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Everything can be a pilgrimage. Even going from this building to the next building can become a pilgrimage. Yes. It’s all in your attitude. Unfortunately, you only call it a pilgrimage when you travel to a holy place because that’s the only time you fe… |
There, the Brahman dwells by Himself; There, He sits without support; There, there is neither day nor night; There, there is neither virtue nor vice; There, there is neither light nor dark; There, the sun and moon do not rise; There, pain and suffering… |
Question: When you went to Mount Kailash and reached the goal of the pilgrimage, the abode of Lord Siva, was there something to be experienced? What was it like? Answer: (Sri Swami Satchidananda sighs and leans back in his chair with his eyes closed. F… |
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Do not talk of vedānta and Brahman, Work, work, work. There is too much talk and vedāntic gossiping, Enough of tall talk and gossiping. Give up lecturing and pedantry, Become a practical vedāntin. Be good to others, even at the point of a bayonet. Show… |
Peace is not just in the hands of a few individuals. Every one of us can do something. When there are more peaceful individuals, the world becomes more peaceful. So let it begin within oneself. In one sense, it’s almost impossible to make the whole wor… |
I celebrated this auspicious day, With great eclat and pomp, With illumination and joyful songs. My wish has been fulfilled. I have met my Beloved. How shall I find words, For the beauty of my Beloved? He is brilliant like millions of suns, He has enth… |
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Your destiny is your own creation. It’s because you’re the master of your destiny, and you did it, that you can always undo it. When you have the capacity to do something, don’t you have the capacity to undo it? So trust in that capacity, and then go f… |
There is a mysterious tree, It has no roots. It has grown without a seed, It bears fruits without flowers, It has no branches, no leaves, It has no pith, no stem. Many birds are sitting on this tree. It is a very ancient tree, It is beginningless and e… |
The state of samadhi is beyond the reach of mind and speech. Even in worldly experience, you cannot express taste. You cannot express the taste of an apple to one who has not tasted it, nor can you explain the nature of colour to a blind man. The state… |
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Just do what you can, and leave the rest to Nature. Nature constantly says, “Be that so.” We say, “Ah, I want to be a monkey.” Be that so. “I want to be an intelligent man.” Be that so. “I am very unhappy.” Be that so. “I am sick of the whole thing.” B… |
If the vasanas (tendencies) and the attachment to objects of the world vanish entirely, and if you are in that immovable state, then you have become a jivanmukta (liberated sage). You will abide in your own self. You will rest in that non-dual, supreme… |
Happiness never comes from outside. Only when you are not depending on anything from outside for your happiness are you totally independent. You may live in a free country, but you are not free until and unless you free yourself from ignorance. Nationa… |