A SAINT’S CALL TO MANKIND elucidates difficult philosophical concepts in simple lucid language. Here are a few examples:
“Viveka” is not a matter of practice; it is the fruit of all practices. “Vairagya” means the raising of the value of the enjoyer above the transitory objects of enjoyment. “Pravtitti” is like a river whose flow takes one to the ocean of the world. “Nirvritti” takes one to the source of the river and raises him above the world of appearances. There is a distinction between karma and “kriya”. What is not done but takes place is “kriya”; what is done with a motive (good or bad) is “karma”. The pith of action is love. Action devoid of love is barren. Self-purification is an essencial pre-requisite of self-realisation. Self-realisation is never partial; what is partial is not self-realisation. We suffer more by the desire for things than by a lack of things themselves.