| Knowing that mother and father are the | | | | her even with his mind -- that man goes to |
| visible representatives of God, the | | | | dark hell. Before women he must not talk |
| householder, always and by all means, must | | | | improper language, and never brag of his |
| please them. If the mother is pleased, and | | | | powers. He must not say, "I have done this, |
| the father, God is pleased with the man. That | | | | and I have done that." The householder must |
| child is really a good child who never speaks | | | | always please his wife with money,clothes, |
| harsh words to his parents. Before parents | | | | love, faith, and words like nectar, and never |
| one must not utter jokes, must not show | | | | do anything to disturb her. That man who has |
| restlessness, must not show anger or temper. | | | | succeeded in getting the love of a chaste |
| Before mother or father, a child must bow | | | | wife has succeeded in his religion and has |
| down low, and stand up in their presence, and | | | | all the virtues. The following are duties |
| must not take a seat until they order him to | | | | towards children: A son should be lovingly |
| sit. If the householder has food and drink | | | | reared up to his fourth year; he should be |
| and clothes without first seeing that his | | | | educated till he is sixteen. When he is |
| mother and his father, his children, his | | | | twenty years of age he should be employed in |
| wife, and the poor, are supplied, he is | | | | some work; he should then be treated |
| committing a sin. The mother and the father | | | | affectionately by his father as his equal. |
| are the causes of this body; so a man must | | | | Exactly in the same manner the daughter |
| undergo a thousand troubles in order to do | | | | should be brought up, and should be educated |
| good to them. Even so is his duty to his | | | | with the greatest care. And when she marries, |
| wife. No man should scold his wife, and he | | | | the father ought to give her jewels and |
| must always maintain her as if she were his | | | | wealth. To read the rest of the story visit |
| own mother. And even when he is in the | | | | |
| greatest difficulties and troubles, he must | | | | Swami Vivekananda was a prolific speaker, a |
| not show anger to his wife. He who thinks of | | | | life changing catalyst and a real master of |
| another woman besides his wife, if he touches | | | | spirituality. |