Well-makers lead the water (wherever they like); fletchers bend the arrow;
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Well-makers lead the water (wherever they like); fletchers bend
the arrow; carpenters bend a log of wood; wise people fashion
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To Vata
May Vata waft medicine, healthful, delightful to our heart; may he prolong our lives! Thou, O Vata, art our father, and our brother, and our friend; do thou grant us to live! O Vata, from that treasure of the immortal which is placed in thy house ... To Vayu
Come hither, O Vayu, thou beautiful one! These Somas are ready, drink of them, hear our call! O Vayu, the praisers celebrate thee with hymns, they who know the feast-days, and have prepared the Soma. O Vayu, thy satisfying stream goes to the worsh... To Vayu
O Vayu, may the quick racers bring thee towards the offerings, to the early drink here, to the early drink of Soma! May the Dawn stand erect, approving thy mind! Come near on thy harnessed chariot to share, O Vayu, to share in the sacrifice! May t... TREAT YOURSELF AS A LIVE AND A SURELY SUCCESSFUL PROPOSITION
So closes this book The subject before us has been vast and profound It is unnecessary to confess that the field has by no means been exhausted At every step of study its immensity is discovered Even when the general arena of success in life has ... Uncleanness
O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Here is a man watering a corn-field. The water streams down the field; it streams again; it streams a third time; and the fourth time, a dog, a fox, or a wolf carries some Nasu into the bed of the stre... Under these two aspects, it is really the same; but
Under these two aspects, it is really the same; but as development takes place, it receives the different names Together we call them the Mystery Where the Mystery is the deepest is the gate of all that is subtle and wonderful ... Victory breeds hatred, for the conquered is unhappy He who
Victory breeds hatred, for the conquered is unhappy He who has given up both victory and defeat, he, the contented, is happy ... Viz pain, the origin of pain, the destruction of pain,
Viz pain, the origin of pain, the destruction of pain, and the eightfold holy way that leads to the quieting of pain;-- ... Watching his speech, well restrained in mind, let a man
Watching his speech, well restrained in mind, let a man never commit any wrong with his body! Let a man but keep these three roads of action clear, and he will achieve the way which is taught by the wise ... We look at it, and we do not see it,
We look at it, and we do not see it, and we name it 'the Equable' We listen to it, and we do not hear it, and we name it 'the Inaudible' We try to grasp it, and do not get hold of it, and we name it 'the Subtle' With these three qualities, it canno... We meet it and do not see its Front; we
We meet it and do not see its Front; we follow it, and do not see its Back When we can lay hold of the Tao of old to direct the things of the present day, and are able to know it as it was of old in the beginning, this is called (unwinding) the clue o... We should blunt our sharp points, and unravel the complications
We should blunt our sharp points, and unravel the complications of things; we should attemper our brightness, and bring ourselves into agreement with the obscurity of others How pure and still the Tao is, as if it would ever so continue! ... Well-makers lead the water (wherever they like); fletchers bend the arrow;
Well-makers lead the water (wherever they like); fletchers bend the arrow; carpenters bend a log of wood; wise people fashion themselves ... Well-makers lead the water (wherever they like); fletchers bend the arrow;
Well-makers lead the water (wherever they like); fletchers bend the arrow; carpenters bend a log of wood; good people fashion themselves Old Age ... What (Tao's) skilful planter plants Can
What (Tao's) skilful planter plants Can never be uptorn; What his skilful arms enfold, From him can ne'er be borne Sons shall bring in lengthening line, Sacrifices to his shrine ... What is meant by speaking thus of favour and disgrace?
What is meant by speaking thus of favour and disgrace? Disgrace is being in a low position (after the enjoyment of favour) The getting that (favour) leads to the apprehension (of losing it), and the losing it leads to the fear of (still greater calam... What is the use of platted hair, O fool! what
What is the use of platted hair, O fool! what of the raiment of goat-skins? Within thee there is ravening, but the outside thou makest clean ... What makes a great state is its being (like) a
What makes a great state is its being (like) a low-lying, down- flowing (stream);--it becomes the centre to which tend (all the small states) under heaven ... What men dislike is to be orphans, to have little
What men dislike is to be orphans, to have little virtue, to be as carriages without naves; and yet these are the designations which kings and princes use for themselves So it is that some things are increased by being diminished, and others are dimin... What other men (thus) teach, I also teach The
What other men (thus) teach, I also teach The violent and strong do not die their natural death I will make this the basis of my teaching ... What ought to be done is neglected, what ought not
What ought to be done is neglected, what ought not to be done is done; the desires of unruly, thoughtless people are always increasing ... WHAT THIS BOOK TEACHES
This book brings to a close that portion of MASTERY OF SELF, which deals with the art of Success-Magnetism Acquiring magnetism is a constructive effort It is a building process You are rearing a structure You rise, from the foundation, thr... Whatever a hater may do to a hater, or an
Whatever a hater may do to a hater, or an enemy to an enemy, a wrongly-directed mind will do us greater mischief ... Whatever a man sacrifice in this world as an offering
Whatever a man sacrifice in this world as an offering or as an oblation for a whole year in order to gain merit, the whole of it is not worth a quarter (a farthing); reverence shown to the righteous is better ...