22 quotes found
“I am the Atma abiding in the heart of all beings. I am also the beginning, the middle, and the end of all beings.”
“It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection.”
“...where there is One, that One is me; where there are many, all are me; they see my face everywhere.The Bhagavad Gita”
“For the senses wander, and when one lets the mind follow them, it carries wisdom away like a windblown ship on the waters.”
“The peace of God is with them whose mind and soul are in harmony, who are free from desire and wrath, who know their own soul.”
“Not by refraining from action does man attain freedom from action. Not by mere renunciation does he attain supreme perfection.”
“You have the right to work, but never to the fruit of work. You should never engage in action for the sake of reward, nor should you long for inaction. Perform work in this world, Arjuna, as a man ...”
“There is no wisdom for a man without harmony, and without harmony there is no contemplation. Without contemplation there cannot be peace, and without peace can there be joy?”
“Some offer their out-flowing breath into the breath that flows in; and the in-flowing breath into the breath that flows out; they aim at Pranayama, breath-harmony, and the flow of their breath is i...”
“A gift is pure when it is given from the heart to the right person at the right time and at the right place, and when we expect nothing in return”
“You have control over doing your respective duty, but no control or claim over the result. Fear of failure, from being emotionally attached to the fruit of work, is the greatest impediment to succe...”
“If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One... I am become Death, the Shatterer of Worlds.”
“Perform all thy actions with mind concentrated on the Divine, renouncing attachment and looking upon success and failure with an equal eye. Spirituality implies equanimity.[Trans. Purohit Swami]”
“Then, O King! the God, so saying,Stood, to Pritha's Son displayingAll the splendour, wonder, dreadOf His vast Almighty-head.Out of countless eyes beholding,Out of countless mouths commanding,Countl...”
“O MAN! Offer Thy labyrinthine longings into a monotheistic bonfire consecrated to the unparalleled God.Burn desire for human affection in the fire of aspiration for GOD alone, a love solitary becau...”
“For him who has conquered the min, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his mind will remain the greatest enemy. SB 6.6”
“Some perceive God in the heart by the intellect through meditation; others by the yoga of knowledge; and others by the yoga of work. Some, however, do not understand Brahman, but having heard from ...”
“The nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons.They arise from sense perception...”
“Shutting out all external objects, fixing the vision between the eyebrows, making even the inward and outward breaths, the sage who has controlled the senses, mind and understanding, who is intent ...”
“For when the mind becomes bound to a passion of the wandering senses, this passion carries away man's wisdom, even as the wind drives a vessel on the waves.”
