What we have is a gift from Him. What we do with what we have is our gift to him
CHINMAYANANDA SARASWATIAt this moment, our instincts are very impure. When we have practiced for a long time, living the higher values of life and following the instructions of great masters or the Scriptures.
More Chinmayananda Saraswati Quotes
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The tragedy of human history is decreasing happiness in the midst of increasing comforts.
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Leave aside your regrets of the past and anxieties of the future And focus intelligently on the present. This is the best way of ensuring a positive future.
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By unswerving devotion to Me, a man crosses over three Gunas – I am the Abode of Brahman, Eternal and Immutable, of everlasting Dharma and Absolute Bliss.
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Don’t put the key to your happiness in someone else’s pocket
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Never complain, about the number of hours you have put in, to do a job,
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Presently we have to train our unconscious to function better. Then we can depend upon our instincts, that will be noble instincts.
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But the self-controlled man, moving among objects, with his senses under restraint, and free from both attraction and repulsion, attains peace.
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That is when you have trained your unconscious. Then when a situation comes, you can to an extent, depend on your inner voice.
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Happiness depends on what you can give, not on what you can get.
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The Present is the womb of the future.
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The real guru is the pure intellect within; and the purified, deeply aspiring mind is the disciple.
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Without sattva you can never reach the Supreme. Wherever you are, in whatever station, from there you have to reach sattva in varying degrees because tamas will be reduced only when the mind’s agitations, vikshepas are quietened.
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The future is carved out of the present moment. Tomorrow’s harvest depends upon today’s ploughing and sowing.
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The action of today becomes the destiny of tomorrow.
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He who submits to discipline is a DISCIPLE.
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When a person is left alone, he starts thinking of higher reality – about death, life, soul, God and the mystery of all.
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As agitations quieten, sattva increases slowly.
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Silently hear everyone.
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Tranquility is the Truth, Truth is beauty beauty is happiness and bliss is divine
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The really poor man is not the one who lacks money, but the one who lacks the joy of the heart.
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If you want to prove yourself to God, improve yourself. Words of guidance are so simple, yet so deep – anybody can win, if he be the soul entry. Unfortunately, in every field.
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Expose yourself to aloneness.
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Taste goodness before you recommend it.
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The spirit of advaita is not to keep away from anything, but to keep in tune with everything
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At this moment, our instincts are very impure. When we have practiced for a long time, living the higher values of life and following the instructions of great masters or the Scriptures.
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Children are not vessels to be filled but lamps to be lit.
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