Monday, October 26, 2009

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it! - Buddha


Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little! -Buddha


Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own...!


Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity! -Buddha


The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present..


You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger! -Buddha


However many holy words you read,However many you speak,What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them? -Buddha


An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea! -Buddha


Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared!


All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become! - Buddha


Monday, October 12, 2009

If one wants to abide in the thought-free state, a struggle is inevitable!


It is not enough that one surrenders oneself. Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one's being!


If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you! -Ramana Maharshi


The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress!


Self is only Being - not being this or that. It is Simple Being. BE, and There is the end of ignorance! -Ramana Maharshi


Nearly all mankind is more or less unhappy because nearly all do not know the true Self! -Ramana Maharshi


Reality is simply the loss of ego. Destroy the ego by seeking its identity. Because the ego is no entity it will automatically vanish!


You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all! -Ramana Maharshi


Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind!


Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside! - Ramana Maharshi


No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance! -Ramana Maharshi