The earth bears seeds. Clouds rain on them.

The earth bears seeds. Clouds rain on them. The sun sends his rays, and makes them sprout. When these sprout earth, clouds and sun keep on their happy course in all directions. They neither exult at the growth nor deject at the destruction of the sprouts. You should be unaffected like these. If you are, when can sorrow come to you? Mukti (or liberation) is this absence of sorrow.

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Eat very little.

Eat very little. Do not go in for a variety of eatables. A single sort i.e., dish will suffice. 

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Athithi is whatever creature is hungry and comes to you at the lunch time

Athithi is whatever creature is hungry and comes to you at the lunch time, whether it is a human being or a bird, beast or insect. All these seek food. The real athithi that you get, you do not regard as such ... At kakabali (offering food to crows) time take plenty of cooked rice outside the house and leave it there. Do not shout or call for any creature nor drive any away. Whatever the creature that comes to eat, let not that disturb your mind. You get thus the merit of feeding lakhs of guests!

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Do not borrow for celebrating a feast or festival

Do not borrow for celebrating a feast or festival, or for a pilgrimage. 

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Adhere to vairagya (dispassion).

 

Adhere to vairagya (dispassion). Women are a great danger to an ascetic. Think of god and kill out the ego. A person that has not overcome lust cannot see god.
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Whatever you do, do thoroughly

Whatever you do, do thoroughly, else do not undertake. 
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You must always adhere to truth and fulfill all the promises you make

You must always adhere to truth and fulfill all the promises you make. Have faith and patience. Then I will be always with you wherever you are.

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Never accept gratis the labour

Never accept gratis the labour (or property) of others. This should be the rule of your life. 

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When that man attains prosperity

When that man attains prosperity, what loss have we really suffered? But people do not consider this point.

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If another gets fortune or power

If another gets fortune or power, we cannot put up with it; we scandalize him. When he meets with a loss, we rejoice. But is this good?

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Among the six vikaras (ill-feelings) jealousy

Among the six vikaras (ill-feelings) jealousy is the easiest to conquer. In this vikara, there is no question of (actual) gain or loss to ourselves. Jealousy (matsara) is the inability to endure another’s profit and prosperity.

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