Wednesday, June 24, 2009
The world which is full of attachments, aversions, etc., is like a dream. It appears to be real, as long as it continues but appears to be unreal when one is awake (i.e., when true wisdom dawns). ADI SANKARACHARYA Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
LOVE EVERYWHERE
Love is beyond time and space. Love is absolute. Retreat given at the Thousand Island Park, USA. June 24, 1895. Complete Works, 7.11. Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
SELFLESS SERVICE
It is only work that is done as a free-will offering to humanity and to nature that does not bring with it any binding attachment. SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
CUSTOM-BUILT
My child, what I want is muscles of iron and nerves of steel, inside which dwells a mind of the same material as that of which the thunderbolt is made. Swami Vivekananda in a letter to Alasinga Perumal. From Westminster, London: 1896. Complete Works, 5.117. Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, June 15, 2009
ENDURANCE TEST
Blame none. If evil comes, know the Lord is playing with you and be exceeding glad. SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
REAL AND SUPERFICIAL
Impurity is a mere superimposition under which your real nature has become hidden. But the real you is already perfect, already strong. SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
WORTH REMEMBERING
Do not get drowned in delusion by going wild with passions and lust by seeing a woman's navel and chest. These are nothing but a modification of flesh. Do not fail to remember this again and again in your mind. ADI SHANKARACHARYA naariistanabhara naabhiideshaM dRishhTvaa maagaamohaavesham.... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
DYING EMBERS
Strength has left the old man's body; his head has become bald, his gums toothless and leaning on crutches. Even then the attachment is strong and he clings firmly to fruitless desires. ADI SHANKARACHARYA Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
BUSYBEE
Fill the brain with high thoughts, highest ideals, place them day and night before you, and out of that will come great work. SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
GOOD AND EVIL
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil. SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Sign in to see full entry.