Guest guest Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 Teachings of Swami Vivekananda Duty is seldom sweet. It is only when Love greases its wheels that it runs smoothly; it is a continuous friction otherwise. How else could parents do their duties to their children, husbands to their wives and vice versa? Do we not meet with cases of friction every day in our lives? Duty is sweet only through Love. (I. 67) How easy it is to interpret slavery as duty - the morbid attachment of flesh to flesh as duty! Men go out into the world and struggle and fight for money or for any other thing to which they get attached. Ask them why they do it. They say, "It is a duty." It is the absurd greed for gold and gain and they try to cover it with a few flowers. (I. 103) Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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