In all adversities there is always in its depth, a treasure of spiritual blessings secretly hidden.
CHINMAYANANDA SARASWATIIn all adversities there is always in its depth, a treasure of spiritual blessings secretly hidden.
CHINMAYANANDA SARASWATIThe results of action depends upon the very quality of the action.
CHINMAYANANDA SARASWATIAs the thoughts so the mind. If thoughts are good, mind is good. If thoughts are bad, the mind is called bad.
CHINMAYANANDA SARASWATIAs agitations quieten, sattva increases slowly.
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.
CHINMAYANANDA SARASWATIThe real guru is the pure intellect within; and the purified, deeply aspiring mind is the disciple.
CHINMAYANANDA SARASWATILeave 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.
CHINMAYANANDA SARASWATIThe really poor man is not the one who lacks money, but the one who lacks the joy of the heart.
CHINMAYANANDA SARASWATIPresently we have to train our unconscious to function better. Then we can depend upon our instincts, that will be noble instincts.
CHINMAYANANDA SARASWATIWhen a person is left alone, he starts thinking of higher reality – about death, life, soul, God and the mystery of all.
CHINMAYANANDA SARASWATIAccept what is good. Reject and forget what is not. This is intelligent living.
CHINMAYANANDA SARASWATIRemember, ‘Even this will pass away.’
CHINMAYANANDA SARASWATITo love and to be loved is the greatest happiness.
CHINMAYANANDA SARASWATIWithout 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.
CHINMAYANANDA SARASWATIThe only demand of life is the privilege to love all.
CHINMAYANANDA SARASWATIMan can change his destiny-not by wishing for it, but by working for it.
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