21 August 2025
Thursday
Embodiments of Love! One who aspires to realise the principle of the Self and teach the same to others should first of all develop purity of heart. One who lacks purity of heart is not eligible to realise the Self and teach the same to others. Poisonous snakes and scorpions find their way into a room devoid of light. They do not enter a room which is well-lit. Likewise, poisonous creatures like desire, anger, delusion, greed, pride and jealousy cannot enter the heart which shines with pure love. Attachment and hatred enter only that heart which is devoid of pure and sacred love. It is therefore necessary that man develops a pure and sacred heart which is full of love and compassion. The heart of every human being should be one of compassion, love, forbearance, sympathy and bliss. Only then can he easily understand the principle of the Self. He is then qualified to propagate the same.
From Swami’s discourse of 2 September 1996
Embodiments of Love! One who aspires to realise the principle of the Self and teach the same to others should first of all develop purity of heart. One who lacks purity of heart is not eligible to realise the Self and teach the same to others. Poisonous snakes and scorpions find their way into a room devoid of light. They do not enter a room which is well-lit. Likewise, poisonous creatures like desire, anger, delusion, greed, pride and jealousy cannot enter the heart which shines with pure love. Attachment and hatred enter only that heart which is devoid of pure and sacred love. It is therefore necessary that man develops a pure and sacred heart which is full of love and compassion. The heart of every human being should be one of compassion, love, forbearance, sympathy and bliss. Only then can he easily understand the principle of the Self. He is then qualified to propagate the same.