Learn to make the whole world your own. No one is a stranger, my child; this whole world is your own.
Knowing that I am different from the body, I need not neglect the body. It is a vehicle that I use to transact with the world. It is the temple which houses the Pure Self within.
When we see everything in life as a game, we will be equally joyous when falling as we are when rising. If we can fully understand this – if we can see life as swinging on a swing – we will never fall apart when failure comes our way.
Begin with yourself. There is no time to waste. It is your duty to do your part to bring God’s kingdom on earth.
A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don’t know ourselves!
The ornament of the night is the moon, that of the day is the sun. The ornament of the devotee is devotion, that of devotion knowledge. The ornament of knowledge is meditation, and that of meditation is renunciation. The ornament of renunciation, says Tulsi, is pure, unalloyed peace.
Universal religion has no location in time or space. Its area is infinite, like the God it preaches. It is an experience. It is God-consciousness… All religions are challenged today by a common enemy: the rising tide of skepticism and secularism.
Fasting in the monastic community is considered an ascetic practice, a “dhutanga” practice. Dhutanga means “to shake up” or “invigoration”. The Buddha, as is well known, emphasized moderation, the Middle Way that avoids extremes, in all things. Fasting is an additional method that one can take up, with supervision, for a time.
Do not take this material world so seriously because it is always changing. Something terrible that you take so seriously today is going to change tomorrow.
People do not know what the name of God can do. Those who repeat it constantly alone know its power. It can purify your mind completely…
