“When a teacher gives you instructions, follow those instructions completely. Don't say that 'this I'll follow, this I won't'. Therefore to take a Guru - spiritual teacher, as a guide, is a choice t...”
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“ The teaching is more important than the teacher.”
“Both in the waking state and dream state, there is a witness. That witness is real, it is always seeing, always reacting. Without that witness there can neither be a waking state nor dream state. ”
“What you see of the world is the image of the world presented to us by the five senses from which the data is gathered and so the mind manufactures what you think is real.”
“Study of the Upanishad is called Veda-anta, because it comes at the last part of the Vedas. It is also called Vedanta because it is said that when it is properly understood, nothing more needs to ...”
“As Krishna says in the Gita, when the mind becomes sarvatra sama buddhaya, tranquil at all times, and under all circumstances, then the Shruti that is heard immediately has its effect.”
“Nobody has ever attained the Supreme through sadhana. Sadhana is done to clean the mind. If the Lord wants to enter, you need space. So the mind has to be open. ”
“The grace of the Supreme is such that touching it can happen to anybody at any time. There are no rules or formulations for that.”
“You can change somebody through love rather than through hatred. Hatred brings fear. Out of fear if you change, when the fear is removed, it's gone. It should come from within.”
“Ekam Sat Vipra Bahudha Vadanti There is only one truth, but the wise may call it by different names.”
“Chanting has a certain taste that comes over the years as you chant. Once you begin to have that taste, you will not want to stop chanting.”
“108 is considered a mystical number from ancient times because it is a multiple of nine. Nine is one number in this whole system, which, however big it becomes, you multiply nine with any number an...”
“Bijakshara means certain sounds have the potency of bringing about the growth of certain characteristics, especially on the spiritual side. They are like sowing the seed. It depends upon the climat...”
“All the great teachers of all religions have said that the source of all life is one. So uniting human beings together is our priority.”
“Peace and harmony in this country is very important because I believe that this country is among the nations, a place where people from all over the world have come to get wisdom, peace and happiness.”