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 206 - The popular game of Gulli-danda as an aid to concentration
You might have played the game of Gulli-danda, during your boyhood. In this game the gulli is first quietly placed, with the help of a rod, in suitable and convenient position. Afterwards, it is made to spring-up, by beating it at one of its pointed ends with the rod. While it is still in the air, it is again struck by the rod with all the strength to throw it far away into the space. So, too, by reading the scriptures, you can throw your mind into the peaceful state of absorption or even beyond it to be lost in Self-Realisation. All this depends on the intensity of your feeling.
You should pay all attention to the study of your holy scripture so that you may continue to feel its peaceful and exuberant intoxication long afterwards. It is no tell tale. Rama tells you ail this from his own experience.