Life sustained by food is short; life sustained by the Atman is eternal. Do not lay claim to long life, but instead to divine life. Do not pine for more years on earth, but for more virtues in the heart. The Buddha knew and made known to the world the truths of the world: Everything is grief; everything is empty; everything is brief; everything is polluted. So the wise man has to fulfill the duties cast upon him with discrimination, diligence, and detachment. Play the role, but keep your identity unaffected. Have your head in the divine forest ashram, unaffected by the aimlessly rushing world. But it is your duty, a duty you cannot escape, to engage yourself fully in your work, unconcerned with loss or gain, failure or success, slander or praise. The Gita (Bhagavad Gita - sacred scripture) instills this very lesson in you: Whoever does devotional practices with no thought other than Me, him I shall have with Me; I shall bear his burden now and forever. The Gita says, Keeping Me ever in memory, engage yourself in the battle of life. Date:23 Nov 1975 Occasion:Birthday Place:Prashanti Nilayam
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