“A monk is like a bleached cloth, and the householder is like a black one. One does not notice the spots in a black cloth so much, but even a drop of ink looks so prominent on white linen. The monk’s …
Why Does It Take Many People Such a Long Time to Realise God?
HARI: “Well, why does it take many people such a long time to realise Him?” MASTER: “The truth is that a man doesn’t feel restless for God unless he is finished with his enjoyments and duties. The …
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Chandogya Upanishad 2.9.3
अथ यत्प्रथमोदिते स प्रस्तावस्तदस्य मनुष्या अन्वायत्तास्तस्मात्ते प्रस्तुतिकामाः प्रशंसाकामाः प्रस्तावभाजिनो ह्येतस्य साम्नः ॥ २.९.३ ॥ atha yatprathamodite sa prastāvastadasya manuṣyā …
Chandogya Upanishad 8.9.3
एवमेवैष मघवन्निति होवाचैतं त्वेव ते भूयोऽनुव्याख्यास्यामि वसापराणि द्वात्रिंशतं वर्षाणीति स हापराणि द्वात्रिंशतं वर्षाण्युवास तस्मै होवाच ॥ ८.९.३ ॥॥ इति नवमः खण्डः ॥ evamevaiṣa maghavanniti …
Kena Upanishad 3.2
त ऐक्षन्तास्माकमेवायं विजयोऽस्माकमेवायं महिमेति ।तद्धैषां विजज्ञौ तेभ्यो ह प्रादुर्बभूव तन्न व्यजानतकिमिदं यक्षमिति ॥ २॥ ta aikṣantāsmākamevāyaṃ vijayo’smākamevāyaṃ mahimeti .taddhaiṣāṃ vijajñau …
September 2: Secret of Life
. . . Life is a series of fights and disillusionments. . . . The secret of life is not enjoyment, but education through experience. But, alas, we are called off the moment we begin really to learn. …