Inspiring quotes from hinduism and other sources

Bhaja Govindam

bhaja govindam bhaja govindam
govindam bhaja mUDhamate
samprApte sannihite kAle
nahi nahi rakShati dukrunjkaraNe


Adore the lord, adore the lord,
Adore the lord, O fool,
When the appointed time (for departure) comes,
the repetition of grammatical rules will not indeed save you.

 

"For the Soul , there is neither birth nor death."

 

Prabhujee Dayaa Karo

Maname Aana Baso.

Tuma Bina Laaga Soonaa
Khali Ghatame Prema Bharo.

Tantra Mantra Pooja Nahi Jaanu
Mai To Kavala Tumako Hi Maanu.

Sare Jaga Me Dhundaa Tumako
Aba To Aakara Baahan Dharo.
- Ravi Shankar

Oh Master, show some compassion on me.
Please come and dwell in my heart.

Because without you, it is painfully lonely
Fill this empty pot with the nectar of love.

I do not know any Tantra, Mantra or ritualistic
worship I know and believe only in you!

I have been searching for you all over the world
please come and hold my hand now.

 

Ooo Mandell...that is another of my favourites! Thanks!


Holiness, purity and charity are not the
exclusive possessions of any church in the
world. Every system has produced men and
women of the most exalted character. In the
face of this evidence, if anybody dreams of
the exclusive survival of their own religion
and the destruction of the others, I pity
them from the bottom of my heart, and point
out to them that upon the banner of every
religion will soon be written, in spite of
resistance: "Help and not Fight,"
"Assimilation and not Destruction," "Harmony
and Peace, and not Dissension."

Swami Vivekanandaji

At the Parliament of Religions, Chicago, 1893. Complete Works, 1: 24

 

JAYA RADHA MADHAVA
- by Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura

Jaya Radha-Madhava
Jaya Kunja-Bihari (rpt)
Jaya Gopi-jana-Vallabha
Jaya Giri-Vara Dhari (rpt)
Yasoda-Nandana, Braja-jana-Ranjana (rpt)
Yamuna Tira Vanacari (rpt)

All glories to Radha and Madhava's divine pastimes
The Lord of gopi's lifted [up the hill] Govardhana
Dear to Yasoda, loved in Vrindavana,
At the Yamuna, He wanders in the woods.

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare
rpt to end

 

The cause of all the miseries we have in the
world is that we foolishly think pleasure to
be the ideal to strive for. After a time we
find that it is not happiness, but knowledge,
toward which we are going, and that both
pleasure and pain are great teachers, and
that we learn as much from evil as from good.

Swami Vivekanandaji
Karma Yoga. New York, 1895. Complete Works, 1: 27

 

Be here now.​

- Ram Das​

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Be.


Snake Sedrick.

 

Smaller than a grain of rice, smaller than a grain of barley, smaller than a mustard seed, smaller than a grain of millet, smaller even than the kernel of a grain of millet is the Self. This is the Self dwelling in my heart, greater than the earth, greater than the sky, greater than all the worlds.

-Chandogya Upanishad

 

"God in not a limited individual who sits alone up in the clouds on a golden throne. God is pure Consciousness that dwells within everything. Understanding this truth, learn to accept and love everyone equally." ~Amma

 

'Are you talking about what it is you know

or just repeating what it is you heard?
Someone told you just exactly what to say
but you know
that's only one set of words'

J.Starship 'Fast Buck Freddy'

 

This was in my inbox this morning. I love it:

"The true Jnânis are those who have the
deepest love within their hearts and at the
same time are practical seers of nonduality
in their outward relations. The true Bhaktas
are those who, realizing their own souls as
identified with the universal Self, and thus
possessed of the true knowledge within, feel
for and love everyone."

Swami Vivekanandaji
Selections from the Belur Math Diary. Complete Works, 5: 318

 

"Those who have become established in AUM,
What happens to them after death?"

The sage replied: "AUM is both immanent
And transcendent. Through it one can attain
The personal and the impersonal."

-Prashna Upanishad

 

By standing on his own
A man finds happiness.

By standing on his own
A man finds freedom.

By standing on his own
He goes beyond the world.

By standing on his own
He finds the end of the way.

-Ashtavakra Gita 18:50

 

"If you believe in the existence of God, you
will be reminded of him at every step of your
life."- Swami Vivekananda

 

"Better a diamond with a flaw than a perfect pebble"

:bigear: Newspaper chinese quotes.

 

"In all religions we travel from a lesser to a higher truth, never from error to truth.
There is Oneness behind all creation, but minds are various. "That which exists is one,
sages call it variously." What I mean is that one progresses from a smaller to a greater
truth. The worst religions are only bad readings of the truth. One gets to understand
bit by bit. Even devil-worship is but a perverted reading of the ever-true and
immutable Brahman. Other phases have more or less truth in them. No form of religion
possesses it entirely."- Swami Vivekanandaji

 

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Bahlul, the wise fool, happened to meet the caliph Harun al-Rashid. "Where are you coming from, Bahlul?" the ruler asked him.

"From Hell," was the prompt reply.​

"What were you doing there?"​

Bahlul explained, "Fire was needed, Sire, so I thought of going to Hell to ask if they could spare a little. But the fellow in charge there said, "We have no fire here." Of course, I asked him, "How come? Isn't Hell the place of fire?"​

He answered, "I tell you, there really is no fire down here. Everybody brings his own fire with him when he comes."​

- Sheikh Muzaffer ​

 

While aid may outwardly seem as puny as a mustard seed,
The knowing will deem it as imposing as a towering palm.

Help rendered another cannot be measured by the extent
Of assistance imparted. Its real measure is the recipient's worthiness.

-Tirukkural 11:104-105
---
If anyone speaks ill of you,
Praise them always.
If anyone injures you,
Serve them nicely.
If anyone persecutes you,
Help them in all possible ways.
You will attain
immense strength.
You will control anger and pride.
You will enjoy
peace, poise, and serenity.
You will become divine.


- Swami Sivananda