Our Quotes of the Day:
One who knows the all-pervasive Self as his own self by experiencing it is different from one without direct experience. People usually only talk about it without having any personal experience, but one who has direct experience does not talk much.
Respect for all living beings is non‑violence.
You can't make a date with enlightenment.
Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.
The Truth has shared so much of Itself with me That I can no longer call myself A man, a woman, an angel, Or even pure Soul.
Baba's words and actions have lit the lamp of love in the hearts of devotees and they will always remember him for the good things he has done.
The waves belong to the Ganges, not the Ganges to the waves. A man cannot realize God unless he gets rid of all such egotistic ideas as "I am such an important man" or "I am so and so". Level the mound of "I" to the ground by dissolving it with tears of devotion.
Do not vainly lament, but do wonder at the rule of transiency and learn from it the emptiness of human life. Do not cherish unworthy desire that the changeable might become unchanging.
Suggested Authors:
Francis of Assisi
Franciscan friar who embraced radical poverty and compassion.
Mother Teresa
Catholic nun dedicated to serving the poor in Calcutta.
Meister Eckhart
Christian mystic and theologian.
Rabindranath Tagore
Indian poet and Nobel laureate.
