Isn't the Universe strange? A positive thing, like Newman's salad dressing profits, is out into the ethos and it changes into something far greater? We never know how our lives will be used to serve the greater good until we venture forth. Paul Newman took the pain of his life and it didn't save his son but it helped many other suffering people. Thanks for giving me something to think about today.
Powerful story! It reminds me that there are still good people in the world. Perhaps we just start by being considerate and tolerant. Thanks for sharing.
I've been really impressed by Melinda Gates' philanthropic work over the years. Both with and without her ex-husband's participation. It seems like she truly believes in giving back and making the world a better place.
Sannyasa is the giving up of the ego.
Even though a person may be living as a householder in the family circle, the various occurrences of the world will not affect him if his ego is surrendered.
Just like dream experiences do not really affect us. As he quietly lies in his bed, a man dreams he is in water, but his bed is not really wet. On the other hand, a person in the sannyasa ashram,
yet who is still attached to the body, is a karmi (person of action, not renunciation).
So long as anyone thinks that they are a sannyasin, they are not one. So long as one does not think of world-illusion, one is not worldly but is a real sannyasin.
The patients must themselves take the medicine prescribed by the doctor to be cured of illness. So too, the guru prescribes the path, but the aspirants must themselves follow it.
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