10/07/2005

More things, more hurdles, more handicaps.

An accumulation of sofas and chairs, cots and tables, shelves and curios clutter the rooms and render movements slow and risky.

Reduce wants, live simply, that is the way to happiness.

Attachment brings sorrow in its wake. Be like the lotus on water - on it not in it. Water is necessary for the lotus to grow, but it will not let even a drop wet itself.

The world is an arena for virtue and a gymnasium for the spirit, but use it only for that purpose. Do not adore it as all-important.

-SRI SATHYA SAIBABA