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The happiness and sorrow we experience are ordained by our own actions—what was done in previous births is experienced, beginning from the womb.
For self-destruction and not for elevation, even a small flaw can ruin perfection. Again and again, a water pot with a hole sinks — can you not see th...
One should defeat an enemy using the very tactics or instruments of the enemy, like removing a thorn stuck in the foot using another held in the hand....
Self-praise and self-deprecation, along with criticizing or praising others, when not based on noble conduct, are behaviors of those who lack Aryan (n...
In the self where humility resides, virtues flourish and calamities recede. In one who bears many fruits (qualities), there should be no desire or beg...
If you understand your own virtues and faults, why do you not recognize your duties? Still, you neither ask your elders nor act properly. What then is...
A person’s true guide is himself, especially one who gains knowledge through direct perception and inference and finds what is good for him.
Neither father, mother, children, spouse, nor relatives truly stay to help you in the end — only dharma (righteousness) remains.
A person is foolish who desires unattainable results through inaction and without knowing his strength or pursuing dharma or wealth.
One who seeks prosperity or is troubled by others, when supported by time, place, and power, must take up conflict.
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