Our Quotes of the Day:

The whole point of Zen is to suspend the rules we have superimposed on things and to see the world as it is

Pain is never permanent.

No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.

The way to freedom is through service to others. The way to happiness is through meditation and being in tune with God... break the barriers of your ego, shed selfishness, free yourself from the consciousness of the body, forget yourself, do away with this prison house of incarnations, melt your heart in all, be one with creation.

Without being niskama, that is, totally detached, there is no possibility to be merged in Brahma.

We grow through investigation, and to investigate we need experience. We tend to repeat what we have not understood. If we are sensitive and intelligent, we need not suffer. Pain is a call for attention and the penalty of carelessness. Intelligent and compassionate action is the only remedy.

All adversities are here to help you. They can become instruments of your progress.

This then is salvation - when we marvel at the beauty of created things and praise their beautiful Creator.

Through meditation, you can calm the mind and develop what is important to you.

What do you want to do sadhana for? The aim should not be the satisfaction of egoism: "I want to be a great yogi; I shall have so much power and with that power I shall establish myself in the world." All such thoughts must be thrown far away.

I do not fight with the world but the world fights with me.

Use your mind. Remember. Observe. You are not different from others. Most of their experiences are valid for you too. Think clearly and deeply, go into the structure of your desires and their ramifications. They are a most important part of your mental and emotional make-up and powerfully affect your actions. Remember, you cannot abandon what you do not know. To go beyond yourself, you must know yourself.

We are all the leaves of one tree. We are all the waves of one sea.

There is no treasure equal to contentment and no virtue equal to fortitude.

As from a large heap of flowers many garlands and wreaths are made, so by a mortal in this life there is much good work to be done.

To be free from all egoistic motive, careful of truth in speech and action, void of self-will and self-assertion, watchful in all things, is the condition for being a flawless servant.

A genuine sense of humor is having a light touch: not beating reality into the ground but appreciating reality with a light touch. The basis of Shambhala vision is rediscovering that perfect and real sense of humor, that light touch of appreciation.

Feel the world, instead of trying to understand the world.

If we have love and compassion in our hearts, then we will wholeheartedly serve those who suffer from lack of food, clothing and shelter.

And so I came to understand why some masters sometimes say, "You are already enlightened."

The prana that was residing in that body has left it. You never knew that person’s real identity. You did not know it while they were here and you still don’t know it now that they are gone. Tell me, who really died? That which appeared to have left is, in reality, eternally present. Do not grieve. Rather, you should be grieving for yourself – because you are not recognizing the real and are crying for the unreal. Be free from worries and emotion about that soul’s onward journey.

The end of education is character.

There is only one royal road for the spiritual journey...Love