Quotations

In spiritual matters, you start with the understanding that there’s something beyond what the ordinary mind can conceive of.

You see, affection links the Supreme Manifestation, or even a great Teacher, to those who can benefit from it.

Don’t run away from the battle, stay. You cannot run anywhere.

When I enjoy something sweet, for eg: fresh jalebis, the enjoyment swells up when my tongue, the sense organ, touches the jalebi. The enjoyment isn’t contained in the jalebi or the tongue; it’s within me. The yogic theory is that the source of all enjoyment, the reservoir of all happiness, is within us. The spark of the Divine that is called ‘Sat-Chid- Ananda.’

There is nothing to fear and to live with this understanding is called holistic living.

If the world were a complete obstruction to the attainment of spiritual fulfilment, the Supreme Being would not have created the world at all.

If you can put your mind into an idea that you want to achieve, visualizing it completely as if it is actually there,

The world is such a funny place. You try to go behind something and it always runs away from you;

The message Shirdi Sai Baba wanted to convey was the total unity of all religions.

Examine yourself in the morning when you wake up and in the evening before you go to sleep.

Whatever be the situations, look at them carefully and try to work out how best you can handle them.

Don’t unnecessarily complicate life with too many things. Speak the truth; more than speaking the truth,

Let Go! Upanishads have a beautiful saying ‘Tena tyaktena bhunjitha.’

‘That which does not move’ is like the eye of the cyclone —total motion amidst which there is nothing but absolute calmness.

Mula’ which means ‘root’; ‘Adhara’ means ‘foundation’, support’. So, if you translate the word, it would mean ‘root support’