The innate nature of all beings is to love an external object – we cannot but cherish something in the heart. For, truly, the absolute alone is existent. Man is only an ego, apparently separated from it. Love for external things is an unconscious internal urge to become unified with everything. For, in reality, man…
There is a beautiful Tamil lullaby: “Oh my beautiful baby, I call you my baby. I don’t know who you are and who I am. I don’t know what this relationship is. Where did you come from? Where are you going to go? It happens that we are together. You are my baby, I am…
The parents should make the children forget their worries by telling them some nice, soothing stories—something with which they can go to sleep, something that will help them have peaceful dreams. That’s what bedtime stories are for, so that the children won’t have anything disturbing in their minds. The stories should be something like this:…
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 immediately putting blame on them. They don’t want to accept that.…
Answer: It depends upon the intensity of the aspiration. A stage will come automatically when you will not be able to attend to family matters and will think of the Guru.
Answer: Make God real in your life and your kids will understand.
Answer: The Gita’s teachings on karma begins with this thought: Gita calls it Swadharma. Hik hik khey pahinjo dharma karno aahey. The father, mother, teachers, children have their duties to perform. you must do your duty honestly, sincerely, minutely, but do it well. However small the duty may be, even if it is to sweep…
If you choose the path of marriage, it is a beautiful field in which to learn the great qualities of sharing and sacrificing. Before you marry, ask yourself, “Can I share my love and my life with someone? Can I dedicate my whole life to that person?” After marriage your life becomes divided—a little for…
We all have a duty toward our children, our parents, our neighbors, our sisters, our brothers, toward everything with which we come into contact. We have a duty toward the land that brings us food, toward the rain that brings us water, toward nature. We are constantly getting things from nature, and we have to…
If you get married to depend on someone, that’s not a real marriage. Marriage is equal sharing of life. You both go toward the goal together, helping each other. There should be assistance, not dependence. If you depend on the other person and you don’t get what you were expecting, it will disturb your marriage.…
The entire universe is a university. Everything and everybody is a professor to us. We constantly learn from everybody and everything. We learn even more through pain than through pleasure. Whether we want it to or not, the world will give us the experiences we need and make us grow.
Question: How can I learn to love? Answer: Wanting to love itself is the beginning. And if you want to love, then you should know how to love. Real love means you think of the welfare of others. You do everything for the sake of others. You don’t put yourself first. If others do something…