Quotations

The Vedanta asserts that this basic attitude, this basic instinct to unite,

Words are very powerful! If somebody doesn’t know the language, they won’t understand a word,

The only way to study yourself, the only way to know yourself, the only way to realize yourself, to understand yourself as you are and not as you imagine you are, is by being a part of the society. Communicate, interact, so on and so forth—without prejudice, without condemning, without justifying.

This (examination to know thyself) is possible only in the midst of society. You cannot really study your mind

One has to carefully and vigilantly watch one’s self as one actually is, before proceeding to explore

My Master said, “The first step is to understand yourself—your strengths, your weaknesses,

>Amongst the Sufis, there is a saying, which they attribute to Prophet Mohammed :

I am talking about what we think and how we act. If these two things can go together, then meditation begins.

When a spiritual teacher puts his disciples to the test, even the most exalted amongst them can fail.

I am saying, deep down in our minds if we would only be ready to peel off the outer layers of dust that have gathered;

Life moves. The problem is we would like to freeze it and hold on to it. It is not possible. You can freeze it for a while seemingly, but it will break its dam and begin to flow again.

We like to think of something the way we prefer it to be and not as it actually is. And, what is it actually?

One of the deep-rooted illusions, which we all have, is the belief that we are going to exist forever.

According to Vedanta, the entire Cosmos is a completely seamless, continuous unity—the one that contains within itself,

The Vedantin searching for the truth comes across a certain set of conclusions and says: “Now this cannot be,