Our Quotes of the Day:
He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from his hand; he can hardly catch it again.
The path of truth and virtue always leads to ultimate peace and success.
Those who desire to remain intoxicated by Reality do not require artificial intoxicants. Indulging in false things will only increase falsity, for every direction is indeed infinite. Those who desire the truly genuine Thing proceed of themselves with great intensity so as to progress in their sadhana.
The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time, and ability.
Men are so thoughtless, nay, so mad, that some, through fear of death, force themselves to die.
Wabi means spare, impoverished; simple and functional. It connotes a transcendence of fad and fashion. The spirit of wabi imbues all the Zen arts, from calligraphy to karate, from the tea ceremony to Zen archery.
Do not try to correct the mind. Trying to correct the mind is like trying to correct the waves in the ocean. Can you stop the waves in the ocean? If you want to see an ocean without waves you only have to dive deeper. When you dive deep inside you will experience the stillness of the ocean. And if it is all frozen that is enlightenment.
Even though the gopis had obeyed, they still had much doubt. How did the river part if what they were saying was not the truth? Indeed, the answer is that it was all a matter of “doership.” If your mind says, “I have done it,” you must receive the result of your action. But remember, it is crucial to understand that “doership” comes from the inside, not by saying it with the mouth. If one has the state of knowledge that all work is being done by the body and the senses, one is free from the consequences.
Self-discipline is the golden key; without it, you cannot be happy.
Love develops into harmony, and of harmony is born beauty.
What we call powers, secrets of nature, and force, are all within. In the external world are only a series of changes.
Why should we pay so much attention to what the majority thinks?
We live in a culture where it has been rubbed into us in every conceivable way that to die is a terrible thing. And that is a tremendous disease from which our culture in particular suffers.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
When you really look for me you will see me instantly.
The best indicator of your level of consciousness is how you deal with life's challenges when they come. Through those challenges, an already unconscious person tends to become more deeply unconscious, and a conscious person more intensely conscious. You can use a challenge to awaken you, or you can allow it to pull you into even deeper sleep. The dream of ordinary unconsciousness then turns into a nightmare.
Study of the scriptures, devotion, and the execution of good works form the foundation of yoga. They count as the first step.
When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?
Appreciate how rare and full of potential your situation is in this world, then take joy in it, and use it to your best advantage.
By all means be selfish; the right way. Wish yourself well, labour at what is good for you. Destroy all that stands between you and happiness. Be all; love all; be happy; make happy. No happiness is greater.
The mind is madness. Only when you go beyond the mind, will there be Meditation.
Make sure your goals are dynamic, that is to say, point toward an activity that you are engaged in and through which you are connected to other human beings as well as to the whole. See yourself inspiring countless people with your work and enriching their lives. Feel yourself being an opening through which energy flows from the unmanifested Source of all life through you for the benefit of all.
Different religions meet the needs of different people.
