Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Food for Soul - Spiritual Quotes

  1. "Avoid company of evils and seek good company intensely. Do noble work day and night, and always remember the transience of life." - Chanakya Niti

  2. Having shunned all worldly desires and selfish moods born of thought, slowly maintain thorough control of all your sense organs, then meditate and do not think of anything else. - Bhagavad Gita (6:25)

  3. "O Partha (Arjuna)! He who has disciplined his thoughts and mind, and who meditates on the Supreme Person and is constantly practicing, his mind does not go anywhere, and he reaches Him (the Supreme Being)." - The Bhagavad Gita (8:8)

  4. Mind can be controlled by means of practice and non-attachment. - Yoga Sutra of Patanjali (Samadhi Pada, Sutra 12).

  5. The real bath is to remove the dirt of the mind. Cleanliness is the control over the senses. True wisdom is to see oneness everywhere. - Skanda Upanishad 11.

  6. You have to meditate, you have to observe spiritual discipline, you have to develop love for God and please Him through your love. - Meerabai

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