-
Innumerable are the names of God; but if a choice were to be made of one, it would be Sat or Satya, that is, Truth. Hence verily Truth is God.
"November 20, 1944", CWMG, vol. LXXVIII, p. 390.
-
Realization of Truth is not at all possible without ahimsa. That is why it has been said that ahimsa is the supreme dharma.
"November 21, 1944", CWMG, vol. LXXVIII, p. 390.
-
The quest of truth and the observance of non-violence are impossible without brahmacharya, non-stealing, non-possession, fearlessness, equal respect for all religions, removal of untouchability and the like.
"November 22, 1944", CWMG, vol. LXXVIII, p. 390.
-
Brahmacharya here means control over the sense-organsラin thought, word and deed. One who, while remaining bodily chaste, is impure at heart shall not be deemed a true brahmachari.
"November 23, 1944", CWMG, vol. LXXVIII, p. 391.
-
Non-stealing does not mean mere abstention from theft. To keep or take what one does not need is also stealing. And of course stealing is fraught with violence.
"November 24, 1944", CWMG, vol. LXXVIII, p. 391.
-
Non-possession means that we should not hoard anything that we do not need today.
"November 25, 1944", CWMG, vol. LXXVIII, p. 391.
-
Fearlessness should connote absence of all kinds of fearラfear of death, fear of bodily injury, fear of hunger, fear of insult, fear of public disapprobation, fear of ghosts and evil spirits, fear of anyone's anger. Freedom from all these and such other fe
"November 26, 1944", CWMG, vol. LXXVIII, p. 391.
-
Let us respect other religions even as we respect our own. Mere tolerance thereof is not enough.
"November 27, 1944", CWMG, vol. LXXVIII, p. 391.
-
Removal of untouchability means not merely touching the Harijans, but also looking upon them as our own kith and kin; in other words, treating them in the same way as we would our own brothers and sisters. None is high, none low.
"November 28, 1944", CWMG, vol. LXXVIII, p. 391.
-
Yogah Chittavrittinirodhah ラThis is the first aphorism of Patanjali's Yoga Darshan. Yoga is controlling the activities of the mind. Restraining the surging passions, suppressing them, that is yoga.
"November 29, 1944", CWMG, vol. LXXVIII, p. 391.