Quotations

We think, that with our rational brain, we can solve everything! This is one of the problems faced by man

Upanishad is made up of ‘Upa’, ‘Ni’ and ‘Shad’. ‘Upa’ means to move closer, it also means to sit close and listen

The limbic system is what takes care of our feelings. If the limbic system didn’t work, we would have no emotions.

The path that has been described by all the important teachers, unfortunately, happens to be narrow,

When the mind is absolutely still, when it is no longer engaged in what we call ‘worship’

Vedanta is not intellectual acrobatics. You can study all the scriptures and know them by heart.

Even the greatest iconoclastic religions worship something. They do not have an image of God but they do have a symbol.

There is this great Buddhist Mahayana chant that says, “At some point or the other, in our endless cycle of rebirths,

Love is a many-splendoured entity. Physical love or spiritual love has the same source,

One of the symbols that Shiva carries is the ‘paasha’ – a noose. Shiva only throws this noose on those..

Have you opened your window and, by accident, suddenly noticed a full moon, a beautiful night,

When I’m enjoying something, there is also a hidden element of unhappiness attached to it.

When one is consumed totally and passionately with the desire for Truth and Truth alone,

Surrender to the understanding that here is something that cannot be sought and found by the limited mind,

When they (the images) fall like nine pins and when you no longer have an image of anything,