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.’