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When distracted by negative thoughts, cultivate their opposites. This is pratipaksha bhavanam — the practice of planting the counter-seed in the mind.

Life begins where fear ends. The moment you drop all fear, life opens its doors.

Whenever there is a decline in righteousness and an increase in unrighteousness, at that time I manifest myself. To protect the virtuous, to annihilate the wicked, and to re-establish the…

I love God: I have no time left in which to hate the devil.

Blessed is the soul who has become the instrument of God; for in every breath there is then a divine message.

You have a right to perform your prescribed duties, but you are not entitled to the fruits of your actions. Never consider yourself the cause of the results, and never…

Anyone can breathe; therefore anyone can practise yoga. The breath is the teacher.

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life — think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your…

Your own Self-Realization is the greatest service you can render the world.

The soul is the traveller; the earth is the stage upon which we build our experience. And when the stage is left behind, the soul takes with it only what…

God is within you; you are in God, as the wave is in the ocean and the ocean is in the wave.

Do not think of tomorrow, but practice today. Death does not wait to ask whether you are ready.

God is not found in the soul by adding anything but by a process of subtraction.

When intellect and emotion work together in harmony, the divine in us is awakened.

The soul is never born nor dies at any time. It has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. It is unborn,…

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

To be free is the great need of the soul, to find its own nature and live according to it. All spiritual effort is the soul's attempt to discover and…

The Self is of the nature of pure consciousness. It is self-luminous. It is beginningless, endless, and immutable. It is not the ego. It cannot be seen, but It is…

A flower falls even though we love it; a weed grows even though we do not love it. Such is life.

Student, tell me: what is God? He is the breath inside the breath.

Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvellous work. The moment you fear, you are nobody. It is fear that is the greatest cause of misery in the world.

The Buddha taught emptiness in order to abandon all views. Those who cling to the view of emptiness are called incurable.

God is in all men, but all men are not in God. That is why we suffer.

When you wake up in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive — to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

The Vedas are the root of all knowledge. Return to the Vedas, and you will find the way of truth.

Without the vision of my Beloved, I cannot live even for a single moment. The world seems dark and empty without Him.

If we go within, we will never go without. Everything we need is already inside.

What is the use of a body that does not serve God? What is the use of learning that does not lead to liberation?

O God! If I worship You for fear of Hell, burn me in Hell, and if I worship You in hope of Paradise, exclude me from Paradise. But if I…

Strength is life, weakness is death. Expansion is life, contraction is death. Love is life, hatred is death.