Great Sayings Great Sayings ofof

Realize GodRealize God

O man, because O man, because you cannot you cannot

find God in the find God in the days of your days of your

ignorance, say ignorance, say not that there not that there

is no GODis no GOD

Sarada Ma teaches Sarada Ma teaches MotherhoodMotherhood

Sri Sri Ramakrishna Ramakrishna

Left me behind Left me behind to manifest the to manifest the Motherhood of Motherhood of

God to the God to the worldworld

Who is a ManWho is a Man

Man is like an Man is like an infinite spring, infinite spring,

coiled in a small coiled in a small box, and spring is box, and spring is trying to unfold trying to unfold

itself, and all the itself, and all the social phenomena social phenomena

that we see are that we see are the result of this the result of this trying to unfold.trying to unfold.

Be sincereBe sincere

Be sincere, act Be sincere, act according to according to

your thoughts; your thoughts; and you shall and you shall

surely succeed. surely succeed. Pray with a Pray with a sincere and sincere and

simple heart, simple heart, and your prayers and your prayers

will be heardwill be heard..

Practice MeditationPractice Meditation

Practice Practice Meditation, and Meditation, and

by your mind by your mind will be so calm will be so calm and fixed that and fixed that you will find it you will find it hard to keep hard to keep away from away from MeditationMeditation

Encourage everyoneEncourage everyone

Our duty is to Our duty is to encourage encourage

everyone in his everyone in his struggle to live up struggle to live up to his own highest to his own highest ideal, and strive at ideal, and strive at the same time to the same time to make the ideal as make the ideal as near as possible to near as possible to

the truth.the truth.

Spend time wiselySpend time wisely

A man who spends his A man who spends his time in discussion the time in discussion the good and bad qualities good and bad qualities of others simply of others simply wastes his own time. wastes his own time. For it time spend For it time spend neither in thinking neither in thinking about one’s own self about one’s own self nor about the nor about the supreme self, but in supreme self, but in fruitless thinking of fruitless thinking of others selvesothers selves

Purity can be created in Purity can be created in selfself

It is in the mind It is in the mind alone that one feels alone that one feels pure or impure. A pure or impure. A

man first makes his man first makes his own mind guilty own mind guilty and then sees and then sees

another’s fault. Can another’s fault. Can you injure anybody you injure anybody by enumerating his by enumerating his

faults faults You only You only injure yourselfinjure yourself..

Realize the DivineRealize the Divine

Man is to become Man is to become divine by realizing divine by realizing the divine. Idols or the divine. Idols or

temples or temples or churches or books churches or books

are only the are only the supports, the supports, the helps of his helps of his

spiritual childhood spiritual childhood but on and on he but on and on he

must progress.must progress.

Realize Divinity in ManRealize Divinity in Man

Seek thou God ? Seek thou God ? Then see him in Then see him in

man; His Divinity man; His Divinity is manifest more is manifest more in man than in in man than in

any other object. any other object. Man is the Man is the greatest greatest

manifestation of manifestation of God.God.

Lord’s name clears your Lord’s name clears your impure thoughtsimpure thoughts

Just as clouds Just as clouds are blown away are blown away by the wind, so by the wind, so the thirst for the thirst for

material material pleasure will be pleasure will be driven away by driven away by

utterance of utterance of Lord’s nameLord’s name

Look forward to ProgressLook forward to Progress Life is nothing, death Life is nothing, death

is nothing, hunger is nothing, hunger nothing, cold nothing, cold

nothing.nothing. Glory unto the Lord – Glory unto the Lord –

march on, the lord is march on, the lord is our general. Do not our general. Do not

look back to see who look back to see who falls – forward – falls – forward –

onward.onward. Thus and thus we Thus and thus we shall go on, brethren. shall go on, brethren. One falls and another One falls and another

takes up thetakes up the work.work.

Surrender everything to Surrender everything to himhim

Give up Give up everything to Him, everything to Him, resign yourself to resign yourself to

him, and there him, and there will be no more will be no more trouble for you. trouble for you. Then you will Then you will

come to know that come to know that everything is done everything is done

by his will,by his will,

Making the mind strongMaking the mind strong

If you practice If you practice spiritual discipline spiritual discipline for some time in a for some time in a solitary place you solitary place you will find that your will find that your mind has become mind has become strong, and then strong, and then

you can live in any you can live in any place or society place or society without being in without being in the least affected the least affected

by itby it

Be yourself to progressBe yourself to progress

Every man should Every man should take up his own take up his own

ideal and ideal and Endeavour to Endeavour to accomplish it. accomplish it.

That is surer way That is surer way of progress than of progress than taking up other taking up other

men’s ideals which men’s ideals which he can never hope he can never hope

to accomplish.to accomplish.

Gaining the true Gaining the true knowledgeknowledge

The more is a The more is a man’s attachment man’s attachment to the world, the to the world, the

less is he likely to less is he likely to attain knowledge. attain knowledge.

The less his The less his attachment to the attachment to the world, the more is world, the more is

more is the more is the probability of his probability of his

gaining knowledgegaining knowledge..

What is eternityWhat is eternity

Today, the human Today, the human body is, tomorrow body is, tomorrow it is not, even the it is not, even the shortest span of shortest span of life is beset with life is beset with pain and misery.pain and misery.

He who is able to He who is able to renounce all for renounce all for God’s sake is a God’s sake is a living Godliving God

Self help the Best helpSelf help the Best help Have a tremendous Have a tremendous

faith in yourselves --- faith in yourselves --- Have that faith, each Have that faith, each

one of you, in yourself, one of you, in yourself, that eternal power is that eternal power is lodged in every soul.lodged in every soul.

It is tremendous error It is tremendous error to feel helpless. Do to feel helpless. Do not seek help from not seek help from anyone. We are our anyone. We are our

own help. If we cannot own help. If we cannot help ourselves, there help ourselves, there

is none to help us.is none to help us.

Who is a true TeacherWho is a true Teacher

He alone is the He alone is the true teacher true teacher

who is who is illumined by illumined by the light of the light of

true true knowledge.knowledge.

Attaining the GodAttaining the God

As you smell the As you smell the fragrance of a small fragrance of a small

flower while handling flower while handling it or the smell of it or the smell of sandalwood while sandalwood while

rubbing it against a rubbing it against a stone, so you obtain stone, so you obtain spiritual awakening spiritual awakening

by constantly by constantly thinking of God. If thinking of God. If you become desire you become desire less you can realize less you can realize

him right nowhim right now

What is true EducationWhat is true Education

Education is not Education is not the amount of the amount of

information that is information that is put into your brain put into your brain and runs riot there, and runs riot there, undigested, all your undigested, all your life. We must have life. We must have life-building, man life-building, man making, character making, character

making, making, assimilation of assimilation of

ideasideas..

Avoid fault findingAvoid fault finding

Don’t find fault Don’t find fault with anyone, not with anyone, not

even with an even with an insect. As you insect. As you

pray to God for pray to God for devotion, so also devotion, so also

pray that you pray that you may not find fault may not find fault

with anyone.with anyone.

Work is WorshipWork is Worship

Only through work Only through work can one remove the can one remove the bondage of work. bondage of work. Total Total detachment comes detachment comes later. One should later. One should not be without work not be without work even for a moment.even for a moment.

Work helps one to Work helps one to fend off idle fend off idle thoughts thoughts

Have faith in YouthHave faith in Youth

My faith is in the My faith is in the younger younger

generation the generation the modern modern

generation, out generation, out of them will come of them will come my workers. They my workers. They will work out the will work out the whole problem whole problem

like loins.like loins.

Truth is God RealizationTruth is God Realization

It is said that It is said that truthfulness alone truthfulness alone

constitutes the constitutes the spiritual practice spiritual practice of kali Yuga. If a of kali Yuga. If a

man clings man clings tenaciously to tenaciously to

truth, he truth, he ultimately realizes ultimately realizes

God.God.

Be DesirlessBe Desirless

One should only desire One should only desire of God and desire less of God and desire less to the worldly objects, to the worldly objects, desire is the obstacle desire is the obstacle

to liberationto liberation In the fullness of In the fullness of spiritual realization, a spiritual realization, a person finds that God person finds that God

who resides in his who resides in his heart resides in the heart resides in the

hearts of allhearts of all This realization makes This realization makes

one humbleone humble

Activity leads to Activity leads to CalmnessCalmness

Inactivity should Inactivity should be avoided by all be avoided by all means. Activity means. Activity always means always means

resistance. Resist resistance. Resist all evils, mental all evils, mental

and physical ; and and physical ; and when you have when you have succeeded in succeeded in

resisting, then will resisting, then will calmness come.calmness come.

Money be your servantMoney be your servant

He is truly a man He is truly a man to whom money to whom money is only a servant, is only a servant, but on the other but on the other hand, those who hand, those who do not know how do not know how to make a proper to make a proper use of it, hardly use of it, hardly deserve to be deserve to be called men,called men,

Pray to God – Be fortunePray to God – Be fortune

If you do not pray to If you do not pray to him, what is that him, what is that

to him ?to him ?

It is only your It is only your misfortunemisfortune

I can’t contain I can’t contain myself when one myself when one

draws near me and draws near me and call me mothercall me mother

How to succeedHow to succeed Take up one idea, Take up one idea,

Make that one idea Make that one idea your life – think of it, your life – think of it, dream of it, live on dream of it, live on that idea. Let the that idea. Let the brain, muscles, brain, muscles,

nerves, every part of nerves, every part of your body, be full of your body, be full of that idea, and just that idea, and just

leave every other idea leave every other idea alone.alone.

This is the way to This is the way to success.success.

Fix your Mind on GodFix your Mind on God

Do everything Do everything that is that is

necessary in necessary in the proper the proper

time and let time and let your mind be your mind be always fixed always fixed

on God.on God.

God alone is real – Rest an God alone is real – Rest an illusionillusion

Whenever the mind goes Whenever the mind goes after anything other after anything other than God, consider that than God, consider that as transient and as transient and surrender the mind at surrender the mind at the sacred feet of the the sacred feet of the Lord.Lord.

The aim of life is to The aim of life is to realize God and remain realize God and remain immersed in the immersed in the contemplation of him.contemplation of him.

God alone is real and God alone is real and everything else is false.everything else is false.

What is highest IdealWhat is highest Ideal

The highest The highest ideal is eternal ideal is eternal and entire self and entire self

abnegation, abnegation, where there is where there is no I, but all is no I, but all is

“ Thou”“ Thou”

The Spirit of India LivesThe Spirit of India Liveswithwith

The great teachings The great teachings can change the can change the

attitude of man to attitude of man to other, which alone other, which alone

can bring change in can bring change in this Worldthis WorldDr.T.V.Rao MDDr.T.V.Rao MD

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