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 240 - Importance of keeping aloof from the world
Patients, suffering from infectious and contagious diseases, are kept in segregated wards to avoid the diseases spreading to others. So, too, if you are suffering from the infection of worries, woes, anger, spite, jealousy etc., you must also segregate yourself and keep away from the society so as not to spread your agonising malady among others. And so long as you have not calmed down to normalcy, you have no right to infect others. You should keep aloof for your own good and for the peace of others.