Our Quotes of the Day:
Yoga is not just an exercise system. Yoga is the Science of obliterating the boundaries of individuality to know the universality of one’s existence.
A total spiritual direction given to the whole life and the whole nature can alone lift humanity beyond itself. . . It is only the full emergence of the soul, the full descent of the native light and power of the Spirit and the consequent replacement or transformation and uplifting of our insufficient mental and vital nature by a spiritual and supramental Supernature that can effect this evolutionary miracle.
In you, as in each human being, there is a dimension of consciousness far deeper than thought. It is the very essence of who you are. We may call it presence, awareness, the unconditioned consciousness.
Satsang is the invitation to step into the fire of self-discovery. This fire will not burn you, it will burn only what you are not.
The courage to work with ourselves comes as basic trust in ourselves, as a sort of fundamental optimism.
Your body is away from me, but there is a window open from my heart to yours.
If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.
To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
One should see that all appearance is like mist and fog.
Machinery is the chief symbol of modern civilization; it represents a great sin.
When one sees that everything exists as an illusion, one can live in a higher sphere than ordinary man.
Children, we should simplify our life's needs and use the resulting savings for charity.
There is nothing I can't live without. I learned this attitude when I was a child.
The cosmic humor is that if you desire to move mountains and you continue to purify yourself, ultimately you will arrive at the place where you are able to move mountains. But in order to arrive at this position of power you will have had to give up being he-who-wanted-to-move-mountains so that you can be he-who-put-the-mountain-there-in-the-first-place. The humor is that finally when you have the power to move the mountain, you are the person who placed it there--so there the mountain stays.
No matter what path you choose, really walk it.
When you are in doubt abstain.
Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
The first reason for people's slavery is our ignorance, and above all, our ignorance of ourselves.
Eradicate self-justification. Then alone can you annihilate your ego.
One day, during a conversation, he said, “I have ordered a book, and it should be arriving soon. It is a book about how to become taller.” I then told him that I knew about the book. He wanted to know if I had purchased it. I told him that I had not purchased it; however, I knew its contents.
Just keep in mind the feeling 'I am', merge in it, till your mind and feeling become one. By repeated attempts you will stumble on the right balance of attention and affection and your mind will be firmly established in the thought-feeling 'I am'. Whatever you think, say, or do, this sense of immutable and affectionate being remains as the ever-present background of the mind.
For a musician, music is the best way to unite with God.
We laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our efforts to find the peace which is our essence.
