The subtler the element, the more powerful it is. Water is more powerful than earth because it is more subtle. Water removes earth away. Fire is more powerful than water because it is subtler than water. Fire dries up water. Air is more powerful than f…
Daily Inspirations
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The simplest and best practice is mantra repetition, says Swami Satchidananda. |
God is a mystery. Mind is a mystery. The world is a mystery. How sanklrtan transmutes human nature into divine nature, how it overhauls the old vicious habits, how it changes the mental substance, how it transforms or metamorphoses the impure nature in… |
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Spirituality should permeate every action of your day. says Swami Satchidananda. |
Japa is the best of all spiritual practices in this modern age. It is the easiest too. The divine name alone will give you all success and bestow on you the highest spiritual attainments. The seeker after truth reaches the highest goal by japa or recit… |
What you think you become. That is why it is so important to have positive thoughts. But if you merely repeat something without any feeling behind it, it’s just mechanical. You have to have some conviction: “I am becoming joyful. I am becoming brave. D… |
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People put the question: “How can we love God whom we have not seen?” Live in the company of saints and hear of the divine sport of God, study the sacred scriptures. Worship Him first in His several forms as manifested in the world. Worship any image o… |
Question: Is it interfering with one’s karma to take medicine? Answer: I believe in prayer, but I believe in medicine also. Medicine is also a gift from God. Prayer, medicine and certain dietetic disciplines all could be used at the same time. Even foo… |
Here is bhakti yoga in a nutshell. Select an ishta devata (a favourite deity) – either Siva, Rama, Krishna, Vishnu, Dattatreya, Gayatri or Sakti – according to the advice of your guru, or your own inclination. Get the proper mantra (a mystic formula).… |
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Don’t work thinking only of your salary. If God is satisfied with your work, God will give you plenty. You will get your salary, and more, from many other sources. Think of your job as an opportunity to serve, not just an opportunity to make money. If… |
Divine love (or prema) is the flower of flowers. It is the rarest of all flowers and it is cultivated in the hearts of all devotees. Prema or bhakti is intense love, or the highest form of devotion to God. It is supreme attachment to the lotus-feet of… |
Don’t expect the whole world to be enlightened one day. It would be like walking into a Detroit automobile factory and seeing only finished cars. If the factory were full of finished cars, it would no longer be a factory; it would become a showroom. Li… |
