A small collection of teachings of Swami Rama Tirtha
Vedanta says that your relations and connections ought to be
an aid to you and not an obstacle. Everything you meet in this world should be
a stepping stone instead of a stumbling block. Convert your stepping stone into
a stepping one.
People are ambitious because they cannot go against the all
possessing nature of the soul or true self.
… he owns nothing, but on his face you find the bloom of
happiness, and you find his muscles so strong and his arms so well built. He
goes about in such a happy, cheerful, jolly mood, humming tunes of joy.
The more you get, the more you become greedy, niggardly and
less happy. Happiness lies not in accumulation of wealth but in content only.