAL: It is your own thought that makes you fear, no harm can come to you, if you know and realize your true self.