Selfless service alone gives the needed strength and courage to awaken the real you sleeping in your heart.
Now you worship His Form, you repeat His name; ignoring His orders. Without practicing the discipline laid down by Rama to purify the mind, all else is mere show, empty rituals.
I have come to light the lamp of love in your hearts, to see that it shines day by day with added lustre.
Familiarity with books is not knowledge. One’s entire life is a continuous process of learning.
Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process.
With a genuine keenness or readiness to serve others, one can attain happiness in any group or community, and the eagerness to serve others will endow you with the power and skill necessary for the required service. Nowadays, we tend to regard it as derogatory to serve, but there is great worth in service.
One’s entire life is a continuous process of learning. Any process of inquiry is related to learning. But basically our inquiry should be concerned with finding out what is transient and what is permanent. This is true knowledge.
Without God, life is like a school without a teacher. It is a wire with no current passing through it; it is a body with no soul.
