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Better
than a thousand words devoid of meaning single
meaningful word which can bring tranquillity to one
who hears it.
Better
than a thousand verses devoid of meaning is
a single meaningful verse which can bring tranquillity
one who hears it.
Better
than the repetition of a hundred verses devoid,
of meaning is the repetition of a single
verse of the Teaching which can bring tranquillity
to one who hears it.
The
greatest conqueror is not he who is victorious
over thousands of men in battle, but he who is
victorious over himself.
The
victory that one wins over oneself is of value
than victory over all the peoples.
No
god, no Gandharva1, nor Mara
nor Brahma2 can change
that victory to defeat.
if,
month after month, for a hundred years one offers
sacrifices by the thousand, and if for a single
one offers homage to, a being full of wisdom
single homage is worth more than all those countless
sacrifices.
If
for a hundred years a man tends the flame on Agni’s
altar, and if, for a single instant, he renders
homage to a man who has mastered his nature, this
brief
homage has more value than
all his long devotions.
Whatever
the sacrifices and ablations a man in this world
may offer throughout a whole year in order to
acquire merit, that is not worth even a quarter
of the homage offered to a just man.
For
one who is respectful to his elders, four things
increase. long life, beauty, happiness and strength.
A
single day spent in good conduct and meditation is
worth more than a hundred years spent in immorality
and dissipation.
A
single day of wisdom and meditation is worth more
than a hundred years spent in foolishness
and dissipation.
A
single day of strength and energy is worth more
than a hundred years spent in indolence and inertia.
A
single day lived in the perception that all things
appear and disappear is worth more than a hundred
years spent not knowing that they appear and disappear.
A
single day spent in contemplation of the path of
immortality is worth more than a hundred years
lived in ignorance, of the path of immortality.
A
single day spent in contemplation of the supreme
Truth is worth more than a hundred years lived
in ignorance of the supreme Truth.
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