Unable to bear the suffering of sentient beings without doing something about it, you generate strong compassion and love, wishing beings to be rid of suffering and to possess happiness. . . . If, no matter what you are doing, in some… The Altruistic Mind
Siva-Rudra is the Destroyer, as Vishnu is the preserver; and both are the regenerators of spiritual as well as of physical nature. To live as a plant, the seed must die. To live as a conscious entity in the Eternity, the passions… Shiva the Destroyer, Vishnu the Preserver
Can you coax your mind from its wandering and keep to the original oneness? Can you let your body become supple as a newborn child’s? Can you cleanse your inner vision until you see nothing but the light? Can you… The Supreme Virtue
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge;… Faith, Hope and Love
Descend, prophetic Spirit! that inspir’st The human Soul of universal earth, Dreaming on things to come; and dost possess A metropolitan temple in the hearts Of mighty Poets; upon me bestow A gift of genuine insight; that my Song With… Descent of Spirit
As a lamp in a windless spot does not flicker, so is the man of subdued thought who practices union in the Self. When the mind is disciplined and becomes still, and when the Self is self-perceived with inward delight,… Inward Delight
The mind is one, and the best minds, who love truth for its own sake, think much less of property in truth. They accept it thankfully everywhere, and do not label or stamp it with any man’s name, for it… Jove Behind Each of Us
I tramp a perpetual journey, (come listen all!) . . . Not I, not any one else can travel that road for you, You must travel it for yourself. . . . This day before dawn I ascended a hill… A Perpetual Journey
To make our body of senses and limbs the stately mansion which puts forth the majesty and tenderness of Mother Earth; to make our emotions start from the spring of Love, glide forth in the river of gentleness and empty… The Nachiketas Fire
We shall not cease from explorationAnd the end of all our exploringWill be to arrive where we startedAnd know the place for the first time.Through the unknown, remembered gateWhen the last of earth left to discoverIs that which was the… The Crowned Knot of Fire
Let not soft slumber close your eyes, Before you’ve collected thrice The train of action through the day! Where have my feet chose out their way? What have I learnt, where’er I’ve been, From all I’ve heard, from all I’ve… Recollect Thrice
Seeks they spirit to be gifted With a deathless life? Let it seek to be uplifted O’er earth’s storm and strife. Spurns its joys—its ties dissever; Hopes and fears divest; Thus aspire to live forever— Be forever blest! Faith and… Beyond Strife