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- Even now, when you get love, you see Radha. Become Radha and be saved. There is no other way, Christians do not understand Solomon's song.…
- The kingdom of heaven is within us. The Jewish idea was a kingdom of heaven upon this earth. That was not the idea of Jesus.
- No civilisation can grow unless fanatics, bloodshed, and brutality stop. No civilisation can begin to lift up its head until we look charitably upon one…
- There is another way in which this idea of mercy and selfless charity can be put into practice; that is, by looking upon work as…
- Meditation means the mind is turned back upon itself. The mind stops all the thought-waves and the world stops. Your consciousness expands. Every time you…
- All these disciplines are for the purification of the heart. And as soon as it is pure, all truths flash upon it in a minute;…
- Let us realise [that] we are the infinite power. Who put a limit to the power of mind? Let us realise we are all mind.…
- Infinite power of the spirit, brought to bear upon matter evolves material development, made to act upon thought evolves intellectuality, and made to act upon…
- Wherever there is evil and wherever there is ignorance and want of knowledge, I have found out by experience that all evil comes, as our…
- With eternal faith in Him, set fire to the mountain of misery that has been heaped upon India for ages - and it shall be…
- Look upon every man, woman, and everyone as God. You cannot help anyone, you can only serve: serve the children of the Lord, serve the…
- Be free; hope for nothing from anyone. I am sure if you look back upon your lives you will find that you were always vainly…
- The Buddhist tenet, "Non-killing is supreme virtue", is very good, but in trying to enforce it upon all by legislation without paying any heed to…
- Here in India, it is religion that forms the very core of the national heart. It is the backbone, the bed-rock, the foundation upon which…
- Religion and religion alone is the life of India, and when that goes India will die, in spite of politics, in spite of social reforms,…
- Man cannot live upon words, however he may try.
- This is the first lesson to learn: be determined not to curse anything outside, not to lay the blame upon anyone outside, but stand up,…
- To many, Indian thought, Indian manners; Indian customs, Indian philosophy, Indian literature are repulsive at the first sight; but let them persevere, let them read,…
- We do not seek to thrust the principles of our religion upon anyone. The fundamental principles of our religion forbid that.
- We do not look at our own faults; the eyes do not see themselves, they see the eyes of everybody else. We human beings are…
- I must remark that what I mean by our religion working upon the nations outside of India comprises only the principles, the background, the foundation…
- Ours is the only religion that does not depend on a person or persons; it is based upon principles. At the same time there is…
- That intense faith in another world, that intense hatred for this world, that intense power of renunciation, that intense faith in God, that intense faith…
- Two attempts have been made in the world to found social life: the one was upon religion, and the other was upon social necessity. The…
- Life is called Samsara - it is the result of the conflicting forces acting upon us. Materialism says, "The voice of freedom is a delusion."…
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