Birth: February 18, 1836 Death: August 16, 1886
God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God..
As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge..
When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited..
When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom..
Too much study of the scriptures does more harm than good. The important thing is to know the essence of the scriptures. After that, what is the need….
Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic..
Try to cultivate love of God. You are born as a human being only to attain divine love..
Longing is like the rosy dawn. After the dawn out comes the sun. Longing is followed by the vision of God..
The rishis of old attained the Knowledge of Brahman. One cannot have this so long as there is the slightest trace of worldliness. How hard the rishis….
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 an….
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..
Those who wish to attain God and progress in religious devotion, should particularly guard themselves against the snares of lust and wealth. Otherwis….
It's enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form. That is very good. But never get into your head that your faith a….
If one has faith, one has everything..
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 fi….
As the shell, the pith and the kernel of the fruit are all produced form one parent seed of the tree, so from the one Lord is produced the whole of c….
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 Divin….
As for myself, I look upon all women as my Mother. This is a very pure attitude of mind. There is no risk or danger in it. To look upon a woman as on….
God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer..
The winds of God's grace are always blowing, it is for us to raise our sails..
The world is not impermanent if one lives there after knowing God..