Question: Often we willfully break the commandments of the scriptures. How can this be God’s Will? Answer: It is all God’s Will. It is God’s Will that you asked me this question, and it is God’s Will that is going to answer you. Ultimately, that is…
Daily Inspirations
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Attachment produces infatuation and causes entanglement. Fear exists on account of attachment and desire. Infatuation or delusion is a stigma on pure love. Attachment to the objects of the world is due to ignorance of their true nature. Nothing but the… |
Question: Before I believed, I created much bad karma in this life. Now I am frightened most of the time about how I must pay it back. How can I handle this fear? Answer: Your fear is unnecessary. We all make mistakes. Once you realize that you have ma… |
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The desire to attain knowledge of the self will dawn only in the person who is free from desires, who has a pure mind, and who is quite disgusted with this worldly life. Such a man only is competent to hear, meditate and attain Brahman, jnana, or knowl… |
When Lord Jesus said, “If somebody slaps you on one cheek, show the other cheek also,” what did that mean? By showing the other cheek you are really giving the person a better lesson. You make that person feel ashamed of what he or she has done. If you… |
The physical body appears only in the present. A thing which has neither past nor future must be considered as non-existent in the present also. If you think over deeply, with pure intelligence you will find atyanta abhava (complete non-existence) for… |
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Question: In order to overcome my fear of being beaten up, I am learning how to fight. Is this the proper course? Answer: First of all, let me remind you that however well you might learn to fight, there will always be a better fighter than you. You ma… |
The world is as unreal as a shadow, bubble or froth. Why do you run after the toys of name and fame? How uncertain is sensual life in this illusory world! How transitory is sensual pleasure ! Mark how many thousands of people were carried awa… |
Realize that nothing is yours. You didn’t come with anything and you are not going to go with anything. Things were given to you along the way. At a certain period things and people came to you. At a certain period, they might go again. It’s all just a… |
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There is a way to the immortal abode and supreme happiness. There is a way to the fourth dimension. That way is vairagya. Follow the way. Vairagya is dispassion, desirelessness or non-attachment. It is indifference to sensual objects herein and hereaft… |
Question: Can a little lie told to a person be loving and actually prevent hurt? Answer: Well, I have a philosophy about that. What is a lie? Is a lie something terrible? Is it always bad to lie? If so, why should there even be such a thing as a lie at… |
Viveka (wisdom) gives inner strength and mental peace. A viveki (wise one) gets no troubles. He is always on the alert. He never gets entangled in anything. He has far-sightedness. He knows the true value of the objects of this universe. He is fully aw… |
