Quotations

You cannot really classify spiritual progress into any category and say logically that you can go from step 1 to step 2,

Keep the jewel in the lotus of your heart clean and pure – don’t allow anything to sully it !

A real temple is a place where people are served. It is much more than a place where they light lamps.

Happiness is not attainable by acquiring and gathering. It is attained by being good and ‘letting go!’

Devotion is a feeling that wells up in the heart, where you cannot differentiate another person from yourself.

When you serve a less fortunate person – either materially or spiritually – you are not doing him or her a favour.

How long can you desire something after another? You have a house; you have a steady income, good enough. There is no limit to desires.

Inherent oneness of humanity can be understood only through internal examination when we look into our minds.

Sorrows and shortcomings, the cares of this world, do exist certainly but who doesn’t have them?

For hours – day in and day out – if we tell lies, how can we search for the Supreme Truth? We have to start with what

It is more precious than anything your mind can conceive of. How fortunate that this priceless pearl is not far away

When you run away from the world, the world follows you. When you are hankering for it, it beats you.

Anger, desire, they are all linked together. The first characteristic of a person who has attained the spiritual Truth is his heart

There is nothing on this earth that we can know except through imitation. So, first, practice kindness.