Inspiring quotes from hinduism and other sources

They said, ‘How can this body be set up like this by one who is devoid of desire ?’ He replied ‘The self is subtle, non-object, invisible and called Purusha. In part he is consciously present here and awakens the sleeper. That conscious part of this Purusha is the knower of the body in every individual. His marks are imagination, determination and conceit – he is the Lord of creatures, the eye of all. By that conscious being is the body set up. He is the driver.-Maitrayani Upanishad

 

"Thanks for helping me heal my pet tiger Baba, now he is running happy, he is very strong, and he wants to eat me".

 

I am the infinite deep
In whom all the worlds
Appear to rise.

Beyond all form,
Forever still.

Even so am I.

I am not in the world.
The world is not in me.

I am pure.
I am unbounded.
Free from attachment,
Free from desire,
Still.

Even so am I.

-Ashtavakra Gita 7:3-4

 

If you desire liberation,
But you still say "mine,"
If you feel you are the body,
You are not a wise man or a seeker.

You are simply a man who suffers.

-Ashtavakra Gita 16:10

 

"You are the light of the world. Like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden"- Matthew 5:14

 

The way of devotion is as good as the way of knowledge. But as long as God keeps the feeling of ego in us, it is easier to follow the path of devotion.

-Ramakrishna

 

Let me be reborn a million times as a dog , if I can help even one man. It is glorous to help even one man.

---Ramakrishna

 

To know the unity of all life leads
To deathlessness; to know not leads to death.
Both are hidden in the infinity
Of Brahman, who is beyond both.

-Shvetashvatara Upanishad

 

"I am the food of life, I am, I am;
I eat the food of life, I eat, I eat.
I link food and water, I link, I link.
I am the first-born in the universe;
Older than the gods, I am immortal.
Who shares food with the hungry protects me;
Who shares not with them is consumed by me.
I am this world and I consume this world.
They who understand this understand life."

-Taittiriya Upanishad

 

As clouds are blown away by the wind, the thirst for material pleasures will be driven away by the utterance of the Lord's name.

-Sri Sarada Devi

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Incline us O God! to think humbly of ourselves, to be saved only in the examination of our own conduct, to consider our fellow-creatures with kindness, and to judge of all they say and do with the charity which we would desire from them ourselves.


- Jane Austen

 

Cling to the feet of a master who can introduce you to yourself.

-Swami Veda Bharati

 

If you desire the world,
You may try to renounce it
In order to escape sorrow.

Instead, renounce desire!
Then you will be free of sorrow,
And the world will not trouble you.

-Ashtavakra Gita 16:9

 

If you would swim on the bosom of the ocean of Truth, you must reduce yourself to a zero.

-Mahatma Gandhi

 

Between the pillars of spirit and matter the mind has put up a swing.
There swings the bound soul and all the worlds with not even the slightest rest.
The sun and moon also swing, and there is no end to it.
The soul swings through millions of births like the endless circling of sun and moon.
Billions of ages have passed with no sigh of relief.
The earth and sky swing,
Wind and water swing,
Taking a body, God Himself swings.

-Kabir

 

~MAKE EACH DAY OF YOUR LIFE HAPPIER~

Every Day ...
Share a kind word with a friend.
Give away a smile.
Tell one secret.
Listen to what someone has to say.
Listen with your heart,
to what someone cannot say.
Try one new thing.
Forgive one person who has hurt you.
Forgive yourself for past mistakes.
Realize your imperfections.
Discover your possibilities.
Make a new friend.
Accept responsibility for everything you do.
Refuse responsibility for anyone else's actions.
Dream one dream.
Watch the sunset.
Cherish what you have.
Cherish who you are.
Love your life.

-Amma

 

For see!
The Self is in all beings,
And all beings are in the Self.

Know you are free,
Free of "I,"
Free of "mine."

Be happy.

-Ashtavakra Gita 15:6

 

Wisdom is knowing when to speak your mind and when to mind your speech.


-Unknown

 

In the pursuit of learning, everyday something new is added. In the pursuit of the Dao, everyday something new is dropped.
~ Lao Tsu

 

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
Socrates, from Plutarch, Of Banishment

 

Sri Ramakrishna used to say that pure jnana and pure bhakti are one and the same- Swami Vivekananda