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Have complete faith. Don’t even go near fear. Remember: If anything has to happen, it will happen. Think, “All right, let it happen. I am bold! What’s the use of being afraid of it? I’m not going to be able to stop anything that is meant to happen.” If… |
Every thought and every deed of yours will generate certain tendencies which will affect your life here and hereafter. If you do good actions with a selfless spirit, you will soar high into regions of bliss and peace. As you sow so shall you reap. Good… |
Once upon a time there lived a king who really wanted a son. After many, many years his wife at last gave birth to a boy. The king was joyous. Immediately he called all the astrologers to learn his son’s future. Many great astrologers came to study the… |
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Karma yoga removes the impurities of the mind and prepares it for the reception of divine light, divine grace and divine knowledge. Service of humanity is service of God. Work always elevates when it is done in the right spirit, without attachment and… |
Question: Often I see others making a mistake and would like to suggest another way of handling things. How can I do it without making others react defensively? Answer: Do it in a gentle way. The reason others become defensive is that you are immediate… |
The mind is so framed that it cannot work without expectation of fruits or anticipation of rewards for actions. If you smile when you meet your friend, you expect a smile in return. If you give a glass of water to somebody, you expect something in retu… |
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If you want to become a member of God’s club, get all the qualifications needed to become a member. Only a rich person can go to the rich people’s club. Only a spiritual person can go to the spiritual people’s club. If you want God, become God soon. Un… |
In order to attain success in yoga, sādhanā (spiritual practice) is necessary. Have no patience with theoretical religion. By contemplating in a closed room for years, you may not advance more than a few steps. The effects of past actions can only be w… |
Universal love means to see the same Self in everything. Unlimited, unconditional love is universal. If you have universal love, there is not even a single thing you dislike. You love everything, even the mosquitoes that bite you. You don’t disl… |
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The practice of karma yoga does not demand that you possess enormous wealth. You can serve with your mind and body. If you find a poor sick man lying on the roadside, give him some water or milk to drink. Cheer him up with sweet encouraging words. Take… |
If you totally surrender yourself into the hands of God, you will feel: “God, I didn’t plan to come here. You sent me here. You have a purpose. I don’t know what that purpose is. If I could ask You for anything, it would be this: ‘Let me always remembe… |
Karma is a sanskrit term that signifies action or deed. Any physical or mental action is karma. Thinking is mental karma. Karma is the sum total of our acts, both in the present life and in the preceding births. Karma means not only action, but also th… |