All Quotes By Tag: Penance

“What is this satsang (in Akram) like? Here, there are no such botherations of, ‘do this’, ‘do good’, ‘do that’, ‘ask for forgiveness’, ‘do introspection’, ‘do chanting’, ‘do penance’. Here, One does not have to ‘do’ anything. Here, One just needs to Know and to understand. The right belief of ‘I am pure Soul’ (Samkit) can be attained only through understanding and Knowledge of the Self (Gnan) arises through Knowing. And the One who has Known and understood, He can have the right Conduct as the Self (samyak Charitra).”

“The result of external penance and renunciation is worldly life, meaning that one acquires material pleasures and gradually one even attains the path to liberation. However, there is no liberation without Knowledge of the Self (Atma Gnan).”

“When it was over, she gathered him in her arms. And told him the terrible irony of her life.That she had wanted to be dead all those years while her brother had been alive. That had been her sin.And this was her penance.Wanting to live when everyone else seemed dead.”