Quotations

When you want to start studying spiritual things, begin when you have enough fuel in you.

If you seriously look into spiritual exploration, what clothes you wear

If you are deeply inclined spiritually and you want only spiritual development, not any fancy trimmings

Devotion is a deep ‘bhava’ feeling that wells up in the heart when one finds one’s limitations

If that Supreme Reality can be turned into devotion for the teacher who expresses that divinity,

The whole of sadhana, the whole of our devotion, bhakti or bhava is the clearing

You can study the Upanishads, practice yoga, sit and breathe up and down,

Music is an intrinsic part of bhava and bhakti, and that music goes beyond all words

In the Mundaka Upanishad, the rishis said such learned pandits who have only acquired knowledge

What Vedanta tries to do, in its essence, is attempt to use the intellect

If we start unveiling our true self, layer by layer, one becomes freer in the sense of detachment

The ultimate ananda which is the aim of the yogis is not just sensory enjoyment.

When you look within and experience the spark of the divine within, even on a small scale, there is peace,

Moksha means to be totally free, to be completely happy without depending on anything

Consciousness is That from which thought arises but it is usually haphazard.