“If you have happiness as your aim, get ready to sacrifice everything else for it. Happiness is not attainable by acquiring and gathering. It is reached by being good and 'letting go!'”
The Satsang Foundation
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“Meditation is usually done to keep the mind tranquil, If it only works when you sit down, it’s a good thing, but if it also works when you are in this tumultuous world, then it is even better.”
“Be mindful of your breathing. Understand how valuable it is to you, how nourishing it is to you. It is a link between you and your inner being.”
“The teaching of Vedanta is that this happiness that one is seeking is not anywhere in the outside world. What we need to find is that in the middle of our activities, there is a permanent sense of ...”
“Pratyahara means the capacity that the yogi develops to be able to fix his attention on one object, an idea, or thought and be able to switch it off at any given moment and shift it to something else.”
“Deep down somewhere in the core of our consciousness, there is this understanding, which we don’t see, that I am actually complete and I have to get back to that completeness.”
“Observing oneself in a relationship with others is a very important part of spiritual sadhana.”
“One of the most important markers of spiritual progress is how soft our heart is, whether we feel the pain of others, our care for others, not just our family but others.”
“Upanishad says, when you find the truth, you find it’s That one Truth which pervades everything. It’s complete, it doesn’t diminish, it’s always there. And the good news is, we are also a part of T...”
“On the path of spirituality, the journey is as important as the goal.”
“The true Sādhakā (Seeker) does not limit oneself to meditating in the way the Guru advises but also begins to function in the world with the understanding that this divine spark resident in oneself...”
“Yoga is the stilling of the mind, the stopping of all the modifications of the mind, and freeing the mind from all its distractions. When it becomes absolutely quiet, that state is called ‘Kaivalya’.”
“With ‘I know’ comes the ego, and as long as that ego remains, it is not possible to find one’s true essence.”
“What is important is to discover that the fulfillment and happiness, the poornata that you seek, is in the core of your consciousness and cannot be acquired elsewhere.”
“One can start with ten minutes of introspection daily and then slowly proceed to the more important and intricate aspects of meditation.”