Quotations

There is this famous story derived from the couplet of Kabir Das, about the Kasturi Mriga.

One who’s on the spiritual journey should not cry over what he loses.

One of the greatest obstacles to Truth is sloth. Swami Vivekananda realized this and implemented its removal in his own life.

Look at a river, it furrows through the sand, on both sides there are banks. It builds its own banks.

As you read the Upanishads, you will find in many places, that the seeker of the truth is addressed ‘Satya Kama’

The experience of happiness is innate, not in the object that I enjoy.

“Sat-chit-ananda” is a three-syllable word— ‘Sat’, ‘Chitta’ and ‘Ananda’. ‘Sat’ meaning reality,

The ‘One’ who is behind all thought and action is witness to everything — the unaffected witness to all that takes place.

You cannot conceive of a mind without thought; so the mind in totality is actually

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