A charitable disposition enriches life.
You are rich by what you give. The only right you can claim in this world is to give.
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It is not whom or what you meet in life that matters but how you meet it.'
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An essential prerequisite for acquiring knowledge is
awareness of one's ignorance.
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Emotions of the mind
run through your person like water in a river. While your intellect acts as its two banks. If the banks of a river are not firm the water flowing would inundate and devastate the fields on either side. And when the banks are strong the water flows properly to enrich the fields.
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Do not search for happiness in perception, emotion and thought. Instead,
find the
Elysium of happiness
within your own Self.
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You serve the world, the world serves you.
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A human being alone is designed to free himself from the influence of the changes occurring in the world. Stand firm like a lighthouse as the waves of challenges kiss its feet and recede.
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With pure love you rise to greater spiritual heights. But when the same emotion of love turns selfish it degrades you. You devolve. Remember therefore to
rise in love, not fall in love.
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Regardless of what you do or how you are engaged in your life remember there is no peace and happiness in the external world.
True happiness lies within you.
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You enjoy objects or beings only when you exercise voluntary regulation and moderation.
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Every human being's fundamental obligation is to find his true identity in his lifetime.
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The world must wake up from its slumber.
You must start thinking, questioning, enquiring, reasoning with the truths of life.
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When you purify your mind you find the world purified. This is a law. The world is but a reflection of your mind.
A. Parthasarathy, Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities
Spiritual education should instil living knowledge and culture into the people.
Make them understand the truths of life through independent reflection.
Imbibe the laws of living
through verification in their own lives.
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The root cause of suffering is that people do not look within.
A. Parthasarathy, Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities
Remember, you make yourself, you mar yourself.
You are the architect of your fortune, you are the architect of your misfortune.
So wake up and start functioning. Inaction is death. Wrong action is disastrous. While perfection in action is divine.
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Every human being is well-equipped to set things right for his spiritual evolution.
Your present nature is
best suited for your development.
Realise that. Make good use of your faculties to discover the peace
and happiness within you.
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The intellect is the steering wheel of life. You need to use it at all times to remain sane and move forward to fulfil your life's mission.
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The truths of life that the sages unearthed constitute the knowledge meant for the people to apply in their day-to-day living. In the same manner as the scientific laws found in the laboratory are applicable to the outside world.
Vedanta therefore is not designed for resignation or retirement.
Yet people wrongly believe it to be so. And have unwisely alienated it from the modern society, especially the youth.
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All through life a human needs to continually gain knowledge to survive, to evolve and to reach the ultimate state of Enlightenment.
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