Successful Living

Success and Failure are relative terms. When desires become demands we think that unless we fulfill them we are not successful. Swamiji says. When you practice what is right even though you do not like doing it and what is wrong even though you want to do it, you slowly change. Later you find yourself in a position where what is to be done is what you like to do and what is not to be done is what you do not like to do. That is indeed a successful life.

I am very happy to see in print the series of talks I gave in Chennai under different titles for meaningful living. I enjoyed my reading these manuscripts inasmuch as the material therein was an outcome of my open thinking. In fact in some places I was amused as well as surprised. Anyone who reads this book I am sure will find it refreshingly useful. I congratulate the dedicated people at the Arsha Vidya Centre Research and Publication for this thoughtful publication.