Passage 10

In English

Eyes are also endowed with a single faculty of seeing. Nose can only smell. Whereas tongue is endowed with two faculties. It can taste food, and also it can speak words. Its power is formidable indeed. Tongue should be guarded carefully. If the leg slips, there is not much damage. But, a slip of tongue can create devastating effects. If the leg slips, it is only the person concerned that is affected. A doctor can mend it. But the tongue is capable of breaking the hearts of others, whose damage can never be rectified by any doctor. Therefore, you should exercise great care while speaking, so that our words will not hurt the feelings of others. The root cause behind the words is the mind. Thoughts are like waves of the sea. They are endless. Sea waves do not exceed their limits. The waves of the mind have no control. So, it is important to impose restraint in the dealings of the mind. Mind should be diverted from bad thoughts, and it should be engaged in contemplation or discrimination of eternal values vis-a-vis transient things. It is important to maintain a vision of equanimity and sacredness. Among the three paths of , , and , is the middle path. It is the easiest path to reach higher levels and to attain peace, bliss, and liberation. (devotee) is one who cannot be separated () from God. Some people worship with a notion that God is different from the world. This kind of differentiation is not proper.