Our Quotes of the Day:
Throughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another; yet when I compare myself with another I am destroying myself.
The biggest ego trip is getting rid of your ego, and of course the joke of it all is that your ego does not exist.
We can sit in classes and hear very nice theoretical philosophy and we can have great conviction of our intelligence. That is very good and important. But factually, unless that philosophical conviction generates a sense of enthusiasm within one’s heart for the service of the Lord, it is like an empty decoration.
Unity is divinity, purity is enlightenment.
Change the mind, and you can change the body.
Cooperate with your destiny, don't go against it, don't thwart it. Allow it to fulfill itself.
It is only when the individual is good that society will progress. When the society and the nation is based on the observance of human values.
Spiritual experience is not a degree or a diploma. When words and the world disappear, you experience the play of Consciousness everywhere.
Divisions are imaginary lines drawn by small minds.
Arrogance is a mixture of impertinence, disobedience, indiscipline, rudeness, harshness, and a self-assertive nature.
I tell you the truth, any object you have in your mind, however good, will be a barrier between you and the inmost Truth.
The reward of patience is patience.
If we could feel what we are doing to the Earth, we would stop immediately.
There cannot be hate in the heart of one who loves God.
He who understands the limits of life knows that it is easy to obtain that which removes the pain of want and makes the whole of life complete and perfect. Thus he has no longer any need of things which involve struggle.
Essentially Satori is a sudden experience, and it is often described as a "turning over" of the mind, just as a pair of scales will suddenly turn over when a sufficient amount of material has been poured into one pan to overbalance the weight in the other. Hence it is an experience which generally occurs after a long and concentrated effort to discover the meaning of Zen.
You should do your work, be friendly to everyone, and never quarrel with anyone. People who are jealous of you will oppose you in various ways but do not take it to heart. Do your work like a great hero and all will be well for you.
Sorrow is at the level of body and mind, and I am the unaffected witness of it … When the mind shuts down, the sorrow which it bears also goes away with the mind.
In the same way, mind is just a Self-inflicted area of darkness in which the light of the Self has been deliberately shut out.
What really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ and that we love Him in return. In comparison to the love of Jesus, everything else is secondary. And, without the love of Jesus, everything is useless.
The path is not difficult. It is very simple. If you are simple, it’s very simple. If you are all wound up, the path is very, very winding. That’s all it is.
The many factors which divide us are actually much more superficial than those we share. Despite all of the things that differentiate us - race, language, religion, gender, wealth and so on - we are all equal concerning our fundamental humanity.
Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
