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„Дисциплина воспитывает характер“

„Все мирские наслаждения сначала кажутся нектаром, но оказываются страшным ядом в конечном итоге.“

„Мысли похожи на вещи. Так же как вы передаете приятелю апельсин или забираете этот апельсин у него обратно, вы можете передать ему полезную глубокую мысль и принять такую же мысль от него.“

„Мысли - это могущественные силы. Они мощнее электричества.
Они управляют вашей жизнью, лепят характер и формируют судьбу.“

„Каждая мысль, эмоция или слово вызывает сильную вибрацию в каждой клетке тела и оставляет на ней глубокий отпечаток.“

„Привычка желать добра каждому обогащает жизнь.“

„Чувственная жизнь есть пища для печалей.“

„Мудрые люди всегда совершают добродетельные поступки, не рассчитывая на результаты.“

„Наилучший поступок тот, который дает наибольшее счастье наибольшему числу людей.
Наихудший поступок тот, который приносит другим несчастье.“

„Мысль о болезни усиливает ее.“

„Если галька в нашем ботинке причиняет нам боль, мы ее выбрасываем. Мы снимаем ботинок и вытряхиваем гальку. Когда проблема полностью понята, непрошеную и предосудительную мысль можно выбросить из головы с такой же легкостью.“

„Сорок мускулов необходимо для того, чтобы нахмуриться, и только пятнадцать--для улыбки. Зачем совершать лишнее усилие?“

„Неуправляемые мысли - вот корень всего зла“

„Размышление о возвышенных идеях и благородных деяниях - лучший метод для преодоления мрачных мыслей и вызываемой ими депрессии.“

„Возникновение благородной мысли - это могущественное противоядие и противодействие злой мысли.“

„Каждая ошибка дает свой собственный урок. Ошибка есть твой лучший учитель.“

„Не следуй мирской суете.“

„Способность терпеливо переносить страдания есть условие мудрости.“

„Гордый и алчный всегда беспокоен.“

„Поступай с другими так же, как ты хотел бы, чтобы поступали с тобой.“

„Пример лучше наставления.“

„Желание чувственных объектов является источником всякого зла, боли и несчастья.“

„Привязанность есть причина страдания.“

„Кислая правда лучше сладкой лжи.“

„Препятствия не падают с неба; ты создаешь их сам.“

„Роскошь есть враг покоя.“

„Никогда не старайся казаться тем, кем ты не являешься.“

“There is no physical world for me. What I see I see as the glorious manifestation of the Almighty.”

“Do not leave Japa and Sadhana even for a day. Adjust and adapt. Bear insult and injury. Learn to forget trifles. Tactfully move with people. Train everyone in Bhajan and Kirtan. Create spiritual vibrations wherever you go. Then you will find peace, joy, happiness and prosperity. There will be joy in all faces. This is the way for harmony. When you are agitated and irritated, take to Japa or leave the place for some time. Love all and serve all.”

“I consider that goodness of being and doing constitute the rock-bottom of one’s life.”

“The life of a mendicant during pilgrimages helped me to develop in a great measure forbearance, equal vision and a balanced mind in pleasure and pain.”

“Be Good, Do Good.
Do thou always without attachment perform action which should be done, for by performing action without attachment, man reaches the Supreme.”

“Run in the open air. Do mild Pranayama. Chant OM. Sing with devotion. Dance in ecstasy. Depression will vanish soon. You are Ananda Svarupa—where is gloom and depression? They are mental creations only. Remain silent. You can gain more by silence.”

“This world is a strange world. We have to learn many lessons. One of the disciples of the Lord Jesus betrayed the Lord. Many obstacles will come to the growing aspirant at every step. We will have to show our strength. Do not be agitated by little things. Be cheerful. Smile. Walk boldly. Think and feel that nothing has happened. Don’t worry about little things. You have to do many great actions yet. Prakriti is preparing you in a variety of ways. Feel this. Be grateful to the Lord.”

“The life of a mendicant during pilgrimages helped me to develop in a great measure forbearance, equal vision and a balanced mind in pleasure and pain. I met many Mahatmas and learnt wonderful lessons. On some days I had to go without food and walk mile after mile. With a smile I faced all hardships.”

“A man of courage does not tremble in the hour of danger. He is not embarrassed and bewildered. He does not sink down. He is not overwhelmed by despair.. He smiles away all dangers and difficulties, blows the trumpet of triumph and attains victory in the end.”

“Fear is illusory; it cannot live. Courage is eternal, it will not die. Perils, calamities, dangers are the certain lot of every man who is a denizen of this world. Therefore, O Man! Fortify your mind with courage and patience. Fortitude, courage, presence of mind will sustain you through all dangers.”

“Beef, wine, garlic, onions, and tobacco are Tamasic food-stuffs. They exercise a very unwholesome influence on the human mind and fill it with emotions of anger, darkness, and inertia.”

“Milk, barley, wheat, cereals, butter, cheese, tomatoes, honey, dates, fruits, almonds, and sugar-candy are all Sattvic food-stuffs. They render the mind pure and calm and play a very important part in the practices of spiritual aspirants, in the mental development of the student, and in the personality- power of the leaders of mankind.”

“Those men or women who abuse innocent poor servants, and coolies who are rather to be pitied and helped for their miserable condition, fall into a hell where they are severely thrashed and forced to embrace a burning image of iron like unto a man or woman. Those who abuse their marriage beds are given a similar punishment.”

“The diseases we suffer from the births we get here on earth are all products of actions done by us in previous times. Every action has its reaction and no action goes unrewarded in a suitable manner. Evil actions do not go without their bitter effects upon the doer. Here are given some of the many pitiable conditions of life which man has to live in due to his careless sinful deeds.”

“Until and unless Self-realisation is attained, Knowledge-Absolute is gained, there is ever the ebb and flow, the constant see-saw between the animal and the man in every human being. The beast or the brute is never completely absent or overcome except through a final Divinisation of the individual. As long as there is the human, side by side there will be the animal also, now the one having the upper hand, now the other.”

“Fish, eggs, meat, salt, chillies, and asafoetida are Rajasic food-stuffs; they excite passion and make the mind restless, unsteady, and uncontrollable.”

“Humanity, wake up! Turn Godwards. Turn towards the Divine Light while there is yet time. You can yet mend and make good. However low you may have fallen you can rise yet. The Lord has assured glory even to the worst sinner, if he but mends his ways.”

“Strive to attain the supreme Reality” is the bold declaration of Sri Sankara. Yet you have made the material world alone the only solid reality. This treacherous mirage is luring humanity to its destruction. Stop this downward plunge.”

“Seek within. All power dwells in you, infinite power for good. Realise your real nature and be perennially happy and peaceful.”

“Stand not a beggar before the door of science seeking power that kills more than heals.”

“The misery and suffering that abound everywhere, reveal clearly that you have wantonly rejected the lessons of life. Foolish man! Your repeated, wanton neglect to learn the lessons of centuries has wrecked your boasted civilisation upon the rocks of hatred and greed.”

“In the spiritual path there are constant failures and set-backs. Repeated endeavour, constant vigilance and undaunted perseverance are needed.”

“Live with a definite purpose. Do not roam about aimlessly. Walk with a definite aim. Climb the hill of knowledge steadily and reach the summit of the temple of Brahman or the grand abode of Life Immortal.”

“A devotee sees only the Lord in all names and forms.”

“God bestows perfect security on His devotees and removes all sorts of fears. He transforms the sense of insecurity and fear into one of confidence and faith. He saves him from panic and despair.”

“Sit with closed eyes in the early morning. Meditate on courage, the opposite of fear, for half an hour. Think of the advantages of courage and the disadvantages of fear.”

“As you think, so you become. As you think, so you develop. As is your ideal, so gradually your life will become. This is so, because there is a great transforming power in thought.”

“If the fear is released or dispelled, he will have peace of mind.”

“Anxiety and worry are the effects of fear. Some sort of fear gets buried in the subconscious mind. So man worries himself. There is continued strain and tension in the mind.”