In English
Principles on which is based
Now, how are you to decide in any particular case what is and what is not? I shall tell you some principles that you can use on such occasions. That which does not inflict pain on you and on others - that is right, that is . So act in such a way that you get joy and others also get joy. Or, take another standard for your actions: Make thought, word, and deed agree in harmony. That is to say, act as you speak, and speak as you feel. Do not play false to your own conscience; do not cover your thoughts in a cloak of falsehood; do not suppress your conscience by forcibly enslaving it and embarking on actions not approved by it. That is the dharmic way of life Frequently doing right makes it easier and easier. Habit grows into conscience. If you are once established in right conduct, you will automatically follow the right. What you do depends on what you are; what you are depends on what you do. The two are interdependent to a great degree. Or, there is another principle. trains you to be calm, level-headed, secure in equanimity. You know the transitory nature of success or failure, riches or poverty, joy or grief, appointment or disappointment. You are not elated or deflated. You are serene, unmoved. Anything that helps you to maintain this unruffled stability is . To cut it short: sensual life is (against ); spiritual life is . is that which sustains, saves, and sanctifies. Man is born and is given a lease of life so that he may earn the knowledge of His identity with the Infinite. There are differences between the limbs of the body, but they all belong to the body; it is foolish for them to imagine that they are unconnected with the body. The sun sends out a million rays, but they all belong to the sun. The sun is reflected in a million pots of water, but though they all are tiny images of the sun, the sun is the truth and the reflections are all relatively unreal.