True realisation of the actual nature of this material world, its perishable, transitory and illusory aspects best dawns on a person in suffering.
People do not know what the name of God can do. Those who repeat it constantly alone know its power. It can purify your mind completely…
The greatest comforts and lasting peace are obtained, when one eradicates selfishness from within.
You love your family, but not your neighbor. You love your parents, but not others’ parents. You love your religion, but not all religions. You love your country, but not all countries. This is not true love, it is limited love. Transformation of limited love into divine love is the goal of spirituality.
Mankind is a great, immense family… This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas.
To uphold righteousness, so supreme an act did he perform; he gave his head, but did not utter a word of sorrow. For the sake of righteousness, he did this great heroic deed; he laid down his life but not the principles… Guru Tegh Bahadur broke his earthly vase on the head of the Emperor of Delhi – and went to the abode of God.
The present moment is indeed a ‘present’ from the Divine… Life as it is happening now, learn to appreciate it, rejoice in it.
