In English
Virtuous action is the best discipline
The wicked heart was transformed by the hearing of good words and of the temple rites and bells. That is the subtle alchemy of the surroundings and the company. Some places have a tremendous impact on the mind. The atmosphere is surcharged with the name of God on account of the generations of devotees who assemble there. That is why I say virtuous action () is the best discipline. That means action surcharged with devotion. That will itself lead to spiritual wisdom (), where the world is found to be a dream and the only reality is the All-pervading Grace or Power. The atheist () is blind, ignorant, and afflicted with a fever that spoils the sense of taste; the atheist finds everything bitter. The believer in God (), on the other hand, is able to feel the true taste of everything: bitter as bitter, sour as sour, sweet as sweet. But the person of realisation () tastes all things and all experiences as sweet, filled with the sweetness of God. was a man of realisation; he was beaten, trampled upon, and cast into fire and water, but he tasted only sweetness at all times. He overcame every calamity with the reinforcement derived from the name in the heart. There is a secret spring in the heart that will well up when the name is uttered and that will slake your thirst.