a) Cowards never win victories. All the troubles and ignorance must be faced with courage. Swamiji’s own life is replete
with incidents testifying to this dictum.
b) Nachiketa waited at the house of Yama, god of death, for three days and obtained the supreme knowledge from Yama, through his Shraddha
fearlessness, courage dispassion, love for truth and firm determination.
c) Higher knowledge is the direct experience of the imperishable Brahman. One who looks upon with an equal eye a Brahman, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and an outcaste, seeing the same divine principle dwelling in the hearts of all, is a real Pandit, a wise man.
d) Be like a banyan tree, under which thousands can find shelter and solace. It is not how `long’ we live that matters, but `how’ we live, for self- sacrifice is the key to spiritual sublimation.
e) Yudhisthira refuses to enter even heaven with out the dog which has been devoted companion through snow and ice. He is not willing to swerve from path of righteousness even for the joys of heaven.
f) True education is gained by constant living in communion with nature and through Gurugrihavasa. In this ancient tradition, the teacher and the
students offer their prayers to the divine to acquire knowledge and virtues and to develop good character.
g) When Arjuna, frightened and deluded, refuses to fight, Sri Krishna exhorts him to shake off his unmanliness and faint- heartedness. The great hero Arjuna; realizes that fearlessness itself is strength.
h) Ekalavya, an ideal for modern students, learnt archery without any external help. By self- effort and faith in one’s own power; longing for knowledge, and by self-reliance, one can do miracles.