Swami Rama Tirtha

Truth is Your Birth Right. Assert
it and Be Master of Universe. Truth
is “Tattva-Masi” - “That Thou Art” — Rama

Quotes

The very best method of spreading the Vedantic Philosophy is to live it.
 
Rise above desires, and they are fulfilled.
 
The law is that you shall be Pure. Harbour impurity and you must suffer the consequences.
 
Heaven is within you, seek Happiness not in the objects of sense; realize that Happiness is within yourself.
 
By your nature you are free; you have forgotten yourself in your state of slavery. A king may fall asleep and find himself a beggar; he may dream that he is a beggar, but that can in no way interfere with his real sovereignty.
 
We cannot possess the whole world, and even if we possess that, what does that amount to? Gain the whole world and lose your own soul—what does that amount to? This earth of yours is simply a point in astronomical calculations when we deal with the fixed stars. This earth is dealt with as a mathematical point for a position, but no magnitude.
 
Realize, realize that you are the Infinity within. Know that. The very moment that a person knows himself to be that, the very moment that a man realizes his true nature, he is free, above all danger, above all difficulty, above all suffering, above all tribulation and pain. Know that, be yourself!
 
If the body is sick, you say ―O, I am undone, I am sick,‖ just because you identify yourself with the body pr the mind. Vedanta says give up this false identification and you will be alright. Anything wrong with the body or the mind should not disturb you. It is only this false sentimentalism due to this false self which causes all your suffering.
 
Pleasure is within you. There you can get it. The whole treasure is within you. Then why play the part of the beggar and go about in a miserable plight, in a sad state, and behave like a pitiable atom? Come, realize your true Self, Almighty God, and let this song burst forth from you in fullness of joy.
 
Do not play the miser's part. The miser has all the treasures in his house, but does not want to part with a single cent. You have the whole world within you, the whole universe is your own. Why hide it? Why not bring it into use? Put it into practice; drink deep of the nectar of your own Self! Why not gain your own natural intrinsic kingship?

Rama's Promise

Whether working through many souls or alone, Rama seriously promises to infuse true life and dispel darkness and weakness from India within ten years; and within the first half of the twentieth century, India will be restored to more than its original glory. Let these words be recorded.

Swami Rama
Jan. 1, 1900

I AM THAT

http://www.ramatirtha.org/vol1/iamthat.htm 










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Guru Nanak

Guru Nanak Quotes

Alone let him constantly meditate in solitude on that which is salutary for his soul, for he who meditates in solitude attains supreme bliss. 

Death would not be called bad, O people, if one knew how to truly die. 

Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.
 

From its brilliancy everything is illuminated.


God is one, but he has innumerable forms. He is the creator of all and He himself takes the human form.


I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste.
 

I am not the born; how can there be either birth or death for me?
 

I bow at His Feet constantly, and pray to Him, the Guru, the True Guru, has shown me the Way.
 

Let no man in the world live in delusion. Without a Guru none can cross over to the other shore. 

Offspring, the due performance on religious rites, faithful service, highest conjugal happiness and heavenly bliss for the ancestors and oneself, depend on one's wife alone.
 

One cannot comprehend Him through reason, even if one reasoned for ages.

Owing to ignorance of the rope the rope appears to be a snake; owing to ignorance of the Self the transient state arises of the individualized, limited, phenomenal aspect of the Self.
 

Sing the songs of joy to the Lord, serve the Name of the Lord, and become the servant of His servants.


Thou has a thousand eyes and yet not one eye; Thou host a thousand forms and yet not one form.
 
Wiki:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Nanak_Dev






Links on Guru Nanak

http://www.sikhs.org/guru1.htm
http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Guru_Nanak
http://www.dlshq.org/saints/gurunanak.htm
http://www.srigurunanaksahib.org/
http://www.searchgurbani.com/gurus/gurunanak.htm

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Sage Vasistha

Sage Vasistha Quotes

If you take your success too seriously, you get entangled and fail to use the objects of your success as a means for the next level of achievement-the spiritual. Thus, right from the beginning of your worldly endeavors, desist from the cravings of the senses and maintain awareness that although the worldly objects provide some degree of comfort, ultimately, they are worthless.

Dispassion

Salutations to that calm effulgence which is endless and unlimited by space, time etc., the pure consciousness which can be known by experience only.

The great remedy for the long lasting disease of samsara is the enquiry, 'Who am I?, to whom does this samsara belong?,' which entirely cures it.

Following the customary method of teaching is only for preserving the tradition. Pure awareness results solely from the clarity of the disciple's understanding.

When pots, etc., are broken the space within them becomes unlimited. So also when bodies cease to exist the Self remains eternal and unattached.

Nothing whatever is born or dies anywhere at any time. It is Brahman alone appearing illusorily in the form of the world.

Unreality of the World

The idea of a (live) snake in a picture of a snake ceases to be entertained when the truth is known. Similarly samsara ceases to exist (when the Truth is realized), even if it continues to appear.

O Rama, maya is such that it brings delight through its own destruction; its nature is inscrutable; it ceases to exist even while it is being observed.

Just as a tree consisting of fruits, leaves, creepers, flowers, branches, twigs and roots, exists in the seed of the tree, even so this manifest world exists in Brahman.

Just as the dream becomes unreal in the waking state and the waking state in the dream, so also death becomes unreal in birth and birth in death.

The Marks of a Liberated Person (Jivan Mukta)

Like an empty vessel in space (the knower of Truth) is empty both within and without, while at the same time he is full within and without like a vessel immersed in the ocean.

The noble-hearted man whose desires of the heart have come to an end is a liberated man; it does not matter whether he does or does not practice meditation or perform action.

The idea of Self in the non-Self is bondage. Abandonment of it is liberation. There is neither bondage nor liberation for the ever-free Self.

O Rama, there is no intellect, no nescience, no mind and no individual soul (jiva). They are all imagined in Brahman.

Dissolution of the Mind

Consciousness which is undivided imagines to itself desirable objects and runs after them. It is then known as the mind.

Does not the fool feel ashamed to move about in the world as he pleases and talk about meditation when he is not able to conquer even the mind?

Association with the wise, abandonment of latent impressions self-enquiry, control of breathing - these are the means of conquering the mind.

The mind becomes bound by thinking 'I am not Brahman'; it becomes completely released by thinking 'I am Brahman'.

The Destruction of Latent Impressions

O Rama, this enquiry into the Self of the nature or 'Who am I?' is the fire which burns up the seeds of the evil tree which is the mind.

The knowers of truth declare that enquiry into the truth of the Self is knowledge. What is to be known is contained in it like sweetness in milk.

O pure soul, cherish the association of sages and the true scriptures; you will attain the state of Supreme Consciousness not in the course of months by days.

Meditation on the Self

I, the pure, stainless and infinite Consciousness beyond maya, look upon this body in action like the body of another.

I am above everything; I am present everywhere; I am like space; I am that which (really) exists; I am unable to say anything beyond this.

I prostrate to myself who am within all being, the ever free Self abiding as inner consciousness.

Method of Purification

O mighty-armed, be always free from mental concepts like the heart of a rock though not in sentient like it.

Do not be that which is understood, nor the one who understands. Abandon all concepts and remain what you are.

Worship of the Self

If you separate yourself from the body and abide at ease in Consciousness you will become one (the sole Reality), everything else appearing (insignificant) like grass.

O Raghava, that by which you recognize sound, taste, form and smell, know that as your Self, the Supreme Brahman, the Lord of lords.

After rejecting, through reasoning, all that can be known as 'non-truth' what remains as pure Consciousness - regard that as your real Self.

Exposition of the Self

Just as the sky is (i.e. appears to be) stained by dust, smoke and clouds, so also the pure Self in contact with the qualities of maya is (i.e. appears to be) soiled by them.

Just as metal in contact with fire acquires the quality of fire (namely heat), so also the senses, etc. in contact with the Self acquire the quality of the Self.

The Self, is realised in the body only with effort, like sugar from the sugarcane, oil from sesame seeds, fire from wood, butter from a cow and iron from stones (i.e. ore).

Awareness is Brahman; the world is Brahman; the various elements are Brahman; I am Brahman; my enemy is Brahman; my friends and relatives are Brahman.

There is only consciousness here; this universe is nothing but consciousness; you are consciousness; I am consciousness; the worlds are consciousness - that is the conclusion.

Nirvana

If one meditates on that state which comes at the end of the waking state and the beginning of sleep he will directly experience undecaying bliss.

That consciousness which is the witness of the rise and fall of all beings, know that to be the immortal state of supreme bliss.

That which is immutable, auspicious and tranquil, that in which this world exists, that which manifests itself as the mutable and immutable objects - that is the sole consciousness.

Articles on Sage Vasistha:

Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasistha

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasistha#Yoga_Vashishtha

http://www.divineaim.com/yogavasishta.htm

http://www.hariomgroup.org/maharamayan

http://bhagavan-ramana.org/yogavasistasara.html

http://www.dlshq.org/religions/yogavasishtha.htm

Sant Tulsidas

Dohas

"Tulsi Tulsi sab kahe,Tulsi ban ki ghaas
Ho gayi kirpa Ram ki, to ban gaye Tulsidas"

MEANING:
People keep praising me all the time, calling me 'Tulsi, Tulsi.' Tulsi however, is as insignificant as the grass in the woods. It is only when 'Rama' (the Lord) decided to bestow His grace on me that I became famous and was known as 'Tulsidas.

"Tulsi meethe bachan te sukh upjaat chahu or
Basikaran ek mantra hain pariharu bachan kathor"

Meaning:
Sweet speech creates happiness all around. If you want to win over the hearts of others then don't speak harsh words.







Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsidas

Articles on the web

http://www.indianpublicholidays.com/2010/08/tulsidas-jayanti-2010-tulsidas-ke-dohe-in-hindi/
http://www.dlshq.org/saints/tulsidas.htm
http://chandrakantha.com/biodata/tulsidas.html
http://oldpoetry.com/oauthor/show/Tulsidas
http://www.poetseers.org/spiritual_and_devotional_poets/india/tulsidas/

Sant Kabir

Sant Kabir Dohas

Looking at the grinding stones, Kabir laments
In the duel of wheels, nothing stays intact.

Tomorrow's work do today, today's work now
if the moment is lost, the work be done how

Speak such words, sans ego's ploy
Body remains composed, giving the listener joy

Give so much, O God, suffice to envelop my clan
I should not suffer cravings, nor the visitor go unfed

Just as seed contains the oil, fire's in flint stone
Your temple seats the Divine, realize if you can

 Kabira in the market place, wishes welfare of all
Neither friendship nor enmity with anyone at all

In anguish everyone prays to Him, in joy does none
To One who prays in happiness, how sorrow can come

Kabir Project

http://www.kabirproject.org/

Videos on the Web

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Links on the Web

Wiki : http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kabir
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/24875-Kabir-Dohas--Couplets--I--with-translation-
http://www.thecolorsofindia.com/kabir/index.html
http://www.boloji.com/kabir/dohas/index.htm