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August 13, 2015 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 1 comment

Usually, your wife is your greatest critic at home because she sees you in all circumstances. The criticism should always be taken as constructive because it helps to keep one humble. It helps to k...

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August 12, 2015 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 1 comment

If the world were a complete obstruction to the attainment of spiritual fulfillment, the Supreme Being would not have created the world at all. The very fact that the world exists around us and als...

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August 11, 2015 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 1 comment

Whatever you are doing, he says, “Dedicate that to me. Think that I am the agent and I am the enjoyer”. Gradually, you will get purified enough and be lifted out of that activity. Although, this is...

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August 10, 2015 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 6 comments

If you can put your mind into an idea that you want to achieve, visualizing it completely as if it is actually there, doing that constantly using the technique by which it can be done, then believe...

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August 09, 2015 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

You should be able to control your senses. You should learn to cultivate tranquility and balance of mind in the midst of circumstances, whether good or bad; and above all, have the welfare of all l...

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August 08, 2015 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 1 comment

The world is such a funny place. You try to go behind something and it always runs away from you; you leave it and it tries to follow you! Vishwamitra goes off to the forest for ‘Tapasya’ and Menak...

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August 07, 2015 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

The message Shirdi Sai Baba wanted to convey was the total unity of all religions. So, he did a very strange thing. While living in a broken mosque, he had this everyday ritual of lighting a lamp o...

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August 06, 2015 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 2 comments

We can go away anywhere but we carry our mind with us. We can’t escape from the mind. According to the Gita and also people who have walked this path, the only solution is to face it. Examine it. L...

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August 05, 2015 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 2 comments

Examine yourself in the morning when you wake up and in the evening before you go to sleep. Ask yourself – have I changed or am I the same or worse? Am I still angry when somebody else is happy?

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August 04, 2015 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

Whatever be the situations, look at them carefully and try to work out how best you can handle them. To handle them, ‘Sadhana’ is a very important part of your daily life. Without it, you cannot ha...

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August 03, 2015 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 1 comment

Don’t unnecessarily complicate life with too many things. Speak the truth; more than speaking the truth, think the truth. It does not mean that when you speak the truth, you have to be blunt; there...

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August 02, 2015 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 1 comment

Let Go! Upanishads have a beautiful saying ‘Tena tyaktena bhunjitha.’ Let go and rejoice! Normally when you say rejoice, our idea is that we have to gather things together. Here it is a completely ...