Aloof Quote by Ramakrishna

“Here the four sages Sanat-kumāra, Sanātana, Sanandana and Sanaka are described as actually sincere devotees. Although they had heard from their father, Brahmā, about…

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

“Some perceive God in the heart by the intellect through meditation; others by the yoga of knowledge; and others by the yoga of work.…

— Anonymous

Realized souls in the Hindu tradition are called rishis, but realized souls are not confined to the Hindu tradition. Seekers across geographical and religious…

— Ramesh Bijlani

“The Himalaya (hɪmalɶyɶ) does not make Rishis, the Rishis make the Himalaya (hɪmalɶyɶ) to be what it is. A Rishi is a beacon of…

— Sheshadharananda

“I realized that I belonged neither to the Hindus nor to the Mussalmans. How could I explain to my wife that while the Brahmins…

— Khushwant Singh

“Each age needs its own language for understanding enduring truths…The ancient world didn’t have much of what we call reality; they lived, instead, by…

— Robert A. Johnson

Shankara commented on Krishna, on the Upanishads, on the Brahma Sutras. Ramanuja commented on the ancient enlightened people, Vallabha did the same. It has…

— Rajneesh

The very austerity of the Brahmans is tempting to the devotional soul, as a more refined and nobler luxury. Wants so easily and gracefully…

— Henry David Thoreau

“prajñānam brahman (“consciousness is Brahman”).”

— Ravi Ravindra

“That which cannot be apprehended by the mind, but by which, they say, the mind is apprehended—That alone know as Brahman and not that…

— Kena Upanishad

“While at home his heart dwelt in the silent forests of spiritual thoughts, beating in tune with eternal Pranava-Nada (mystic sound of the Eternal)…

— Sri Swami Chidananda

I would far rather that Hinduism died than that untouchability lived.

— Mahatma Gandhi