Quotations

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

The Upanishads and the Vedas suggest that there is a way to find lasting happiness within, which is independent of all external things.

I am not saying that we should not enjoy the little joys that we find in life day-to-day. Please do it. We should because that’s the
greatest,

We don’t find real happiness because we are not satisfied ever with anything that we have. Maybe there is satisfaction for a short time but,

What is love really, in that sense of the term? It is separation. When your beloved is with you, then what is love? When your beloved

Everybody says, ‘I have surrendered.’ Nobody has truly surrendered. To surrender, really, is not easy. If I surrender, it means to firstly consider

First, I must say, ‘I cannot understand’. Then, what happens here is the same thing comes into the picture – that ‘stillness’, that ‘emptiness’

All the knowledge I have gathered is confined to my mind and my brain, which can conk off at any time. You know it. One part of the brain

When we go to a temple, we see the image there. I go down there, and I worship. I bow my head down and I fall flat worshipping

When Jesus said, ‘Empty yourself’, I think what he meant was that we are mentally constipated. It is all the stuff that is ingested