All Quotes By Tag: Spirituality

“What is worth winning in this world? The three veds (sufferings). The one who has conquered ved (sufferings), he has conquered the whole world. What are the three veds (the sufferings)? The male, the female and the neutral gender.”

“Meditation is not what your mind does: whether it is silent or not. Meditation is what you do with your mind.”

“Firm decision is that which once made, will remain forever. Then you will find its link ahead. You will even find the right timing. If you change the decision, then you will not find the link ahead. If you make one decision, then you make another, then you will attain it but not on time. What is more, you will get it in pieces, it will not be smooth and continuous.”

“Whatever firm decisions (nischaya) you have made; only those will bear fruit. You do not have to do anything else.”

“When all the circumstances come together and the work gets done, it is called prarabdha (ordained effect of previous lives causes). And when the circumstances come together through which the work is being done, the dhyan (spontaneous inner intents) that arises at that time, is called purushartha (self effort; new causes of next life).”

“To be human is the right religion.”

“I don’t want a religion that I put away with my Sunday clothes, and don’t take out till the day comes around again; I want something to see and feel and live day by day.”

“Past and future veil God from our sight; burn up both of them with fire”

“How strongly determined we remain not to fall if we are walking on a treacherous narrow path surrounded by an ocean? There we do not have to keep reinforcing our decision not to fall. In that situation, once the decision is made, then you remain constantly aware!”

“Religion is about experiencing, not believing; spiritual realities are either personally experienced, or not (yet). The word religion says it very well in its Latin roots: religare, or ‘to reconnect’ – i.e. re (again) + ligare (connect, unite, tie together).”

“Continue with whatever it is that you have been doing, except for attachment-abhorrence. If ‘we’ stay in our state of Pure Soul, attachment-abhorrence will not occur.”

“Equanimity is when abhorrence does not arise during the circumstances of abhorrence and attachment does arise during the circumstances of attachment.”

“Scriptures are instruments, and to know how to use these instruments is itself a science. One has wandered for infinite lives because of not knowing this science!”

“The knowledge of this world is not considered knowledge, it is worldly knowledge. Scriptural knowledge is considered as instrumental knowledge. Knowledge of the ‘ultimate goal’ (to experience Pure Soul) is the (real) knowledge. Scriptures are instruments and the knowledge within the scriptures is also an instrument. Whereas, the knowledge of the Self is the ultimate goal!”

“An instrument that does not help to attain the ultimate goal (Self realization) cannot be considered as spirituality at all!”