Do not sow seed in sandy beds,
Nor waste your oil on cakes of bran.
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Should you, in this body, seek
Greed and illusion soon removed,A halo of glory will surroundthis very body of yours.
I have to suffer the consequence
even if I work for others’ gain.But if, with mind from attachment free,I dedicate all works to God,It will be well for me wherever I be,here and hereafter.
I practiced what I read,
From its jungle abodeI brought the lion downas I a jackal would;(From pleasures of the worldI pulled my mind away).I practiced what I preached,and scored the goal.
For ever we come, for ever we go;
Whence we come, thither we go,For ever in the round of birth and death,From nothingness to nothingness.But sure, a mystery here abides,A Something is there for us to know.(It cannot all be meaningless) .
Keep your mind intent upon
Should it stray from the path,it will fall into evil ways.Be firm with it and have no fear;For mind is like a suckling baby,which tosses restless even in its mother’s lap.
Who slays the highway robbers three,
And yet, in utter humility, serveshis fellow-men-He truly seeks out the Lord,disregarding as worthless ashesall other things.