“Ananda is Happiness, bliss, not the bliss that is here today and gone tomorrow, but as the Tantra defines, Anantam Anandam Brahma, unending bliss is Brahman, that which never ends, which has no beg...”
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“Don't identify your Atman with your mind, which gathers things, then loses them, has pain and sorrow. The Atman is Satchidananda, which means it is Sat, Truth, Chit is consciousness and Ananda is ...”
“Your body, mind, subtle body, comes and goes, birth after birth, but the inner essence which is the Atman always remains the same.”
“Shraddha is a very difficult word to define in English, as it is a Sanskrit word. . Shraddhā means one-pointed attention, it could mean faith, discriminative thinking, any one of these things, or a...”
“All enquiry starts when you say, I don't know, I need to find out. The moment you say i know, there is no enquiry, it's all over.”
“Meditation is how to decondition your mind so you see things as they are. If you see things as they are, you see only one and that is the Truth.”
“At some point in our lives, we are all faced with sorrow, there is nobody who does not. The sorrow that comes to us is actually an indication that this is not the be-all and end-all of life. There ...”
“The word ‘kriya’ in Sanskrit simply means ‘a technique’. This is to decondition your mind which has been brought up in a very conditioned way, through influences, through birth, through various fac...”
“Even if you practice any kriya, you need to have the one-pointed desire and devotion to find the Truth. Otherwise, it's simply a mechanical practice.”
“Please remember that not just the practice, but the determination and intention to find what you're seeking is as important. Otherwise one doesn't move ahead.”
“You can learn theories, Vedanta, Tantra, Sankhya, all the Shastras, but unless there is a change in the mindset, there is no possibility of understanding what is being said, because the average min...”
“The ancient teachers said that there is a link between your breathing pattern and emotional states, and if you change the rhythm or pattern of your breath, you can change your emotional state. You ...”
“The Upanishad says if you want to understand the Supreme Reality that pervades everywhere, you need to let go' and move away from your own 'small' centre. Expand, let everyone be a part of you.”
“If you are tranquil and peaceful in yourself then the peacefulness can be shared with others.”
“Sage Kabir said, ‘Moko kahan dhunde re bande, main to tere paas me’ - where are you searching for me, my dear? I am here right with you.”