When The Flower Blooms, The Bees Come

A Devotee Who Can Call On God While Living A Householder's Life Is A Hero Indeed. God Thinks: 'he Is Blessed Indeed Who Prays To Me In The Midst Of His Worldly Duties. He Is Trying To Find Me, Overcoming A Great Obstacle -- Pushing Away, As It Were, A Huge Block Of Stone Weighing A Ton. Such A Man Is A Real Hero.

Sunlight Is One And The Same Wherever It Falls; But Only A Bright Surface Like That Of Water, Or Of A Mirror Reflects It Fully. So Is The Light Divine. It Falls Equally And Impartially On All Hearts, But The Pure And Pious Hearts Of Holy Men Receive And Reflect That Light Well.

Live Like A Mud-fish: Its Skin Is Bright And Shiny Even Though It Lives In Mud.

Travel In All The Four Quarters Of The Earth, You Will Find Nothing (no True Religion) Anywhere. Whatever There Is, Is Only Here (i .e . In One 's Own Heart.)

Who May Be Called A Paramahamsa? He Who, Like A Swan, Can Take The Milk From A Mixture Of Milk And Water, Leaving Aside The Water. He Who, Like An Ant, Can Take The Sugar From A Mixture Of Sugar And Sand, Leaving Aside The Sand.