Tsvara (God) is guru of gurus. He removes the veil of ignorance and blesses the ignorant jiva (soul). The aspirant should regard his immediate guru – in the physical form, as an incarnation of that Guru of all gurus. He should have equal devotion to him. Guru in physical form is the main source and…
Guru leads man to God. Guru, mantra (mystic formula) and devata (deity) form a unity. Guru is present in the mantra which he enlivens and communicates. The mantra is the body of the devata. The guru is the embodiment of the deity that is invoked. True guru is living God. Devotion to guru trains your…
The guru is God himself manifesting in a personal form to guide the aspirant. Grace of God takes the form of the guru. To see the guru is to see God. The guru is united with God. He inspires devotion in others and his presence purifies all. The guru is verily a link between the…
Question: Can a little lie told to a person be loving and actually prevent hurt? Answer: Well, I have a philosophy about that. What is a lie? Is a lie something terrible? Is it always bad to lie? If so, why should there even be such a thing as a lie at all in this…
Question: Are there some souls who will never merge with the Cosmic Consciousness in the end? Answer: All of the souls, ultimately, have to gain the same Cosmic Consciousness. The door is never closed until the last lame sheep comes in. We are all ultimately, ultimately going to go to the same place. There’s no…
There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point. You are born to concentrate the mind on God after collecting the mental rays that are dissipated on various objects. That is your important duty. You forget the duty…
Faith is first and reason is second. Faith is life and doubt is death. Reason is powerless to know God. Faith alone takes one to God. He who has faith has everything. He who has no faith has nothing. Have intense, unswerving faith – in the measure in which you have faith, you will achieve.…
Faith is sraddha. Faith is the greatest thing in the world. Even the greatest philosopher has faith as his stronghold. No intellectualism can prove good if it is unsupported by faith. The whole world stands on faith, is guided by faith. Religion has faith as its root. One cannot prove God if he has no…
There are three things that are very rare: a healthy human body, a desire to get liberated, and a guide to help you. When you have all three, and waste them, God will not kindle you up or say, “Come on, wake up!” No. God has given you everything possible. We have done a lot…
Renunciation of family life is the beginning of self-surrender. He who is endowed with burning vairagya (dispassion) and discrimination, one who is really earnest for his spiritual rejuvenation, can also do complete self-surrender even though he is living in the world. In and through the world he realises the Lord, by complete surrender of his…
God has no form as such, but the scriptures say that God manifests as sound. “In the beginning, was the Word.” A mantra is a sacred word; so by repeating the mantra, you are in direct communication with God, with that higher energy. When you feel that, you say, “Let me continuously repeat Your name,…
Mere outward giving up of things is nothing. It is not real renunciation. Real tyaga, or sanyas (renunciation), consists in absolute renunciation of all vasanas (tendencies) and the destruction of the heart-knot of ignorance, the cit-jaḍa-granth (confusion between the conscious subject and inert object). What is to be renounced is the bheda buddhi (divisive intellect),…