Category Buddhism

Sri Ramakrishna says : “One man may read the Bhagavata by the light of a lamp, and another may commit a forgery by that very light; but the lamp is unaffected. The sun sheds its light on the wicked as…

Sri Ramakrishna says : “God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.”

Sri Ramakrishna says : “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…

Sri Ramakrishna says : “Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.”

Sri Ramakrishna says : “Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action.”

Sri Ramakrishna says : “Can he rectify false weight whose own scales are uncertain? Can you enlighten your neighbor while you yourself have no light?”

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj says : “Prior to taking this form you were formless; spontaneously the form came, and when the form came there was a natural longing to return to the formless state. When you want to return to the…

Sri Anandamayi Ma says : “Widen your shriveled heart, make the interests of others your own and serve them as much as you can by sympathy, kindness, presents and so forth. So long as one enjoys the things of this…

Sri Anandamayi Ma says : “Who is it that loves and who that suffers? He alone stages a play with Himself; who exists save Him? The individual suffers because he perceives duality. It is duality which causes all sorrow and…

Sri Anandamayi Ma says : “Reality is beyond speech and thought. Only that which can be expressed in words is being said. But what cannot be put into language is indeed That which IS.”