Friday, September 9, 2011

" WISE AMIDST MEN " HE WHO FINDS REST IN THE MIDST OF ACTIVITY, AND ACTIVITY IN REST



The charioteer of Arjuna, standing in his chariot between the contending hosts, his left hand curbing the fiery steeds — a mail-clad warrior, whose eagle-glance sweeps over the vast army, and as if by instinct weighs every detail of the battle array of both parties — at the same time that we hear, as it were, falling from his lips and thrilling the awestruck Arjuna, that most marvellous secret of work: "He who finds rest in the midst of activity, and activity in rest, he is the wise amidst men, he the Yogi, he is the doer of all work" (Gita, IV. 18).

- Swami Vivekananda
The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 4/Writings: Prose/Sketch of the Life of Pavhari Baba

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