Birth: February 18, 1836 Death: August 16, 1886
The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction. So long as the heart of man is direc….
Dislodging a green nut from it's shell is almost impossible, but let it dry and the lightest tap will do it..
One cannot completely get rid of the six passions: lust, anger, greed, and the like. Therefore one should direct them to God. If you must have desire….
A boat may stay in water, but water should not stay in boat. A spiritual aspirant may live in the world, but the world should not live within him..
Great men have the nature of a child..
Once a person has faith, he has achieved everything..
The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail..
The compassion that you see in the kindhearted is God's compassion. He has given it to them to protect the helpless..
The fool who repeats again and again: "I am bound, I am bound," remains in bondage. He who repeats day and night: "I am a sinner, I am a sinner," bec….
The fabled musk deer searches the world over for the source of the scent which comes from itself..
The vanities of all others may gradually die out, but the vanity of a saint regarding his sainthood is hard indeed to wear away..
With sincerity and earnestness one can realize God through all religions..
A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything..
The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze..
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….
If there are errors in other religions, that is none of our business. God, to whom the world belongs, takes care of that..
The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth..
We laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our efforts to find the peace which i….
The ego is like the root of a banyan tree, you think you have removed it all then one fine morning you see a sprout flourishing again..
Man suffers through lack of faith in God..
Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say 'I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me' free you shall be..