From craving is born grief, from craving is born fear. For one freed from craving there’s no grief – so how fear?
Birth does not lead to greatness; but cultivation of numerous virtues by a man leads him to greatness.
You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
That which gives pleasure to one man gives pain to another. That sage who identifies himself with the imperishable Self and stands as a spectator of the mental modifications enjoys supreme peace and infinite bliss.
Don’t hate life and death or love life and death. Keep your every thought free of delusion, and in life you’ll witness the beginning of nirvana, and in death you’ll experience the assurance of no rebirth.
Many teachers will tell you to believe; then they put out your eyes of reason and instruct you to follow only their logic. But I want you to keep your eyes of reason open; in addition, I will open in you another eye, the eye of wisdom.
Offer your gratitude to God. Then you will feel that inside you a sweet, fragrant and beautiful flower is growing. That is the flower of humility.
First lose yourself, then only you find Him. The Beloved is not separate from you; just turn your face within.
