We live in relative world with relatives.

There is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.

The puzzle that is created by seeing the —relative' is called worldly life (sansaar)! It would never be this way had one seen the —Real'.

There aren't any —relative' (worldly) things that is worth inviting. So what is worth inviting? The —place' where we have to go is worth knowing.

The worldly life [the relative] means 'superfluous'. Instead of superfluous, people believe it to be real (of nischaya) and then they even say, —this is indeed the way it should be, that is indeed the way it should be done.

Relative' is a duality!

When our relatives are at home, we have to think of all their good points or it would be impossible to endure them.

A poor relation-is the most irrelevant thing in nature,-a piece of impertinent correspondency,-an odious approximation,-a haunting conscience,-a preposterous shadow, lengthening in the noontide of our prosperity.

Blood's thicker than water, and when one's in trouble Best to seek out a relative's open arms.

It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.