quotes

जय श्रीकृष्णा !

भूतेष्वन्तर्यामी ज्ञानमयः सच्चिदानन्दः। 

प्रकृतेः परः परात्मा यदुकुलतिलकः स एवायम्।।

जो ज्ञानस्वरूप, सच्चिदानन्द, प्रकृति से परे परमात्मा सब भूतों में अन्तर्यामी रूप से स्थित है, यह यदुकूल भूषण श्रीकृष्ण वही तो हैं।

- प्रबोध सुधाकर (भगवान आद्यशंकराचार्य कृत)

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be still

CONVERSATIONS WITH ANNAMALAI SWAMI

Question: Bhagavan often told devotees to "Be still". Did he mean "Be mentally still"?

Annamalai Swami: Bhagavan's famous instruction "summa iru" [be still] is often misunderstood. It does not mean that you should be physically still; it means that you should always abide in the Self. 

If there is too much physical stillness, tamoguna [a state of mental torpor] arises and predominates. In that state you will feel very sleepy and mentally dull. Rajoguna [a state of excessive mental activity], on the other hand, produces emotions and a mind which is restless. 

In sattva guna [a state of mental quietness and clarity] there is stillness and harmony. If mental activity is necessary while one is in sattva guna it takes place. But for the rest of the time there is stillness. When tamoguna and rajoguna predominate, the Self cannot be felt. 

If sattva guna predominates one experiences peace, bliss, clarity and an absence of wandering thoughts. 

That is the stillness that Bhagavan was prescribing.

- LWB

quotes

Don’t sit and wait. Get out there, feel life.

Touch the sun, and immerse in the sea.

~ Rumi

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yoga Vasistha

Whether you weep or cry, or become a play of opposite circumstances, be joyful for both are meant for your good. 

Oṃ Śri Gurubhyo Namaḥ Hariḥ Oṃ

Maharṣi Vasiṣṭha in Yoga Vasistha Maharamayana

upanishad

You are what your deep, driving desire is

As your desire is, so is your will

As your will is, so is your deed

As your deed is, so is your destiny

काममया एवायं पुरुष इति

सा यथाकामो भवति तत्क्रतुर भवति

यात्क्रतुर भवति तत कर्म कुरुते

यत कर्म कुरुते तद अभिसम पद्यते

~ Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, 4.4.5

spiritual quotes

"Being awake. Resting in the happening of this moment, exactly as it is. Relaxing the need to understand or to make things different than they are. Opening the heart. Just this – right here, right now."

~ Joan Tollifson