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 229 - The example of Japanese and others
A tree takes manure from outside, but does not become manure itself. It takes earth, water, air and light from outside, but does not become any one of them. The Japanese assimilated the knowledge of Europe and America but continued to remain Japanese. According to Hindu scriptures, Aryans sent the boy KUGHH to non-Aryans to learn their life-giving knowledge and to acquire it; but he did not become non-Aryan. Similarly, by going to Europe and America to learn their knowledge, you cannot be anything other than Hindus or Indians.