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more words of wisdom

‘One who sees analytical study and devotional service to be on the same level, sees things as they are.’

- The real purpose of philosophical research is to find the ultimate goal of life. Since the ultimate goal of life is self-realisation, there is no difference between the conclusions reached by the two processes. A living entity is not a part and parcel of the material world but of the supreme spirit whole.

‘A person in the divine consciousness, although engaged in seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving about, sleeping and breathing, always knows within himself that he actually does nothing at all. Because while speaking, evacuating, receiving, or opening or closing the eyes, he always knows that only the material sense are engaged with their objects and that he is aloof from them.’

‘For him who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his mind will remain the greatest enemy.’

‘Regard honest well-wishers, affectionate benefactors, the neutral, mediators, the envious, friends and enemies, the pious and the sinners all with an equal mind.’

Those who are imitating the yoga system in different so-called schools and societies, although complacent, are certainly wasting their time. They are completely ignorant of the desired goal, which is inaccessible to the common man.

‘All living entities are born into delusion, bewildered by dualities arisen from desire and lust.’

‘At the time of death, the consciousness created by the living being carries him to his next body. If the living being has made his consciousness like an animal’s, he is sure to get an animal’s body.’

Words of wisdom

‘Those who are wise lament neither for the living nor for the dead’

‘That which dwells in the body can never be slain. Therefore you need not grieve for any living being’


‘There are two classes of men who try to realise the self. Some are inclined to understand it by empirical, philosophical speculation, and others by devotional service.’


‘Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy without religion is mental specultation.’


‘ Without being attached to the fruits of activities, one should act as a matter of duty, for by working without attachment one attains the Supreme.’


‘Thus knowing oneself to be transcendental to the material senses, mind and intelligence, one should steady the mind by deliberate spiritual intelligence and thus—by spiritual strength—conquer this insatiable enemy known as lust’


‘All living beings are but part of the Supreme, or, in other words, they are mine.’


‘But ignorant and faithless persons who doubt the revealed scriptures do not attain God consciousness; they fall down. For the doubting soul there is happiness neither in this world nor the next.’