Quotations

Now there are people who don’t believe in God. Are we to say that those who don’t believe in God are all bad people?

Can we live in peace with ourselves? Can we we stop harbouring hatred for others?

We ourselves are a bundle of contradictions: the mind that’s violent is hidden behind smiles.

When the mind begins to be kind, animals begin to see that somebody genuinely doesn’t mean to harm or hurt them,

Non-violence does not mean an external manifestation of being not harmful to others alone. Nonviolence is a state of mind.

The Buddha did not talk about God per se, but the greatest practical understanding of Godliness is the compassion that he preached.

Is there some way by which the ancient 3000-year-old saying in the Rig Veda, ‘Ekam Sat Vipra Bahudavadanti’ can be implemented?

The Jains have a philosophy, ‘Anaitadvat’, which means something may be this or may be that.

If we start examining our thoughts, we cannot actually speak because most thoughts are not towards spiritual evolution.

Decide that I am going to look at myself in a mirror – which is not clouded by my own prejudices – in which I can actually see my image.

Look at yourself and see where you are. Before every act, look at the motive. Before you act, before you speak, when a thought

From our understanding – there is only one mind. There are no many minds. There is only one mind.

What is also built-in, and which is not evident, is that I am ready to look after somebody else’s child.

To love my own child and look after my child – all animals do that, including the gorillas and the monkeys, no big deal.

When you say you follow the teachings, it does not mean you can sit everyday and close your eyes for hours together