Question

LLIUS
Read the following passage carefully
I have talked of the necessity for prayer, and I have dealt with the essence of prayer. We are
born to serve our fellow men, and cannot properly do so unless we are wide awake. There is
an external struggle raging in man's breast between the powers of darkness and of light,
and he, who has not the sheet anchor of prayer to rely upon, will be a victim to the powers of
darkness.
The man of prayer will be at peace with himself and with the whole world: the man who
goes about the affairs of the world, without a prayerful heart, will be miserable and will
make the world also miserable.
Apart, therefore, from its bearing, on man's condition after death prayer has incalculable
value for man in this world of living. We, inmates of the ashram, who came here in search of
truth and for insistence on truth, professed to believe in the efficacy of prayer, but had never
up to now, made it a matter of vital concern. We did not bestow on it the care that we did on
other matters. I awoke from my slumber one day and realized that I had been woefully
negligent on my duty in the matter. I have, therefore suggested a measure of stern
discipline, and far from being any the worse, I hope, we are the better for it, it is so obvious.
Answer the following questions briefly.
1. What kind of struggle is raging in man's heart?
2. Why, according to the author, are we born?
3.Why do the inmates come to the Ashram?
4.Who will become the victim to the powers of darkness?
5. What did the author realize one day when he awoke from his slumber?
6.Who will get peace with himself and the world?
7.Write the word from the passage opposite in meaning to 'happy'?
8. Write the word from the passage which means 'sleep'?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The man of prayer will be at peace with himself and with the whole world: the man who

goes about the affairs of the world, without a prayerful heart, will be miserable and will

make the world also miserable.