Having taught the Veda, the teacher instructs the pupil: 'Speak the truth. Practice righteousness. Do not neglect study. Having brought the teacher his desired fee, do not cut off the thread of progeny. Do not swerve from the truth. Do not swerve from righteousness. Do not neglect welfare. Do not neglect prosperity. Do not neglect study and teaching.'
We have been given this human life to understand the all-pervading, omnipresent God. This knowledge can only be given by someone who has themselves realized God. Life becomes truly happy only after meeting such a God-realized person.
You give very little when you give only your possessions. True giving happens when you give of yourself.
All true morality, inward and outward, is comprehended in love, for love is the foundation of all the commandments.