Our Quotes of the Day:

The thing to do is to concentrate on the seer and not on the seen, not on the objects, but on the Light which reveals them.

The beauty of You delights me. The sight of You amazes me. For the Pearl does this... and the Ocean does that.

Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.

The biggest fool is he who has learned much, taught much, and is still discontented.

Physical beauty and ugliness is not very important. The real thing is the inner. I can teach you how to be beautiful from within, and that is real beauty. Once it is there, your physical form won't matter much. Your eyes will start shining with joy; your face will have a gleam, a glory. The form will become immaterial. When something starts flowing from within you, some grace, then the outer form is just put aside.

Do not avoid contact with suffering or close your eyes before suffering. Do not lose awareness of the existence of suffering in the life of the world. Find ways to be with those who are suffering by all means, including personal contact and visits, images, sounds. By such means, awaken yourself and others to the reality of suffering in the world. If we get in touch with the suffering of the world, and are moved by that suffering, we may come forward to help the people who are suffering.

There is a problem with your concept of enjoyment. You need an object to enjoy, and then you depend on that object. You search for an object, and you work hard to obtain that object; then you are disappointed, because no object has the capacity to give you enjoyment.

Spiritual practices help us move from identifying with the ego to identifying with the soul. Old age does that for you too. It spiritualizes people naturally.

Maya can sound just like Krisna; we cannot differentiate unless we are free from all motivations for material enjoyment.

If a flower had a God it would not be a transcendental flower but a field.

The Sages gave to the Supreme the name A-U-M which stands as the root of all language. The first letter ‘A’ is the mother-sound, being the natural sound uttered by every creature when the throat is opened, and no sound can be made without opening the throat. The last letter ‘M,’ spoken by closing the lips, terminates all articulation. As one carries the sound from the throat to the lips, it passes through the sound ‘U.’ These three sounds therefore cover the whole field of possible articulate sound. Their combination is called the Akshara or the imperishable word, the Sound-Brahman or the Word God, because it is the most universal name which can be given to the Supreme.

I am dead already. Physical death will make no difference in my case. I am timeless being. I am free of desire or fear, because I do not remember the past or imagine the future. Where there are no names and shapes, how can there be desire and fear? With desirelessness comes timelessness. I am safe, because what is not, cannot touch what is. You feel unsafe, because you imagine danger. Of course, your body as such is complex and vulnerable and needs protection. But not you. Once you realize your own unassailable being, you will be at peace.

If the future and the past really exist, where are they?

Yoga is the rule book for playing the game of Life, but in this game no one needs to lose. It is tough, and you need to train hard. It requires the willingness to think for yourself, to observe and correct, and to surmount occasional setbacks. It demands honesty, sustained application, and above all love in your heart.

Do what you do with another human being, but never put them out of your heart.

Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.

The truth of faith about creation is radically opposed to the theories of materialistic philosophy. These view the cosmos as the result of an evolution of matter reducible to pure chance and necessity.

The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.

Everything that happens to us is a reflection of who we are.

Ignorance is the perception of the nonexistent, and the nonperception of the Existent.

It is because of their tranquil thoughts That creatures go to prosperity.

The wave is the same thing as the water, the effect is the cause in another form.

I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.