When there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.
Familiarity with books is not knowledge. One’s entire life is a continuous process of learning.
You deserve to be called a human being only when you develop good feelings in you. Let your thoughts, words and deeds be suffused with sacred feelings.
I have come to light the lamp of love in your hearts, to see that it shines day by day with added lustre.
Service without ideal of self…trains you to transcend all the artificial distinctions imposed by history and geography, and to realise that the human community is one and indivisible.
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.
As long as you have attachment to the body and attachment to objects, fear and suffering will be with you. Therefore Krishna told Arjuna to develop his discrimination and rid himself of body consciousness. Only then he would be able to develop integral vision.
Home and family is the basic social institution everywhere in the world. When the home improves, the whole world will be better.
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.
Selfless service alone gives the needed strength and courage to awaken the real you sleeping in your heart.
