Inspirations by Paulo Coelho

[Jorge Luis] Borges starts his talk by saying how the ancients did not revere the book – the written word – as we do. Rather, they saw in the written words a sort of imprisonment of the spirit, of oral teachings. Indeed, to write a message down transforms it: it becomes visible, palpable and no [...]

It is false to speak of realisation. What is there to realise? The real is as it is always. We are not creating anything new or achieving something which we did not have before.We dig a well and create a huge pit. The space in the pit or well has not been created by us. We [...]

Shankara’s Crest-Jewel of Discrimination by Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood

No object, no kind of knowledge, can be absolutely real if its existence is only temporary. Absolute reality implies permanent existence. When the truth is known, we are no longer deluded by the appearance. A God who transforms Himself into the visible universe is Himself subject to transformation and change – He cannot be regarded [...]

Poem by Shankara

O Lord, dweller within; You are the light In the heart’s lotus. Om is your very self, Om, holiest word, Seed and source of the scriptures. Logic cannot discover You, Lord, but the yogis Know you in meditation. In you are all God’s faces, His forms and aspects, In you also We find the guru. [...]

The Perfection of Yoga by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

We are always thinking that by changing our situation we will overcome our mental agitation, and we are always thinking that when we reach a certain point, all mental agitations will disappear. But it is the nature of the material world that we cannot be freed from anxiety. What is called renunciation is the same [...]

Vedanta Philosophy by Swami Vivekananda

The word which is “creation” in English language is in Sanskrit exactly “projection.” Western Creation: Something that coming out of nothing. Vedanta Creation: Projection of that which already existed. We are all one, and the cause of evil is the perception of duality. As soon as I begin to feel that I am separate from [...]

And when he sees me in all and sees all in me, Then I never leave him and he never leaves me. And he, who in this oneness of love Loves me in whatever he sees, Wherever this man may live, In truth, he lives in me… – Bhagavad Gita, VI:30,31

Place your burden at the feet of the Lord of the Universe who accomplishes everything. Remain all the time steadfast in the heart, in the Transcendental Absolute. God knows the past, present and future. He will determine the future for you and accomplish the work. What is to be done will be done at the [...]

The supreme perfection of actionlessness He attains though renunciation. – Bhagavad Gita, XVIII.49.3-4

Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is. – Bhagavad Gita