Our Quotes of the Day:
You are solidified silence, awareness. A thousand hours of speech cannot equal one glance: a hundred glances cannot equal a minute of silence.
Patience is the key to well-being.
Every good work has to face opposition, and the reaction of the opposition offered always helps the work.
You will find the Divine in the last place, because once you find it, you will not go on searching.
One of the great mistakes that we commit is short-sightedness.
Have this faith that someone is there to take away your weaknesses. Ok, you slipped once, twice, thrice. It does not matter. Keep moving ahead. People take vows never to commit mistakes again. Breaking the vows makes it worse. Surrendering is better.
Whatever may be the experience in everyday life, the basic inner Truth should not be forgotten.
I do believe that ideas ripen quickly when nourished by the blood of martyrs.
The best way to understand the state of purity is to look at the children.
O Lord, You bless all with Your bountiful blessings.
Pray to God: It's all right if you don't love me, but please let me love you!
A raft needed to cross the river is discarded when the other shore is reached, not carried about on one's head.
The storm thunders at my heart; I find it difficult to believe in the existence of anything except the clouds which limit my horizon.
To see the unreal is wisdom. Beyond this lies the inexpressible.
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
Only desire is not enough.
Speak the truth pleasantly without causing upset to the listener. Talk less and keep silent where the situation demands.
If you think your body and mind are two, that is wrong; if you think that they are one, that is also wrong. Our body and mind are both two and one.
The spiritual seeker should not worry about who the guru is, or what the guru will do. The seeker’s first concern is getting prepared, organizing his or her life and thoughts in a spiritually healthy way, and then working toward a way of life that simplifies and purifies. At the right time, the master will be there.
Why don't we just expand ourselves into our perfect form, our perfect being?
Meditation means conscious self-expansion. Meditation means one's conscious awareness of the transcendental Reality. Meditation means the recognition or the discovery of one's own true self. It is through meditation that we transcend limitation, bondage and imperfection.
The Godhead is never an object of its own knowledge. Just as a knife doesn't cut itself, fire doesn't burn itself, light doesn't illuminate itself. It's always an endless mystery to itself.
I don't stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.
