Swami Sivananda Vani - 10

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WORK WORK WORK

 

Do not talk of vedanta and Brahman, Work, work, work. There is too

much talk and vedantic gossiping, Enough of tall talk and gossiping.

Give up lecturing and pedantry, Become a practical vedantin. Be good

to others, even at the point of a bayonet. Show your strength and

courage now. Develop a soft heart, That can melt at the sufferings of

others, This will lead you to the realisation of unity. I want fiery

young men ­Brave, dispassionate and wise, With iron will and ferro­

concrete body and nerves, Who can pulverise the Himalayas, Who can

sip the waters of the ocean, Who can devour death like a pickle, Who

can swim across the Pacific, Who can uproot Mount Everest, Who can

swallow the ball of fire.

 

---Thus sayeth Sivananda

 

TAKE A DOSE OF DIVINE DRUG

 

O Man! Take a dose of this mysterious drug. The wonderful drug that

grows within, The drug that cures the disease of death ­The drug of

life, light and bliss, The drug that bestows immortality. The divine

drug, the drug of grace, The drug that makes you dance in joy, The

rarest drug that dispels the darkness, The loveliest drug that is

precious, The only drug that removes grief, The drug that kills the

six passions, The drug that makes you fearless, The drug that puts

you into samadhi. It is the silent drug Bhumi, thy innermost atman.

That is my strength, joy and cure­all, That is the potential immortal

elixir.

 

---Thus sayeth Sivananda