In atma nivedana (self-surrender) the devotee offers everything to God, including his body, mind and soul. He keeps nothing for himself. He has no personal, independent existence. He has become part and parcel of God. God takes care of him and God trea…
Daily Inspirations
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If you need God’s help, just be spontaneous. If you feel like crying to God, cry. Shout for help. All the great saints, all their prayers, were literally shouting to God for help. “God, have mercy on me!” If you say that even once with your entire hear… |
Dasya bhakti is love of God as the servant of God. To serve God and to carry out his wishes – realising his virtues, his nature, his mystery and his glory and considering oneself as a slave of the supreme master – this is dasya bhakti. Serving and wors… |
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A mother’s first and foremost duty is her child. Everything else comes afterward. A beautiful soul has been given into your hands. You should sacrifice anything and everything for the sake of that child. Don’t neglect your child to do other duties. All… |
Vandana is prayer and prostration. Humble prostration-touching the earth with eight limbs of the body, with faith and reverence, before a form of God, or prostration to all beings, knowing them to be the forms of the one God, getting absorbed in divine… |
How many wants do you have? How many things do you worry about? “I don’t have this.” “I didn’t get that.” “I don’t have a nice enough office.” “I didn’t get the car I wanted.” “I don’t have an air conditioner.” “I didn’t get what I wanted to eat.” Ther… |
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A devotee repeats the mantra (mystic formula) of the Lord during worship and touches his heart, his head, tuft of hair, arms and hands. There is caitanya (consciousness, power) in every letter of the mantra. Through repetition of the mantra and the tou… |
Once upon a time there lived a king who had a nice elephant. The attendant of the elephant used to take it to the river every day for a bath. One day as the attendant was bringing the elephant back to the palace, a little boy came walking up to the ele… |
One can realise God through worship of murti (or idol). The worship of the Lord in saguna (concrete) form is a great aid for vedantic realisation also, and for the realisation of the Lord in His all-pervading, formless aspect. The worship of the murti… |
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If you keep the body healthy, the body can adjust to any weather. You won’t have to complain about the outside atmosphere. Many people complain about allergies. They are always saying, “I am allergic to this, allergic to that.” Allergy is not something… |
An idol (murti or vigraha), sun, fire, water, Ganges, saligram (symbol of Visnu), linga (symbol of Siva), are all symbols of God which help the aspirants to attain one-pointedness of mind and purity of heart. A symbol is absolutely indispensable for fi… |
What is purity of heart? A heart full of tranquility, full of peace. Having a steady mind, a balanced mind, is what you call purity of heart. Being well-balanced between the dualities: the ups and downs, the pleasure and pain, the profit and loss. If t… |