Chanakya's quotations - (part 3)
Chanakya
(Indian Politician, strategist and Writer, 350 BC-275 BC)
(Indian Politician, strategist and Writer, 350 BC-275 BC)
- Residing in a small village devoid of proper living facilities, serving a person born of a low family, unwholesome food, a frowning wife, a foolish son, and a widowed daughter burn the body without fire.
- What good is a cow that neither gives milk nor conceives? Similarly, what is the value of the birth of a son if he becomes neither learned nor a pure devotee of the Lord?
- We should not grieve when we must inevitably part company from our dear ones.
- By going to the den of a lion pearls from the head of an elephant may be obtained; but by visiting the hole of a jackal nothing but the tail of a calf or a bit of the hide of an ass may found.
- The rain water enlivens all living beings of the earth both movable (insects, animals, humans, etc.) and immovable (plants, trees, etc.), and then returns to the ocean it value multiplied a million fold."
- A man who encounters the following three is unfortunate; the death of his wife in his old age, the entrusting of money into the hands of relatives, and depending upon others for food.
- Generosity, pleasing address, courage and propriety of conduct are not acquired, but are inbred qualities.
- Popularity: "He who is not shy in the acquisition of wealth, grain and knowledge, and in taking his meals, will be happy"
- Kings speak for once, men of learning once, and the daughter is given in marriage once. All these things happen once and only once."
- Poverty, disease, sorrow, imprisonment and other evils are the fruits borne by the tree of one's own sins.
- Wealth, a friend, a wife, and a kingdom may be regained; but this body when lost may never be acquired again."
- We should secure and keep the following: the blessings of meritorious deeds, wealth, grain, the words of the spiritual master, and rare medicines. Otherwise life becomes impossible.
- It is ruinous to be familiar with the king, fire, the religious preceptor, and a woman. To be altogether indifferent
- of them is to be deprived of the opportunity to benefit ourselves, hence our association with them must be from a safe distance.
- I do not deserve that wealth which is to be attained by enduring much suffering, or by transgressing the rules of virtue, or by flattering an enemy.
- He is a pandit (man of knowledge) who speaks what is suitable to the occasion, who renders loving service according to his ability, and who knows the limits of his anger.
- There are many ways of binding by which one can be dominated and controlled in this world, but the bond of affection is the strongest. For example, take the case of the humble bee which, although expert at piercing hardened wood, becomes caught in the embrace of its beloved flowers (as the petals close at dusk)."
- He whose hands are clean does not like to hold an office; he who desires nothing cares not for bodily decorations; he who is only partially educated cannot speak agreeably; and he who speaks out plainly cannot be a deceiver.
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If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher.
Over-long, detailed to the point of distraction - and ultimately without a major resolution.
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posted by Chaotic Monk @ 1:00 AM
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