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 198 - Lions and Elephants
There is a vast difference between the physical body of a lion and that of an elephant. But the elephant, in spite of his huge bulk, is humbled down by the lion The elephants have no faith in their own strength. They, therefore, live and move in groups, because they are always afraid of being harmed, if they live separately. The lion is very small in stature as compared to an elephant but he is full of courage. The elephant, therefore, dares not stand before him. The lion has the will and courage emanating from his Inner-Self (Atman) or Cod. He is only expressing it in practical life.