Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.
Bondage and Liberation are of the mind alone.
Do yourself what you wish others to do.
God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.
The truth is that you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire. Subtle is the way of dharma. If you are trying to thread a needle, you will not succeed if the thread has even a slight fiber sticking out.
You should not feel that your path is the only right path and that other paths are wrong. You mustn't bear malice toward others.
Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish. The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.
The breeze of grace is always blowing on you. You have to open the sails and your boat will move forward.
One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.
If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.
Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
By the mind one is bound; by the mind one is freed. ... He who asserts with strong conviction: "I am not bound, I am free," becomes free.
The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force. It is easy to bend the young heart towards God, but the untrained heart of the old escapes the hold whenever it is so drawn.
Man needs a guru. But a man must have faith in the guru's words. He succeeds in spiritual life by looking on his guru as God Himself.
Men are like pillow-cases. The colour of one may be red, that of another blue, and that of the third black; but all contain the same cotton within. So it is with man; one is beautiful, another is ugly, a third holy, and a fourth wicked; but the Divine Being dwells in them all.
If you want to go east, don't go west.
When you meditate, go into the solitude of a forest, or a quiet corner, and enter into the chamber of your heart. And always keep your power of discrimination awake.
To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
Imagine a limitless expanse of water: above and below, before and behind, right and left, everywhere there is water. In that water is placed a jar filled with water. There is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The 'I' is the jar.
Sunlight is one and the same wherever it falls; but only a bright surface like that of water, or of a mirror reflects it fully. So is the light Divine. It falls equally and impartially on all hearts, but the pure and pious hearts of holy men receive and reflect that light well.
Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action.
So long as one does not become simple like a child, one does not get divine illumination. Forget all the worldly knowledge that thou hast acquired and become as a child, and then will thou get the divine wisdom.
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