Our Quotes of the Day:
Create a gap of no-mind in which you are highly alert and aware but not thinking. This is the essence of meditation.
Let us take some event in the life of humanity. For instance, war. There is a war going on at the present moment. What does it signify? It signifies that several millions of sleeping people are trying to destroy several millions of other sleeping people. They would not do this, of course, if they were to wake up. Everything that takes place is owing to this sleep.
Never obey anyone's command unless it is coming from within you also.
An enlightened person does not ignore things and does not stick to things, not even to the truth.
Discipline does not mean suppression and control, nor is it adjustment to a pattern or ideology. It means a mind that sees 'what is' and learns from 'what was'.
What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.
I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.
It is your mind that creates the world.