In English
Let love rule the world
was a servant. He exemplified the ideal of a servant. embraced and said- "Dear friend, ! You in your physical form belong to a different species. You are a monkey and I am a man. But the love principle is one and the same in both of us." Caste and creed may vary. But the love principle is one. In all beings, in all countries, in all individuals love animates every one. Today the reign of this love principle has to be established all over the world. God is the Indweller in the heart. The heart is full of love. That love must be shared with others. It is only when the love is shared that the old saying about equal-mindedness in joy and sorrow, in gain and loss, will be realised. Here is an illustration of this truth- Many people in knew that was leaving for the forest. One aged and poor exclaimed: "I hear is going to the forest for fourteen years. I do not know whether I will live so long." Feeling thus, the old , by name, came all the way on foot to have a last glimpse of . Eyes are given to man not to look at the world but to see God. Hence, the power of sight should be dedicated to God. With that aim, the old man, after enduring many hardships, came to . What was doing at that moment? The one who was to be crowned at one moment was getting ready to go on exile to the forest that very moment. Will any human being be able to bear such a reversal of fortune with equal-mindedness? Will he be able to look upon both in the same manner? Anyone other than would be plunged in grief. But (before leaving for the forest) was engaged in giving away to the poor all his jewels and possessions. What should have been a moment of distress was turned by into an occasion for joy in distributing all to the people. Nothing is lasting in human life. No one can tell when life will come to an end, where, in what circumstances. Life may end in childhood, adolescence, middle age or old age. Death is certain. Hence man must learn to give up attachment to possessions.