Our Quotes of the Day:
All fanaticism is false, because it is a contradiction of the very nature of God and of Truth. Truth cannot be shut up in a single book, Bible or Veda or Koran, or in a single religion. The Divine Being is eternal and universal and infinite and cannot be the sole property of the Mussulmans or of the Semitic religions only, - those that happened to be in a line from the Bible and to have Jewish or Arabian prophets for their founders.
What you have to learn to do, you learn by doing.
It is not human nature to enjoy what we get with no effort.
As long as the body is not in perfect health, you think about it, and that prevents you from thinking of the mind. The sound mind is a sound body.
Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. — John 14:1
Intensity is a mental attitude more than a physical attitude. Many people misunderstand what intensity means. They think it means straining and sweating. No! That is a wrong meaning of the word! Intensity is to get totally involved, fully immersed and absorbed in what one is doing. Intense practice means a fast and keen mode in adjusting, correcting, and progressively proceeding.
The outward work can never be small if the inward one is great, and the outward work can never be great or good if the inward is small or of little worth.
A mind committed to compassion is like an overflowing reservoir - a constant source of energy, determination, and kindness.
There is an efficiency inspired by love which goes far beyond and is much greater than the efficiency of ambition; and without love, which brings an integrated understanding of life, efficiency breeds ruthlessness.
Machinery is the chief symbol of modern civilization; it represents a great sin.
If you love a person, you say to that person, "Look, I love you, whatever that may be. I've seen quite a bit of it and I know there's lots that I haven't seen, but still it's you and I want you to be what you want to be. And I won't be happy if I've got you in a cage. You'd be a bird without song.
You should love everyone as God, and love each other. If you cannot love each other, you cannot achieve your goal.
The Vedas declare that whatever is seen in the Cosmos can also be seen inside the human body.
Truth and nonviolence demand that no human being may debar himself from serving any other human being, no matter how sinful he may be.
Sectarian feelings and criticism of other teachings or other sects is very bad, poisonous, and should be avoided.
When you realize the Atma then there is no individual.
I know everything that has happened to everybody in the past, everything that is happening now and everything that will happen in the future.
The power of concentration is the only key to the treasure house of knowledge.
Lord Shiva is seated deep in everyone’s heart. He is Nirguna (One who is without form or its attributes). He is Nirakaar (Has no shape or form), and He is the Para-Brahman (Supreme transcendental Consciousness) that is all pervading. Believe in this. This is Rudra Puja
The four noble truths of the Buddha that there is suffering, that there is a cause for suffering, that there is a way out of suffering and that there is a state beyond suffering are proof enough to show that he was not a nihilist in the sense in which the word is used today, but a practical man who had an eye to doing something than merely conjecturing about Truth and its realisation.
Further, there are things of which the mind understands one part, but remains ignorant of the other; and when man is able to comprehend certain things, it does not follow that he must be able to comprehend everything.
Men are like pillow-cases. The colour of one may be red, that of another blue, and that of the third black; but all contain the same cotton within. So it is with man; one is beautiful, another is ugly, a third holy, and a fourth wicked; but the Divine Being dwells in them all.
Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
