Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day. |
Suppose a man becomes pure by chanting the holy name of God, but immediately afterwards commits many sins. He has no strength of mind. He doesn't take a vow not to repeat his sins. |
The biggest winners [becoming more green] seem to be India, Brazil and Canada, ... Losers are parts of Mexico and northern Siberia [drying and cooling, respectively]. |
The goal can never be reached unless a man makes his mind strong and firmly resolves that he must realize God in this very birth, nay, in this very moment. |
The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction. So long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness. |
The physicians of one class feel the patients and go away, merely prescribing medicine. As they leave the room they simply ask the patient to take the medicine. They are the poorest class of physicians. |
The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth. |
Therefore I say, 'Even though my guru frequents a grog-shop, still to me he is the embodiment of Eternal Bliss.' All want to be the guru, but very few indeed want to be a disciple. |
Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally. |
Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you. |
Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, yet you will find nothing anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here. |
Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal. |
We laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our efforts to find the peace which is our essence. |
When one has love for God, one doesn't feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion for them. |
When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited. |