Our Quotes of the Day:
Look upon others as being part of yourself.
The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.
Some beings will walk with you for the duration of this bodily existence, up to the very end. Some will come with bright promises, bright lights, but they fade quickly. Others come, they don’t look like they will go very far, but they are marathon runners; they’re there with you all the time. You cannot determine this... Somehow in the flow of your own unique river, you will see that everything is as it should be.
All forces that reside in the body are angels.
The emphasis on practice is because it is the only time in your life you can steer your karmic situation.
They alone live, who live for others.
A man is born alone and dies alone and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode.
There is far greater peril in buying knowledge than in buying meat and drink.
The very reason for nature's existence is the education of the soul; it has no other meaning.
By the practice of meditation, you will find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise.
Vain is the word of a philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man. For just as there is no profit in medicine if it does not expel the diseases of the body, so there is no profit in philosophy either, if it does not expel the suffering of the mind.
The mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts have their root in the I-thought. Whoever investigates the True "I" enjoys the stillness of bliss.
Religious activity is religious play. People are busy with religious play constantly. But spirituality is free from religious play, dogmatic views, fanatical ideas, and misunderstandings.
Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
Patience means self-suffering.
Change your life by changing your thoughts.
If you are Turiya, pure consciousness, you don’t have problems. If you have problems, then in some sense you’re still identified with the body and mind … Problems are always there in the three states, but in the one reality beyond the three states there is no problem … Realizing yourself as that, then live your life in the waking state, in the dream state, and in the deep sleep state—you are not affected by any of it.
When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
This then is salvation - when we marvel at the beauty of created things and praise their beautiful Creator.
Leading a God-centered life is simple and sublime, but because of our complicated minds, our tendency is to look for something more difficult because we feel that if it’s so easy, it must not work.
We see many persons talking the most wonderfully fine things about charity and about equality and the rights of other people and all that, but it is only in theory. I was so fortunate as to find one who was able to carry theory into practice. He had the most wonderful faculty of carrying everything into practice which he thought was right.
When you experience ill health, instead of practicing more Kriya, keep your mind focused on the chakras.
There is nothing better or more necessary than love.
