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\nMiscellany<\/font><\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/i>
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\n <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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If
\nrenouncing the slightest happiness enables him to realise a greater one, the
\nintelligent man should renounce the lesser for the sake of the greater. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

If he
\nseeks his own happiness by harming others, bound by hate, he remains the slave
\nof hatred. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

To
\nneglect what should be done and to do what should be neglected is to increase
\nin arrogance and negligence. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

To be
\nconstantly mindful of the true nature of the body, not to seek what is evil, to
\npursue with perseverance what is good, is to have right understanding; thus,
\nall one’s impurity disappears. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Having
\nkilled his father (ego), his mother (desire) and the two warrior kings (wrong
\nviews), having destroyed the kingdom (of the senses) and all its dependencies,
\nthe Brahmin lives free from evil. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Having
\nkilled father, mother, the two warrior kings and the tiger (mental hindrances),
\nthe Brahmin lives free from evil. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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The
\ndisciples of Gautama are alert and truly awakened, for, day and night, their
\nattention is turned to the Buddha, the Dhamma<\/span><\/i>\u00b9<\/span><\/i> and
\nthe Sangha.<\/span>\u00b2<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The
\ndisciples of Gautama are alert and truly awakened, for, day and night, their
\nattention remains fixed on the Doctrine.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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\n\u00b9<\/font><\/span> The
\nLaw; the Teaching.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>\u00b2 <\/span><\/i><\/font>The Community.<\/font><\/span> <\/font><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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The
\ndisciples of Gautama are alert and truly awakened, for, day and night, their
\nattention remains fixed on the Sangha. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The
\ndisciples of Gautama are alert and truly awakened, for, day and night, they
\nremain aware of the true nature of the body. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The
\ndisciples of Gautama are alert and truly awakened, for, day and night, they
\ndelight in compassion. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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The
\ndisciples of Gautama are alert and truly awakened, for, day and night, they
\ntake pleasure in meditation. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

It is
\nhard to renounce the world; it is equally hard to enjoy the world. Difficult
\nand sorrowful is household life. It is painful to be with those who are not our
\nequals and it is painful to wander in the cycle of births. Therefore, do not
\nfollow after sorrow nor be a wanderer without a goal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The
\nman who is full of faith and goodness, who possesses glory and wealth, is
\nrevered wherever he goes. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Men
\nof goodness shine afar like the snowy peaks of the <\/span><\/i>Himalayas<\/span><\/i>.
\nWhereas wicked men are no more visible than arrows shot in the night. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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The
\nman who eats alone, sleeps alone, walks alone untiring in his self-mastery,
\nwill delight in the solitary life of the forests. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Still you should not be mistaken. For I believe all these are
\nimages rather than material facts, because it is quite certain that
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eating alone, sleeping alone, living in the forest all alone is
\nnot enough to give you freedom of spirit.\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It has been noticed that most people who
\nlive alone in the forest become friendly with all the animals and plants around
\nthem; but it is not at all the fact of being all alone that gives you the power
\nof entering into an inner contemplation and living in communion with the
\nSupreme Truth. Perhaps it is easier, when by force of circumstance you have
\nnothing else to do, but I am not convinced of it. One can always invent
\noccupations and it seems to me, according to my experience of life, that if one
\nsucceeds in subduing one’s nature in the midst of difficulties, if one
\nendeavours to be all alone within oneself with the eternal Presence, while
\nkeeping the same surroundings which the Grace has given us, the realisation
\nwhich one obtains then is infinitely more true, more profound, more lasting. <\/span><\/p>\n

To run away from difficulties in order to
\nconquer them is not a solution. It is very attractive. In those who seek the
\nspiritual life, there is something which says, \u201cOh! to sit down under a tree,
\nall alone, to remain in meditation, not to have the temptation to speak or act,
\nhow fine it must be!\u201d It is because there is a very strong formation in this
\ndirection, but it is very illusory. <\/span><\/p>\n

The best meditations are those that one
\nhas all of a sudden, because they take possession of you as an imperative
\nnecessity. You have no choice but to concentrate, to meditate, to look beyond
\nthe appearances. And it is not necessarily in the solitude of the forest that
\nit seizes you, it happens when something in you is ready, when the time has
\ncome, when the true need is there, when the Grace is with you. <\/span><\/p>\n

It seems to me that humanity has made some
\nprogress and the true victory must be won in life itself. <\/span><\/p>\n

You must know how to live alone with the
\nEternal and Infinite in the midst of all circumstances. You must know how to be
\nfree, with the Supreme as your companion, in the midst of all occupations. That
\nis indeed the true victory. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n14 July 1958<\/font><\/span><\/i> <\/font><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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