“The self-controlled man, moving among objects, with his senses under restraint, and free from both attraction and repulsion, attains peace.”

– Swami Chinmayanandaji

“Kar Vichar to Pam”
“Contemplate to Realise”

– Shrimad Rajchandra, Atma Siddhi (verse 117)

Don’t blame the person or the situation. They are just the messenger from the past. What you experience is a fruition of your past karma.

“At the instant of nirvana itself, the soul is freed forever from the vestige of samsaric influence; thus it reaches in the very next moment the state of infinite bliss and omniscience called siddha.”

– Padmanabh S. Jaini, The Jaina Path of Purification

The four defining qualities of the Soul are bliss, knowledge, energy and consciousness.

Son / daughter. Husband / wife. Father / mother. You call all these relationships? The only relationship you ever have is with your own karma.

The greater the demands on me, the more I need to sustain my inner calm and stability.

“Some people think that meditation takes time away from physical accomplishment. Taken to extremes, of course, that’s true. Most people, however, find that meditation creates more time than it takes.”
– Peter McWilliams

Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even.

“One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor. To contemplate is to toil, to think is to do. The crossed arms work, the clasped hands act. The eyes upturned to Heaven are an act of creation.”

– Victor Hugo