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Quotes by Indian Authors

"The fruit of worldly love is indeed revenge (vengeance)."

"Gnani' [the englightened one] gives freedom from all sufferings. Outside [world] reigns the cycle of antagonistic [painful] times, Kaliyug. On the contrary, it will even take away whatever happiness you may have."

"Shuddha upayog (applied awareness of the Self, The Soul) means to be able to see the Soul and the Body of the other person as separate. The constant contemplation of 'I am pure Soul (Shuddhatma)' is shukladhyan (pure contemplation as the Self)."

"Celebrate the spirit of freedom, the pride of India, and the sacrifices of our brave ancestors. Jai Hind!"

"Wishing you a prosperous and joyful New Year! May all your dreams and goals come to life this year and beyond. Cheers to happiness and new beginnings!"

"You should be more carefulwhen you move, my dearwhat with you...spilling moonlightinto my poem, with a mereflick of your hand."

"Challenges in the rear view appear smaller than they are.. But keep your spirits higher than the Challenges are."

"Love is prayerfulness groping toward godliness. Love is poetry born out of the sheer joy of being. Love is song, dance, celebration: a song of gratitude, a dance of thankfulness, celebration for no reason at all, for this tremendous gift that goes on showering on us, for this whole universe, from the dust to the divine."

"Between parade and picnic, firework and family gathering, may we pause to honor the revolutionary idea that sparked a nation and still guides us today."

"Able hands' are more favorable to business than 'adorable hearts'."

"We' win over 'negative' with 'positive'."

"O my mighty sisters and brothers, forget not that the ideal of humanity is the search of truth. In this pursuit, countless souls have sacrificed themselves in the past. And in this pursuit, countless more shall need to sacrifice themselves."

"When the wind is against you, like a kite, have your chord of faith rooted and you would fly highest ever."

"In higher samadhi, in absence of any support, the consciousness is absorbed within itself in perfect awareness, clarity and peacefulness."

"Circumstances can change through worldly knowledge (ignorance of the self, the Soul) and also through (true) knowledge (realization of the self). With ignorance, circumstances will bring entanglements and with (true) knowledge, circumstances will bring solutions. (True) Knowledge itself changes circumstances. Is God likely to come down and do so?"

"Let us remind our leaders that there is no place for personal interests in politics."

"When the servants break the cups and saucers, a 'puzzle' arises within. Who really breaks the cups and saucers? Who runs this world? One does not know that and inbetween, the 'guest' (of this world) does worries."

"People say there are thousands of options we have in life. I say we have only two: we can either be happy or be unhappy."


"Among the great struggles of man-good/evil, reason/unreason, etc.-there is also this mighty conflict between the fantasy of Home and the fantasy of Away, the dream of roots and the mirage of the journey."

"When someone picks the Gnani Purush's [the enlightened one's] 'pocket', how does the Gnani Purush'' look at it? "Very well! This amount is now credited to my account! Money spent for the home is money down the drain. How can anyone 'see' this [fact] with the narrow inner intent of 'mine and yours'? With an all encompassing [broader] intent, one will see 'as it is', that is called 'Gnan' [Knowledge]."

"Sending you a basket full of love, laughter, and gratitude. Happy Thanksgiving!"

"On this Diwali, let's create new memories, share love, and spread happiness. Wishing you a festival filled with peace, joy, and prosperity!"

"Most of Jesus' life is told through the four Gospels of the New Testament, known as the Canonical gospels, written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. These are not biographies in the modern sense but accounts with allegorical intent. They are written to engender faith in Jesus as the Messiah and the incarnation of God, and not to provide factual data about Jesus's life. This left the door of exaggeration open. And through that door all kinds of mystical non-sense crept in and made place right alongside the good philosophical teachings of Jesus."

"Where there is contempt/scornful rejection and slander, there wealth will not remain."

"Together, we create magic. I'm lucky to have you by my side. Happy Valentine's Day!"

"All my lifei have looked for poemsto elope with."

"Whom the society deems worthless, once they discover their special inclination, it will change the very course of their lives as well as the shape of the very society that distastes them."

"Truth does not belong to any religion; truth is beyond religion."

"Instead of being like a circus where the trainer uses his stick to make animals do stunts to serve the interest of the audience, the system of education should be like an Orchestra where the conductor waves his stick to orchestrate the music already within the musicians' heart in the most beautiful manner. The teacher should be like the conductor in the orchestra, not the trainer in the circus."

"Gnan' [True Knowledge, Knowledge of one's own self], is freedom itself. It keeps one in Moksha [liberated state] and prevents [karmic] bondage."

"All the pains in this world are assumed pains. It is 'wrong belief'! People have the illusion of pain. This illusion is being experienced. What was seen with the eyes is not being experienced. To have illusory experience means to spend the entire night 'dying' in the fear of ghosts. That is what it is."

"Become love. Love is not something you do, love is something you are."

"Your love has made me a better person, and I am forever thankful for you. Happy Valentine's Day!"

"The person who wants to progress on the path of Vitrag (the enlightened ones), should keep the focus of the awareness to progress from the non-auspicious (bad) to the auspicious (good). And if one wants to go to final Liberation [moksha], he should keep 'pure focus as the Self (Soul)' (shuddha upayog). The person, who wants to go to Moksha, should not concern himself with the auspicious (good) or the inauspicious (bad). He should keep them both as the things to be cleared out."

"When one gathers all the books of all worldly religions, when one beholds (dharan) them, then the phenomenon of religious upholding (dharma dharan) occurs. When that religious upholding becomes 100% strong, then the essence [marma] begins to manifest. When the essence becomes 100% strong, then the extract of the Knowledge [gnanark] begins to manifest. Here, we make you 'drink' (absorb) directly, the 'Extract of the Knowledge'."

"There is no progress (spiritual) in this world like the one that comes from being cheated knowingly. This is a very high principle."

"On this special Dussehra, may the light of good triumph over the darkness in your life and bring you peace, happiness, and prosperity!"

"Leave me a smilejust warm enough...to spend a milliongolden afternoons in."

"Sending wishes for a Thanksgiving filled with the perfect blend of cherished traditions and beautiful new memories. May gratitude fill your heart today and always."
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