As long as you have attachment to the body and attachment to objects, fear and suffering will be with you. Therefore, Krishna told Arjuna to develop his discrimination and rid himself of body consciousness. He told him that once he was free of body consciousness he would be able to develop integral vision. Embodiments of Love, Mankind today has three types of vision. The first is body oriented vision, which is totally superficial. When you have this kind of vision you see only the external appearance of others, such as the clothes and the ornaments they wear, their facial features, their body characteristics, their peculiarities of speech, etc. This type of vision is oriented only towards the phenomenal world. The second kind of vision is insightful vision. |
As the mother, so the progress of the nation. As the mother, so the sweetness of culture! |
As today is a sacred day dedicated to women, they should change themselves and help to change the men and the children. They should develop the qualities of sympathy, compassion; love and sacrifice. |
Aspire now,Adore now,Achieve now. |
Aspire to live in peace, not in plenty. |
At the present moment, in the prevailing situation, what is most essential is the cultivation of love. Losing love mankind has lost its humanness. |
At the root of all this is purity. Where there is purity there love grows. When purity and love come together, there is bliss (Ananda). |
Awake, Arise and Stop not until the goal is reached. |
Baba tells us that when we serve another, we should remind ourselves that we are serving the Divinity within that other. This is something that we frequently forget, for it needs a very big mental re-adjustment. Don't worry about it -- just serve! But the very least that is demanded of us in this context is to RESPECT the person we are serving. That includes respecting their beliefs; in fact, it means reaching their spiritual Self through their beliefs, not ours. It means putting oneself in their shoes; cheering them up if possible, but seeing things from their point of view. |
Base all educational efforts on building up of the character of the students, and then you can confidently think of rising on in the super-structure of curricula. |
Be ashamed of your hatred. Give up hatred and be quiet. |
Be confirmed in the faith that He is the doer of every deed. That is the genuine giving up . |
Be discriminating when dispensing charity. In the name of charity or philanthropy, we tend to do injustice to one's country. |
Be ever watchful to see that you strive to take in more and more of GOD into you. |
Be good, be serviceable; Be useful, be kind and Be God-fearing. |