Passage 1

In English

He who is known as by Muslims, As Jevovah by Christian aspirants, As the Lotus-eyed Lord by the worshippers of , As , by those who revere , Howsoever He is worshipped, He gladly responds, Grants the grace of fame and fortune, And showers happiness and joy. He is the One, The Supreme Self. Know Him as . Embodiments of Love! Nature confers, like heat and cold, joy and grief. In one seaSOn, cold is most welcome as a source of comfort. Another season, warmth is equally welcomed. Both give comfort to man when he needs it. Hence both heat and cold have to be welcomed by man. Both contribute to man's comfort and contentment. Time, space and circumstance decide their use and their value. This attitude of accepting the inescapable fact is what is proclaimed and praised as serenity, equanimity in the . The says: . (Equanimity, equal-mindedness, steadiness, is known as ). The also declares, , " is the quality of excellence that has to characterise every act." Happiness and misery, success and failure, obstacles and obstruction, defaming and denigration, praise and criticism, are intertwined; they can never be experienced singly. But man is elated by gain and depressed by loss. When praised, he is elated.; when blamed, he droops. But man has to keep in. mind that these are only phenomena like heat and cold.