Our Quotes of the Day:
Wise guidance never violates people's Free Will. A superior who demands obedience of his subordinates should show respect for their capacity to understand, and also for their Innate Right to their own Free Will.
Goodness is not in the backyard of the individual nor in the open field of the collective; goodness flowers only in freedom from both.
The surface of things is not where attention should rest.
If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect.
Parts exist only for purposes of figuring and describing, and as we figure the world out we become confused if we do not remember this all the time.
Eat only up to half of your stomach’s capacity, leaving the rest for water and air. Practice moderation.
For a sadhu to stay in one place means trouble. A moving yogi, and a moving river... impurities and sediments and filth can never settle there. If I stay here, attachment will form.
The only way to fail is to quit.