Parables of Rama
by Swami Rama Tirtha | 102,836 words
Stories in English used by Swami Rama to illustrate the highest teaching of Vedanta. The most difficult and intricate problems of philosophy and abstract truths, which may very well tax the brains of the most intellectual, are thus made not only simple and easy to understand but also brought home to us in a concrete form in such an interesting and ...
Story 237 - The importance of honest and truthful work in life.
You might have noticed that the proprietor of a business firm has no liking for the servant who always gives respectful salutes to him but does not discharge his duties properly. On the other hand, there is another servant who discharges his duty properly and with all sincerity, but does not indulge in unnecessary sycophancy. It is quite natural that the proprietor, the Master, will love and like only the servant who is a sincere worker. So, too, God loves only that man who discharges his duties properly and not the one who indulges m mere sycophancy and lip flattery. Only repeating the name of God on a rosary, bowing or kneeling down again and again or reading Ramayana, Koran or Bible, without caring to implement its teachings in actual life, will not help you. One may succeed in deceiving the world, but not God. God knows you through and through. You cannot throw dust into the eyes of God. Remember that He loves and patronises only those persons, who love Truth more than any-thing else, who sincerely and lovingly discharge their duties in an unattached way, in right earnest, with faith in God or Self, without caring for the result and who act according to the Laws of Nature. This is the essence of the philosophy of work or action, commonly known as Niskam Karm Yoga. This will give you peace of mind, howsoever, bothering responsibility it may involve*