New Age Spirituality - Inspirational Stories ( Part 16 )

Then the duty of the man is towards his brothersdone his duty. And to his friends and relatives he
and sisters, and towards the children of hismust be as gentle as a lamb. It is the duty of the
brothers and sisters, if they are poor, andhouseholder not to pay reverence to the wicked;
towards his other relatives, his friends and hisbecause, if he reverences the wicked people of
servants. Then his duties are towards the peoplethe world, he patronises wickedness; and it will be
of the same village, and the poor, and any onea great mistake if he disregards those who are
that comes to him for help. Having sufficientworthy of respect, the good people. He must not
means, if the householder does not take care tobe gushing in his friendship; he must not go out of
give to his relatives and to the poor, know him tothe way making friends everywhere; he must
be only a brute; his is not a human being.watch the actions of the men he wants to make
Excessive attachment to food, clothes, and thefriends with, and their dealings with other men,
tending of the body, and dressing of the hairreason upon them, and then make friends. These
should be avoided. The householder must be purethree things he must not talk of. He must not talk
in heart and clean in body, always active andin public of his own fame; he must not preach his
always ready for work. To his enemies theown name or his own powers; he must not talk
householder must be a hero. Them he mustof his wealth, or of anything that has been told to
resist. That is the duty of the householder. Hehim privately. To read the rest of the story visit
must not sit down in a corner and weep, and talkSwami Vivekananda was a prolific speaker, a life
nonsense about non - resistance. If he does notchanging catalyst and a real master of spirituality.
show himself a hero to his enemies he has not