Quotations

Most of what we call kindness that takes place or is expressed is only when we are not threatened or when we don’t feel that something

If you really feel happy by doing good to others, by recognizing the divine spark in others, then you are already an advanced soul

The true ‘Sadhak’ not only meditates in the way his Guru has taught him to, depending on his needs. He also begins to function

Meditation, the search for happiness, is successful and most effective only when the mind begins to change. That is essentially Sadhana

All Sadhana is not mere meditation. Sadhana has to be complimented by one’s activity in the outside world – how one deals with other human beings

If you are fulfilled, if you are happy within yourself, if you are independent of anything external and still exude happiness,

One has to start somewhere and that starting point is not far away but right here and now. One can start with ten minutes

One who practices meditation and lives in this world will soon discover even the workings of this world or his relationship with this world

In Sadhana, it’s required to spend some period in solitude, especially in the beginning. Ramakrishna Paramahansa used to say that in the beginning of the Sadhana,

If I go to the caves of the Himalayas and meditate for twelve years and say that I am free of anger and jealousy and all the emotions normally associated

Ramakrishna Paramahansa had many disciples and each one he treated and taught in different ways and every one of them, at least most of them,

The practice of Sadhana is what is known generally as meditation. This meditation is not some kind of mumbo jumbo done behind closed doors;

‘Atman’ or the real self – this center of our consciousness can’t be exclusive to anybody. All human beings have it deep down

There is a beautiful word in Sanskrit for completeness – ‘Poorna’. Upanishads mentions ‘Poorna’ – which means fulfillment, fullness, completeness.

Every little thing is full of joy. The dew drop you find on the grass in the morning, the breeze that blows in quietly bringing in the