Pain and joy are like light and darkness; they are two sides of the same medal. They are interdependent and inseparably connected to each other.
Speak not harshly to anyone. Those thus addressed will retort. Painful, indeed, is vindictive speech. Blows in exchange may bruise you.
Letting go of fear, attachment, grief and anger is the sannyasin’s renunciation. He savours only the taste of his oneness with the ultimate reality.
That which gives pleasure to one man gives pain to another. That sage who identifies himself with the imperishable Self and stands as a spectator of the mental modifications enjoys supreme peace and infinite bliss.
The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions
