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Quotes by Spiritual-leader
"When does complete awareness occur? When the ego departs."
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"One, who has passed through one pain, gets the strength to pass through many pains. Then he becomes the expert in passing through the pains."
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"Without the 'applied awareness' of the Soul, 'happiness' cannot arise."
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"Importance is not in 'discharge' (of karmas) that occurs, but it is in the contemplation (dhyan) within at that time in effect that is important."
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"As long as there is greed (desire) for even a single situation, one will have to come back into the world and wandering will continue until then."
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"Worries and sufferings are helpful for (one's) spiritual development."
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"Tremendous my-ness' [mamta] is bound in the presence of Soul [Atma], and it is also in the presence of Soul that this my-ness is tremendously dissipated."
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"The body is doing the action, body's spare-parts are doing the action and the egoism simply does the egoism of, 'I did'! Subtle-pride of egoism is created from this doer-ship and one is living due entirely on this basis. He simply tastes the subtle-pride of doer-ship; 'I did', 'I suffered this pain', 'I enjoyed that happiness'. The person who gets rid of this subtle-pride will get freedom. Why does one taste this sweetness of subtle-pride of doership from infinite lives? He does this because he has never before tasted the sweetness of the Soul."
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"Where there is no Sachchidanand [sat-chit-anand, eternal knowledge and vision leading to bliss], there is night (darkness)."
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"Whose vow can you abide by? You can take a vow of an idol, because an idol has no ownership. You can abide by a vow of a living being, provided he is not the owner of his body, however if he is the owner of his body, you cannot take his vow, because one day he will make you stumble."
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"When egoism ends, that indeed is called the Absolute supreme Self (Parmatma). Egoism indeed is the illusion."
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"What is the difference between aradhana (worship) and bhajana (to be one with)? Aradhana (worship) means the attention will go over and over again there, and bhajana (oneness) means continuous engrossment. One is to do aradhana (worship) and bhajana (oneness) for only one's own Self; everything else will carry on naturally."
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"Man (human life form) is a 'second-hand' quality of the absolute supreme Self (Parmatma, Lord). Man is close to the Lord [absolute supreme Self]."
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"Unless there is a 'clear evident experience of the True Self' [spasthvedan], till then 'Principle' cannot be attained."
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"If worries begin, then realize that the task at hand is going to be disturbed and if worries do not occur, then know that the task will not be disturbed. Worries are obstacles to the work."
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"Human life is not for suffering criticism. If it is the truth and there is no nagging or insistence upon it, others will accept it in their hearts. And if it is the truth and you nag or insist upon it, it will not touch others."
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"When does one become free from all tubers (of the mind)? When one becomes free of kashayas (anger-pride-deceit-greed). Kashays (anger-pride-deceit-greed) are tubers themselves."
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"Any type of desire is beggary. One who is without any desire is called 'Gnani' [the enlightened one]."
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"The world is not a 'thing' (eternal element). It is a wrong belief (vikalp) of the Soul."
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"Beastliness means taking that is unrightful [of someone's else right], eating that is unrightful, thinking of accumulating things which is unrightful [not of one's own right]. There is no problem in whatever comes to us rightfully [of which we are worthy of owning it]."
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"From the moment one encounters bad company (kusang), there is nothing but unhappiness, thus run away from the bad company. When you feel unhappy inside, know that this is bad company so run from there. Run away from that which arouses unhappiness at its mere sight."
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"Know the other person's viewpoint first and then talk. To Talk after comparing it or mixing it with our viewpoint is an offence."
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"If you want to know the answer to 'Who am I?', then you will have to go to a Gnani purush [the enlightened one]. The Gnani Purush will give you Knowledge of your real Self [Who Am I] in the presence of the egoism. Thereafter your accounts (karmic) will be settled [& things will start falling in place]."
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"Religion [dharma] originates where there is doer-ship [to do], Moksha [ultimate liberation] originates where there is understanding (to understand)."
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"In the current era, to take adjustments in worldly interactions is knowledge (Gnan). One is to adjust to 'disadjustments'."
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"People with Sweet Relationships [those favoring you, always talk good] with you, will make you stumble."
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"One has to decide to know the nature of the Soul. Will one not have to know that? Nothing is attained by just saying, 'I am the Soul, I am the Soul.' The Soul has to come in to one's experience, until then the worldly problems will not go away, will they?"
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"Where there is lack of 'Gnan' (Knowledge and experience of the Self; real Knowledge) there is worldly existence and where there is 'Gnan' (Real Knowledge), there is no worldly existence."
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"As long as parmanus (subatomic particles) match, there is oneness, and then it turns into revenge (vengeance). Wherever there is infatuation, there will indeed be revenge there."
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"Be kind, for the other is not another, but your mirrored kine."
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"All personal god, yours or mine, are false. Unto existence nothing but an infinite oneness walks."
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"Civility (sabhyata,) is the sign of one with the right belief (enlightened view, samkit) and etiquette is the sign of one with a wrong belief (deluded view, bhranti)."
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"The 'Big Bang' idea of pseudo armchair pundits, too is as much a theory as a human-like big buffoon, that your so-called 'holy' books call god."
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"One first celebrates a 'silver jubilee', then a 'golden jubilee', then a 'diamond jubilee', but even then he goes back again into a pile of wood (cremation)."
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"It's tough to get out of one's inherited imbecilic culture, and a thus inherited or endowed lunatic belief system. A freethinker must overcome every deadened system. Especially one's own."
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"THE CONSCIOUSNESS IS THE ATMAN, THE SOUL.The first meaning is: in this world, only consciousness is yours. The word atman means: that which is your own. Regardless of how much the rest may appear to you as your own, it is alien. All of that which you otherwise claim as yours " friends, loved ones, family, wealth, fame, high position, a great empire " it is all a deception. Because one day death will snatch it all away from you. So death is the criterion for determining who is your own and who is the stranger. That which death can separate you from, know that it didn't belong to you, and that which it can't, was indeed your own."
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"In the depth of our heart, we already know that we are perfect as we are. In the depth of our inner being, we already know that life is perfect as it is."
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"God has said not to create any accounts (karmic). Create accounts (only) if you have the knowledge of the future. Hey! If you want to start an account, then why don't you account for the possibility that you may die tomorrow?"
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"I nurture very good intentions about you. May you die in peace."
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"It is only through silence that truth can be said, because it is only through silence that the truth is heard."
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"Working with people from awareness means to be available. It means to respond with the truth in the moment. It means to respond to the moment in a way that creates a fragrance of love."
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"Everyday, do more than you could; seek more than you should; understand more than is understood. Thus only a man stops being a hood."
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"The attitude of Tao is of cooperation, not conflict. The attitude of Tao is not to be against nature but to be with it, to allow nature, to let it have its way, to cooperate with it, to go with it. The attitude of Tao is of great relaxation."
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"If a religious book makes you harbor ill thoughts about those with differing faith, then, you're reading the wrong crap of late."
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"When something happens to you that is beyond words, life is happening to you. When the Ultimate is happening to you, you are beyond words."
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"Acts don't mean anything. Acts do not matter--you,your awareness, your being conscious,mindful, is what matters. What you do is not the concern."
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"Unity does not exist in the world. Only when the Gnani Purush [the enlightened one] grants moksha [liberation], does unity arise. Unity cannot prevail without Gnan [knowledge of the self]."
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"The rule is that when one's mind is controlled in a specific subject, he can control the other person's mind in that subject."
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"One will become shameless if he does not fear insults in the worldly life. And in nischay [determination in the spiritual life] if one does not fear being insulted, he becomes independent."
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