The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
I have decided to walk the path. I have decided to follow some principles. I have decided to follow a certain way of life. No matter what anybody says, I am going to do it.
Spiritual life is not distinct from our day-to-day life. It is not that I do whatever with my life, and then sit down one day, and visualize the light coming into my house! It is not possible. You ...
Life moves, the problem is, we would like to freeze it and hold it. It is not possible. You can freeze it for a while but it will break its dam and flood and come out again and begin to flow. Life ...
Peace is essential. When a Muslim greets another Muslim, he says Salaam Alaikum: May the Lord's peace be on you. What do we say in this country? Om shanti shanti. Please forget the language and loo...
Now there are people who don’t believe in God. What do you do? Are we to say that those who don’t believe in God are all bad people? Their belief system doesn’t agree with them. That’s fine. But ar...
Can we live in peace with ourselves? Can we we stop harbouring hatred for others? I think the only possibility from here on is this living together and interreligious harmony. So, it has to start w...
We ourselves are a bundle of contradictions: the mind that’s violent is hidden behind smiles. In the airlines, you are taught how to smile. You can smile but that does not mean anything.
When the mind begins to be kind, animals begin to see that somebody genuinely doesn’t mean to harm or hurt them, that violence has been completely wiped out of his mind or her mind. The animal sens...
Non-violence does not mean an external manifestation of being not harmful to others alone. Nonviolence is a state of mind. I have seen this happen with my Master - with whom I lived in the Himalaya...
The Buddha did not talk about God per se, but the greatest practical understanding of Godliness is the compassion that he preached. Love and compassion is the essence of the Buddhist teaching. Also...
Is there some way by which the ancient 3000-year-old saying in the Rig Veda, ‘Ekam Sat Vipra Bahudavadanti’ can be implemented? There is one truth, but the wise will name it in different ways. Why ...
The Jains have a philosophy, ‘Anaitadvat’, which means something may be this or may be that. I think it is this, you may think it is that, but it may be something else altogether. We cannot be sure...