Understanding God
We cannot understand God through intellectualism, philosophy or scholarship. It is only through humility and service that we can understand God. There is no other way.
We cannot understand God through intellectualism, philosophy or scholarship. It is only through humility and service that we can understand God. There is no other way.
Theoretical knowledge is to understand what the goal is. We get realization of that knowledge only when we apply the understanding of that goal to every aspect of our life.
There has never been a prison built by man that people haven’t figured out how to escape. But what kind of prison God has created…. no walls, no guards and although everyone is suffering in this world no one wants to get out.
We read the scriptures, but if we really want to understand what’s being said we have to enter into the experience of the particular characters.
When religion is studied scientifically, it will transcend all sectarian boundaries.
Do everything you have to do, but not with greed, not with ego, not with lust, not with envy but with love, compassion, humility and devotion. This is the teaching of the Bhagavad-Gita.
God’s name is the most powerful medicine for the soul to cure it of the disease of forgetfulness of God.
To the degree our actions are selfish, it cannot satisfy the heart. A selfless act is that in which we are truly giving ourselves for the object of our love.
Wherever we find the teachings, the association and the inspiration to purify our lives, to lead a life of integrity and humility and to live in a spirit of selfless service—that’s where we are going to find the deepest experience of God.
Our consciousness and our motivations in life are like spectacles having different colours, which make everything appear tainted. Association of saintly people and regular spiritual practices give us the vision and the philosophical ideal which help us see the world clearly.