About This Sacred Space

"Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world."

"Wisdom tells me I am nothing. Love tells me I am everything. Between the two my life flows."

"You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul."

"God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole."

"Brahman is the only truth, the world is illusion, and there is ultimately no difference between Brahman and individual self."

"The way to transform your life is to become ever more deeply absorbed in the Supreme. Mind is the source of all creation. Only by the strength of your mind can you bring about a transformation."

"Why fear when I am here? Before you speak, I know what is in your minds. So you may do as you like, but the facts you come across or gather, you must give to me."

"The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success. Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself."

"Banat, banat, ban jai" (Doing, doing, done!) — Success comes through persistent effort and regular practice.

"Wherever you are, that's the entry point. Don't seek it elsewhere. If the divine is not within, where else will you find it? The entire universe resides within your body."

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."

"Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion."

"The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth."

"If you want peace, do not find fault with others. Learn to see your own faults first."

"When you are inspired by some great purpose, all your thoughts break their bonds. Your mind transcends limitations."

"The soul that has conquered its own inner enemies attains supreme peace and lives in eternal bliss."

"You are pure consciousness—the witness of all experiences. You are always free. Your only bondage is forgetting this."

"The Self cannot be realized by study, nor by intelligence, nor by hearing. It is realized by the one whom the Self chooses."

"The world is as you see it. Mind alone is the creator of bondage and liberation, heaven and hell."

"Bhakti is intense love for God, supreme attachment to Him, and uninterrupted remembrance of Him."

"I have felt the swaying of the elephant's shoulders. I can never be satisfied with the camel's sway again."

"The devotee who has faith in God's name and remembers it constantly is freed from all bondage."

"The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence."

"Love everyone, serve everyone, remember God, and tell the truth."

"Tat Tvam Asi — You are That. What is the finest essence of all, that is reality. That is Atman. That you are."