Children, we must cultivate reverence towards all great masters, monks and gurus.

Too much reasoning has spoiled the contemporary mind. People have lost their hearts and faith.

When we come to know who we truly are, we will see ourselves in all people.

The beauty and charm of selfless love and service should not die away from the face of this earth. The world should know that a life of dedication is possible, that a life inspired by love and service to humanity is possible.

Just as our bodies need proper food to live and develop, our souls need love to blossom. The strength and nourishment that love can give our souls is even more potent than the nourishing power of a mother's milk for a baby.

Whatever work we do, our mind should be centered on God.

Ashrams and gurukulas (spiritual schools) are the pillars of spiritual culture. If we perform sadhana according to the guru's advice, we need not go anywhere else. We will get whatever we need from the guru.

The relation between husband and wife should turn into a love of the heart untouched by desire.

Children should observe a regular schedule for sleeping and waking up.

Free from attachments to the past and worries about the future, a child expresses him/herself fully.

Make use of radio, TV and films discriminatively; only for programs that will enhance our knowledge and culture. Television is tele-visham (tele-poison, in Malayalam). If we are not careful, it can corrupt our culture, damage our eyes and drain away our time.

Fundamentally, what everyone needs is mental strength and confidence, to manage the mind, just as we manage the outside world.

Pray to God: It's all right if you don't love me, but please let me love you!

Love is our true nature. When we do not express love in our words and actions, it is like honey hidden in a rock.

Each and every living being in nature is part of God's body.

Too much concern about physical security and too little concern about spirituality is the hallmark of today's world.

Pray May all reach the shore of peace, spreading the sweet holy fragrance of Love and vibrations of unity and harmony.

If we have been able to give happiness to a soul—even for a minute—it makes our life blessed.

Children, if we can do archana of the 1000 Names of the Divine Mother daily with devotion, we will grow spiritually. There will never be lack of life's essentials, food and clothing, in a family that chants the 1000 Names with devotion.

Today people live to work rather than work for a living. They have forgotten their true goal in life. Subsequently they have forgotten their dharma. There is no communication between hearts, there is no sharing. Having lost contact with other's hearts, we become totally isolated. But in truth we are not isolated islands, we are links that form one chain.

Our efforts to remove hatred and indifference from the world begin by trying to remove them from our own mind.

Thinking that God wants something from us is like showing a candle to the sun.

Nobody likes to let go of the ego- it is so precious to everyone. However, once you have attained a state of egolessness, the world won't disappear, as you may think it will. The world will continue, but a change takes place within you. Something is uncovered. You start seeing everything with the wonder and innocence of a child.