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BE NOT PETTY-MINDED

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on July 15, 2012 at 7:00pm

A white man dislikes a black man, and vice versa. There is an inherent tendency in man to praise his own native place, his own country, his own family, his own clan or sect. This is petty-mindedness born of ignorance.
When the heart of man expands through spiritual culture, when he gets knowledge of the Self, then these petty thoughts perish. Mark how man is in a degraded and deplorable state on account of the influence of desires! He clings to them like a leech and thinks that he is always on the right path on account of delusion created by the desires.

From "Daily Sayings" by Swami Sivananda (1987-1963). More Informations on Swami Sivananda: on the Website of Divine Life Society, Photographs of Swami Sivananda, German Pages on Swami Sivananda

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