The ancestor of every action is a thought… Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.
Not knowing the consequence of good and evil karmas, he is afflicted and hurt. Nevertheless, he, due to his egotism, piles up more karmas and undergoes births and deaths again and again.
He is not obtained by mouthing mere words, but by rooting out ego from within.
There are many people who fast, whose fast is nothing but hunger and thirst. There are those whose prayer is no better than wakefulness and hardship. The eating and drinking in case of the former and sleeping in the latter’s case is a far better option.
A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don’t know ourselves!
