- A yearning heart brings the dawn; soon after, the sun is visible. After longing comes God-vision.
- You will certainly attain God when you call upon Him with a yearning heart.
- You develop yearning for God when you’re finished with the enjoyment of worldly things. Then your only concern is to attain Him. You listen to anything anyone tells you about God.
- Pray to God with a yearning heart and weep. This will purify your mind. In clear water you can see the reflection of the sun. In the mirror of the ‘I,’ the devotee sees Brahman with attributes, the Primal Power. But the mirror must be perfectly clean. If there is any dirt, it will not catch the correct reflection.
- It’s not that you can attain Him by doing this and not by doing that. It depends on His grace. Yet you have to take to some action with a yearning heart. Longing for Him brings His grace.
- Whatever path you choose, call upon God with a longing heart. He is the knower within the heart. He will surely listen to your inner call. You will reach Him alone, whatever path you take, whether you believe in God with form or God without form, as long as you have a longing heart.
- One attains God when one develops intense love for Him. A lot of yearning is necessary. When one has great yearning, the whole mind goes to Him.
- God is not to be found in any religious text, philosophy, or in the Vedanta. You will not succeed unless you are restless for Him.
- It is futile to just reason. Be restless for Him and learn to love Him. Reasoning and jnana are like men who can only enter the outer rooms. But bhakti is like women who can go into the inner apartments.
- Yearning brings about God-intoxication, whether you follow the path of knowledge, or of love and devotion. The sage Durvasa was mad with the Knowledge of God.
- One attains the Lord when one develops yearning for Him. You must live with your family like an unchaste woman. An unchaste woman attends to all her household work with full attention, but her mind remains tied night and day to her paramour. Attend to all your household work, but always keep your mind on the Lord.
- He who sincerely tries to know God will realize Him. He will assuredly know Him. He who yearns for God and seeks nothing but Him will succeed.
- When one’s heart pines for God, know that God-realization is not far away. At dawn – when the eastern sky is red – one knows that the sun is soon going to rise.