Our Quotes of the Day:
Being aware of the bondage is enough to free you from its clutches.
The greatest progress in life is when you know your limitations, and then you have the courage to drop them.
Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
Adore God, abhor sin.
There is no need to have a deep understanding of Zen.
Laughter is Humanity's mechanism to escape suffering.
He who immerses himself in sexual intercourse will be assailed by premature aging, his strength will wane, his eyes will weaken, and a bad odour will emit from his mouth and his armpits, his teeth will fall out and many other maladies will afflict him.
Half the time you think your thinking you're actually listening.
Know that the eradication of the identification with the body is charity, spiritual austerity and ritual sacrifice; it is virtue, divine union and devotion; it is heaven, wealth, peace and truth; it is grace; it is the state of divine silence; it is the deathless death; it is jnana, renunciation, final liberation and bliss.
To go beyond you need alert immobility, quiet attention.
We need prayer to understand God's love for us. If we really mean to pray and want to pray we must be ready to do it now. These are only the first steps towards prayer but if we never make the first step with determination, we will not reach the last one: the presence of God.
As I've gone into soul and soul-land, and I connect with my soul and my ego, and my life is colored by my soul - people can identify from their ego, which is who they thought they are. The soul, which is who they really are, if they choose that transfer to the soul, then you live in an ocean of love.
It is not lust alone that one should be afraid of in the life of the world. There is also anger. Anger arises when obstacles are placed in the way of desire.
In each of us there is another whom we do not know.
Nothing is impossible unless you think it is.
If you are in a dark room, don’t beat at the darkness with a stick, but rather try to turn on the light.
Human beings are not intrinsically selfish, which isolates us from others. We are essentially social animals who depend on others to meet our needs. We achieve happiness, prosperity and progress through social interaction. Therefore, having a kind and helpful attitude contributes to our own and others' happiness.
I insist on group singing of the names of the Lord.
Happiness is a function of compassion. If you do not have compassion in your heart, you do not have any happiness.
Those who are not happy internally can never be happy externally; those who are not happy within themselves can never make others happy. Those who do not love themselves can never love others.
Christian holiness does not being sinless, but rather it means struggling not to give in and always getting up after every fall.
Loving words and deeds are the best alms.
If you see long term benefit in doing something, but short term pain then you should do it.
