Contemplating upon divine qualities, performing good deeds and chanting are all ways of destroying delusion through satsang.
The guru cannot awaken you; all that he can do is to point out what is. The guru can give you words; he can give you an explanation, the symbols of the mind, but the symbol is not the real, and if you are caught in the symbol, you will never find the way.
The darkest night is often the bridge to the brightest tomorrow. Celebrate endings, for they precede new beginnings.
Like the waves in great rivers, there is no turning back of that which has previously been done…The soul is bound with the fetters made of the fruit of good and evil.
To be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others

