Episode 28: The Monk beyond Perfection: Swami Sarvapriyananda ji
…That's the very nature of Samsara. To not only live with that, to be comfortable with that, to be able to operate with that. And not to be a doormat, you can always be very firm in your point of view, in the essentials of your view, be very firm. There's a beautiful Taoist saying which I like, that be firm as a rock and flow like the water. In matters of essentials, you stand firm as a rock. And in matters of opinion, in 100 different things. ◈ 17:54 You flow with the like water, whatever is seems to be right, whatever seems to be good. You follow that, you can change your point of view also, you can be agreeable with people. But when what is absolutely essential for you, in principles, matters of principle, stand firm like the rock. What happened mostly is there are really no principles. The very relativistic world and on matters of opinion on every little point we are ready to fight and. The Mindful Initiative Podcast · source
