“Let us accept all the different paths as different rivers running toward the same ocean.” DifferentRunningAcceptingPathOceanRiversDifferent Paths Author:Swami Satchidananda
“What is it that dies? A log of wood dies to become a few planks. The planks die to become a chair. The chair dies to become a piece of firewood, and the firewood dies to become ash. You give different names to the different shapes the wood takes, but the basic substance is there always. If we could always remember this, we would never worry about the loss of anything. We never lose anything; we never gain anything. By such discrimination we put an end to unhappiness. (118-119)” IfsGivingDifferentEndsRememberDiesNamesLosesLossWorryPiecesShapesGainsWoodsDiscriminationSubstanceChairsUnhappinessAshesDifferent NamesFirewood Author:Swami Satchidananda
“Equality comes in realizing that we are all doing different jobs for a common purpose. That is the aim behind any community. The very name community means let's come together to recognize the unity. Come ... unity.” MeanDifferentTogetherJobsPurposeNamesRealizingCommunityCommonBehindsAimUnityDifferent JobsCommon Purpose Author:Swami Satchidananda
