Actions which are of a binding nature lose that nature when you do them with equanimity or evenness of mind through the help of pure reason, which has lost all attachment to sensual objects and which is resting in the self. You will have to cultivate and develop this pure reason and equanimity of mind.…
A karma yogi should adapt, adjust, accommodate, in relation to all and under all circumstances. He should share what he has with others. He should be absolutely unselfish. He should keep his senses under control. He should always be truthful and cheerful. He should be social and amiable. He should be simple, noble, humble and…
If you have absolute faith you don’t have to do anything. You will accept everything—even if you sometimes feel foolish. “I am foolish? Well, God made me that way. I don’t know why, but God must have had some reason for it. If God doesn’t want me to be foolish anymore then God will take…
Give the mind to God and then you will be liberated. You will be free from birth and death. You will get the highest bliss. There is no doubt of this. Worship God in the poor and the sick. Service of the poor and sick is worship of God. Destroy ghṛṇā (disgust and loathing) when…
Faith and fear don’t go together. If you have faith, there is nothing to be afraid of. “God is the one who sent me; God is the one who is keeping me alive; God is the one who is doing everything to me. Whatever I need, God is going to give me. If I don’t…
Work for the commonweal; do not work for selfish gains. Give up all profit motives. Work with detachment and you will attain eternal peace and immortality. The wise man does actions but believes himself to be free from actions since he expects no returns therefrom and has no selfish motive thereto. Serve without being conspicuous.…
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 return. If you salute a friend, you expect him…
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. Until you become God, you will never…
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 dislike them; you simply say, “Well, mosquito, that is the purpose for which you were…
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 remember that You are working through…
Question: How can I know if I am following the Will of God when I make a decision? Example: You will find out very soon. It won’t take very long. If it is the Will of God, everything will go smoothly. If it is your egoistic will, you’ll get the blow right away. God’s Will…
Question: There are times when I feel very deep loneliness that no friend, family member or lover can seem to satisfy. Do you ever get lonely like that? Answer: Long ago I used to feel lonely until I realized that there is a lover who is always in me, with me, next to me, closer…