The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
If you want to be free of ignorance, you need knowledge. But once you are free, you have to throw both away. Don’t stick the thorn of knowledge into your foot and think ‘I know everything’.
A heart with no love, affection, devotion, and bhav is equal to a smashan: cremation ground. There is nothing there; it’s all burnt, finished. There is no life out there.
Devotion, bhakti, is in the heart.
Words can only convey things up to a certain point; words are prose, not poetry. Poetry is that which is in between the words.
Imitating a practitioner of kindness is always better than imitating a fellow who is cruel. Practice kindness to all living beings, as much as possible.
One of the great obstacles to attaining Truth is sloth. Swami Vivekananda has said that one cannot meditate for 24 hours a day, therefore Work. It prevents you from sleep and sloth. Working for ot...
When a teacher gives you instructions, follow those instructions completely, to the point. Don't say that 'this I'll follow, this I won't' Therefore to take a Guru - spiritual teacher, as a guide, ...
A small good deed, a kind deed done to another human being or another living creature, can wipe out the dirt of negativity gathered in your soul and make it free and clear as a mirror to reflect ...
Nirantara deergha kaala abhyaasa - means continuous practice for a long long time. This is the only way to clear up your mind; make it positive and free it from negativity.
If you resolve to be happy, then have happiness as your aim. If that is your aim, get ready to sacrifice everything else for happiness.
The most important thing for a human being is not to cause pain to other human beings.
The ultimate aim of spiritual fulfilment is to find the Truth, Satya.