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 259 - Fall of Indians due to short-sightedness
This room is well lighted by the sun, and the light looks pleasant. If we say, "This light of ours should not be polluted by going out of this room," and in order to prevent the light from going out, we draw the curtains, close the windows and the doors, our light will vanish altogether and we will be left in pitch darkness. It is, however, a pity that the Indians adopted this wrong policy. Alas! Why did we do so to our great distress and disadvantage?