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Everybody wants peace, but peace does not come easily. Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Peace is freedom from disturbance, riot or violence. It is harmony, silence, calmness. It is the way of love and truth. Peace should be built on right understanding between nations, mutual goodwill, striving after a common welfare and a [...] By Swami Satyananda Saraswati People start to work for a mission with enthusiasm and sincerity. In the beginning, their aims and ideals are quite outspokenly high, but mostly they end up in acquiring vanity and amassing self-deceit. Their precious time is then lost in empty boasts about their high selves and their little understood spiritualism. [...] There was a time when I greeted many situations in life with fear, believing they were obstacles to my spiritual progress. I became a specialist in running away from myself, and even from others, so I could avoid my issues being triggered. I was a Christian catholic and thought I was better than others, so [...] The Sanskrit terms sadhu (good man) and sadhvi (good woman) refer to renouncers who have chosen to live a life apart from or on the edges of society in order to focus on their own spiritual practice. The sannyasi (renouncer) lives a celibate life without possessions, practices yoga meditation — or in other traditions, bhakti, [...] The Disciple The best disciple is like petrol. Even from a great distance, he will instatntly react to the spark of the guru’s instructions. The second class disciple is like camphor. A touch awakens his inner spirit and kindles the fire of spirituality. The third class of disciple is like coal. The guru [...] By Swami Sivanada Learn to give, give in plenty, to give with love and without any expectation of any reward. Share with others whatever you possess – physical, mental and spiritual. This is real yajna (charity/ offering). You will expand. You will experience the oneness and unity of life. In sharing, there is joy and [...] |
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