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 176 - The examples of Prophet Mohammad
And others in achieving great tasks through unflinching faith
Look at Prophet Mohammad. He began his real work only after the age of forty years, yet he created a flaming sensation in the whole world. The black particles of sand of Arabia, turned, as if, into the particles of gunpowder which exploded the myth of the old religions of the then known world which was later infused by the prophet with a new strength to develop a living faith in one God.
In America, too, there were several remarkable poets who wrote a number of valuable books within thirty two or three years of their age. When even one man can do a thing why not you? You can also achieve the same success, if you could only know how to do it. The secret of their success was their Peace of mind and resolute will to find time to do it. But alas, you say that you have no time. Are you really short of time? No. You have ample time at your disposal, but you have no will to utilise it. Where there is a wall, there is a way. But you do not want to assert your will due to your laziness and indolence. What a shame!