The purpose of visiting a spiritual teacher is to be reminded that there is a destination, there is a supreme goal in life, and we all have the innate capacity to undertake the journey.

The Gita is a forceful call to action – but to action in which the right goal is pursued by the right means.

We are all granted a reasonable margin in life to make our experimentation with personal pleasure, but one day we must begin to suspect that it is not going to fulfill our deepest need, which is for Self-realization.

Right from the early days of marriage, or of any relationship, we must try to forget about rights and remember duties if the relationship is to last.

samsara, ‘that which is moving intensely’ – being born, dying, being born again, dying again.

One of the ways to tackle inertia and expedite its transformation into rajas is never to delay anything. “Immediately” is one of the favorite words of the mystics, who live completely in the present.

as long as you are vulnerable to praise, you will be vulnerable to condemnation also. Most

The mystic says, “I have stopped thinking; therefore I am.”

The mystics say that it is time that is an illusion; eternity is the reality.