THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“After the awakening, the aspirant should be steady and unwavering in his faith, and should tread the path of discipline, taking God within him as his guide, and should not give up the struggle until the goal is reached. The speedy success of the Sadhana depends upon the intensity of his longing to realize Him.”
— Swami Ramdas
In connection with Beloved Papa Swami Ramdas’ Sannyas Centenary Swadhyaya-Sadhana Sankalpa, Pujya Swami Muktanandaji shares his insights on Chapter 4 of IN QUEST OF GOD: https://youtu.be/ziwQc-n1Fk4
The text of the same, in various languages, will be shared on Google Drive, those interested in downloading it may take it from:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dpuzEekNCFFNJkqH5PovXjtVuqaEB6qu?usp=sharing
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Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“The obstacle that comes in the way of an aspirant towards the attainment of God is a restless and desire-ridden mind. Hence, in the first place, control of the mind and eradication of its Vasanas are absolutely necessary before the divine light and knowledge can illumine his heart."--- Swami Ramdas.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“The main condition for the revealment of God within you is the elimination of your ego-sense and the complete surrender or dedication of every part of your being to the omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient God. Instead of the ego, God should hold sway over you. God’s light should illumine your mind. God’s love should permeate your heart. God’s power should control your activities. In short, you should be so fully imbued with God-consciousness that your life inside and outside is fully divinised and the world is seen by you as the blissful expression of your regenerated life.”
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“human life has a special mission and significance among the innumerable species of creatures living on the earth. Every member of the human race can become such a vehicle for God to possess and be a sun of Divine love and splendour.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Seek guidance from within. Listen to this voice and act. Don't do things simply because others ask you to do so.”
Anandashram
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“To get the God-vision you ought to transcend the Gunas and Dwandwas. Don't be bound by the dictates of any Shastra, or Dharma, but become utterly free by a whole-hearted surrender to Him.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Struggle is a sure condition of progress. Shrink not, faint not. The almighty Lord is your helper; go ahead with full steam, and brave every storm. Don't feel disturbed. Go to meet the Beloved in your heart with a cheerful mind and a smile. He is ever with you, and you and He are not different.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“The mind may run like a monkey, but you know that you are not the mind. You are the watcher of its antics. When you have thus realized that you are the immortal Witness, you will not be influenced by the prompting of the desire-ridden mind. When you have identified yourself with the Witness, the desires of the mind will die away by themselves through inanition.”
— Swami Ramdas
In connection with Beloved Papa Swami Ramdas’ Sannyas Centenary Swadhyaya-Sadhana Sankalpa, Pujya Swami Muktanandaji shares his insights on Chapter 4 of IN QUEST OF GOD: https://youtu.be/qCC-XaRFzyU
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Indeed, the search for God outside us goes on, until we make the life's discovery that our heart is the shrine in which the Lord of the universe — Vishwanath — dwells in all His glory.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“The best book that we have to read, everyday, is our own heart. Let us watch and examine its workings. What we require is to stand apart from it, and witness its manifold activities. We can very effectively do this in meditation.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Seek not to transform the world before you have wrought the needed change in yourself.”
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Serve God in humanity, to the utmost power that God has granted you, in a Nishkama spirit and be friendly and loving towards all.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Indeed, there is no means greater than Satsang to keep awake the divine consciousness within us. Satsang we get, in consequence of the purification of the mind.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“The best means for keeping awake the knowledge of Truth is to repeat constantly the Guru-mantram and to court the society of the Bhaktas.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Please remember, we can behold God only when we are free from the clutches of lust, wrath and greed.”
— Swami Ramdas
In connection with Beloved Papa Swami Ramdas’ Sannyas Centenary Swadhyaya-Sadhana Sankalpa, Pujya Swami Muktanandaji shares his insights on Chapter 4 of IN QUEST OF GOD: https://youtu.be/yLhOnzOFB94
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Life is space. Life is time. Life is Causeless Cause. Space is infinite. Time is eternal. God is life — infinite and eternal. Space encompasses all things. I am such a God, such alife — spaceless, timeless and causeless. This is imagination run riot. It is a mad attempt to find out what I am, what God is.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“The whole universe is filled with the presence of God and so you are eternally one with Him. Give up the illusion that you are separate from Him. You as an individual are unreal. It is ever He, in all, and as all.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Stand above the petty praise and blame of the world.”
— Swami Ramdas
In connection with Beloved Papa Swami Ramdas’ Sannyas Centenary Swadhyaya-Sadhana Sankalpa, Pujya Swami Muktanandaji shares his insights on IN QUEST OF GOD: https://youtu.be/yLhOnzOFB94
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“During the period of Sadhana for the attainment of his goal, the Sadhaka must learn to be calm and collected in all that he does; he must watch the mysterious workings of the Divine Shakti in him and everywhere about him, and must remember that all things happen for good and good alone.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Merely listening to philosophical discourses is not sufficient. What is required is to bring down these truths into practical experience.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“The first thing needed is an attempt to control the unbridled mind.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Mere reading of religious books helps only in awakening us to the sense of Reality, but the awakening does not last unless the practice for concentration of mind is gone through with earnestness and zeal.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“A concentrated and purified mind alone absorbs the teaching of the Divine Truth.”
— Swami Ramdas
In connection with Beloved Papa Swami Ramdas’ Sannyas Centenary Swadhyaya-Sadhana Sankalpa, Pujya Swami Muktanandaji shares his insights on IN QUEST OF GOD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFoLe4yXXrA
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“So long as a man is obsessed with the sense of duality, prayer, meditation and self-surrender are things real and necessary for him.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“God does not want us to be tied down to a rule or a course of discipline making it indispensable for us for all time. True freedom consists in being able to enjoy the bliss of the Eternal in all changes, all turns and vicissitudes of life.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Until the flame of Truth begins to burn steadily and undiminished, it is necessary that every available means be adopted to keep it up.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“It is, indeed, not sufficient merely to awaken the mind to the supreme sense of Reality. A constant hammering of the Truth on the restless mind is essential.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“A mind, which has been allowed to roam about uncurbed for a long time, naturally resists control that is exercised on it during Sadhana, even for a short period.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Feel always that you are merely an instrument in the hands of Shakti, and go through all Sadhanas as if they were Her work done through you. Do not be impatient; march on steadily, and leave the question of progress and ultimate attainment to the Lord Himself.”
— Swami Ramdas
In connection with Beloved Papa Swami Ramdas’ Sannyas Centenary Swadhyaya-Sadhana Sankalpa, Pujya Swami Muktanandaji shares his insights on IN QUEST OF GOD: https://youtu.be/vPPQLCauDBU
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“In the matter of Sadhana do not do anything to forcibly fix the mind to the meditation of your ideal; proceed gradually, but with undaunted perseverance.”
— Swami Ramdas
In connection with Beloved Papa Swami Ramdas’ Sannyas Centenary Swadhyaya-Sadhana Sankalpa, Pujya Swami Muktanandaji shares his insights on IN QUEST OF GOD: https://youtu.be/PMtph2DDpG4
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“He who has unshakable faith in the Name is saved.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Japam purifies the mind, and enables the aspirant to attain the knowledge of Truth.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Let us cling to His glorious Name with all love and faith, and let Him do what He pleases with us. Ours is to realize our immortality.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Let the whole life be lived out as an offering to Him who has brought us into being. Let His Name be ever on our lips and in our minds.”
Anandashram
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“Repetition of the holy Mantram purifies the mind. Satsang elevates you and grants you right knowledge. Last comes Guru Kripa. The awareness of it makes you realise that you are the embodiment of an Eternal Existence full of bliss and peace.”
— Swami Ramdas
In connection with Beloved Papa Swami Ramdas’ Sannyas Centenary Swadhyaya-Sadhana Sankalpa, Pujya Swami Muktanandaji shares his insights on Chapter 8 of IN QUEST OF GOD: https://youtu.be/OHWJNfuFmIg
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Repetition of the Ram-Mantram, meditation on the attributes of God and surrender of all your actions to the Lord, form the way.”
— Swami Ramdas
In connection with Beloved Papa Swami Ramdas’ Sannyas Centenary Swadhyaya-Sadhana Sankalpa, Pujya Swami Muktanandaji shares his insights on Chapter 8 of IN QUEST OF GOD: https://youtu.be/OHWJNfuFmIg
The text of the same, in various languages, will be shared on Google Drive, those interested in downloading it may take it from:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dpuzEekNCFFNJkqH5PovXjtVuqaEB6qu?usp=sharing
IN QUEST OF GOD audio books in Hindi and Marathi are available on Google Drive.
Hindi:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dPgA2HCf0Wyt1AcUVccylsWSbD5z8nxd?usp=sharing
Marathi:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1r8Li0exzfbqfuPpqMV-tPGrbvDWsaehG?usp=sharing
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“When the Lord's Name is on our lips we need not be afraid in this world or in any other world. Do not forget that you are the immortal Truth.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“A heart that wells up with love is the very heart of God. God is Nirguna but He is also Saguna as pure, spontaneous, universal love. We can tune ourselves to this love through the melodious music of His Name.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“The easiest method by which we can keep God-remembrance is repetition of His glorious Name. Be always cheerful, fearless and free.”
— Swami Ramdas
In connection with Beloved Papa Swami Ramdas’ Sannyas Centenary Swadhyaya-Sadhana Sankalpa, Pujya Swami Muktanandaji shares his insights on Chapter 8 of IN QUEST OF GOD: https://youtu.be/OHWJNfuFmIg
The text of the same, in various languages, will be shared on Google Drive, those interested in downloading it may take it from:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dpuzEekNCFFNJkqH5PovXjtVuqaEB6qu?usp=sharing
IN QUEST OF GOD audio books in Kannada, Hindi and Marathi are available on Google Drive.
Kannada:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1R9viB86GYrYQwr_v_jxZHvkMuZME0dLx?usp=sharing
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“The Divine Name is the one refuge for the man struggling for the Darshan of God.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Indeed, the power of God's Name is simply marvellous. It can take man to the highest and the loftiest Truth of world existence. The Name grants him a state of unalterable freedom, bliss and peace.”
— Swami Ramdas
In connection with Beloved Papa Swami Ramdas’ Sannyas Centenary Swadhyaya-Sadhana Sankalpa, Pujya Swami Muktanandaji shares his insights on Chapter 8 of IN QUEST OF GOD: https://youtu.be/b_DSA6i45kY
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Direct your vision inward and realize the glory of the Atman. The key that unlocks the door to this spiritual kingdom within you is Ram Nam.”
— Swami Ramdas
In connection with Beloved Papa Swami Ramdas’ Sannyas Centenary Swadhyaya-Sadhana Sankalpa, Pujya Swami Muktanandaji shares his insights on Chapter 9 of IN QUEST OF GOD: https://youtu.be/b_DSA6i45kY
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“When the internal Tyaga is effected it is immaterial whether you abandon the external activities or not.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“The desire to see external forms must vanish, so that you can find union and oneness with the all-pervading and immortal Swarup of God.”
Anandashram
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“Vairagya means the dedicating of our usual everyday actions to the Lord and making them, thereby, free from the taint of desire.”
Anandashram
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“There is nothing to feel sorry for, or be surprised at, in this passing panorama of life.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“The true Darshan comes when the desires are controlled and subdued. Don't look for anything without you; don't pin your happiness upon external contacts.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Until the desire of the heart — the craving for worldly possessions and property — is completely eradicated, you cannot enjoy the true happiness of union with God--the Lord and Master of your existence.”
— Swami Ramdas
In connection with Beloved Papa Swami Ramdas’ Sannyas Centenary Swadhyaya-Sadhana Sankalpa, Pujya Swami Muktanandaji shares his insights on Chapter 10 of IN QUEST OF GOD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqCTpjYmb1s
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“An uncontrolled mind, although it accepts the truth, cannot retain it. The fitness of the mind, for absorbing the knowledge of Divinity consists in the complete eradication of desire from it. This is done through discrimination, concentration and meditation — culminating in the realisation of God.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“The Bhakta speaks thus: ‘O God! Thou art the doer; all forms are Thine; everything is Thine.’ And thus, he realises that he is Purusha, the unaffected, inactive, eternal witness. This is his way, different from that of the Jnani, who speaks thus: ‘All activity belongs to Prakriti or Shakti; I am Purusha, the dispassionate witness.’”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Bhakti does not denote a chaotic life. A well-regulated life, a keen sense of duty, and a patient and cheerful nature, are the characteristics of a true devotee of God.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Childlike innocence, a vision informed with pure love towards all alike, and blissful activity beneficial to all, are the signs of the man who has achieved the blessed state.”
Anandashram
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“The true devotee is he who has realized that he and the Lord of the universe are not separate.”
Anandashram
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“Parabhakti means beholding the whole universe in all its varied activities and multitudinous forms, as a manifestation or expression of God.”
— Swami Ramdas
In connection with Beloved Papa Swami Ramdas’ Sannyas Centenary Swadhyaya-Sadhana Sankalpa, Pujya Swami Muktanandaji shares his insights on IN QUEST OF GOD: https://youtu.be/hjmnA9Sj4j4
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Love is impersonal. It is the love of Truth that dwells in the hearts of all creatures, beings and things.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“A blissful Love has assumed all forms. All activities and movements are waves of this Love, full of bliss.”
Anandashram
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“How can the remembrance of God possess us? By conceiving a deep and abiding love for Him, and, till that comes, a deep and abiding longing for that love. We come from Him, and we are here on our way back to Him. Let us not lose sight of our goal by attaching ourselves to the perishable baubles and toys of the world. By all means, let us move, work and live in the midst of them, just as pilgrims do, that meet in a Dharmashala. Let us keep the Divine Light burning within our heart, never losing hold of the Supreme Truth, never forgetting the purpose and goal of life.”
Anandashram
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“Bhakta is He. Bhagawan is He. As Bhakta He pretends to be different from Himself and also pretends to be seeking Himself. Wonderful is His Lila.”
Anandashram
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“The place of Bhagawan is always in the heart of His Bhakta. That is His Mandir and His home. And He is never silent, always busy talking to His beloved Bhakta.”
Anandashram
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“Perfect faith in the goodness, kindness, greatness and love of God is a wonderful tonic to keep us ever calm and cheerful.”
— Swami Ramdas
In connection with Beloved Papa Swami Ramdas’ Sannyas Centenary Swadhyaya-Sadhana Sankalpa, Pujya Swami Muktanandaji shares his insights on Chapter 11 of IN QUEST OF GOD: https://youtu.be/agJH6uOyPdU
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“The working of Prem is indeed wonderful. How silent and irresistible it is! No barrier can withstand its sure and steady passage. It is all-powerful, though meek and unassuming. It embraces the whole universe. It is eternal. It is simply magnificent.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Pray to Him constantly for nothing but to ‘lead me from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light and from death to immortality’.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“What is faith? Unquestioning surrender to God's will is faith. Whatever happens is attributed to the workings of God. God is taken as great, good and kind. He is the sole dispenser of all things. Since all events, changes and movements proceed from a heart ever filled with goodness, love and mercy, there is nothing to grumble about, nothing to find fault with, nothing to grieve over, nothing to be anxious about, and nothing to be afraid of — all, all is His doing. He works always for harmony and joy. In the heart of all things and happenings, it is He who exists and is at work. When this faith is ours, God becomes our never-failing companion, guide and friend, and we do all actions by His will, i.e., by His promptings. He is in us, and everywhere about us. All doubts and fears now vanish away and we attain a state of freedom which is itself absolute peace and bliss.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“The devotee gives up the notion of ‘I and mine’ and becomes conscious of the guiding hand of God in all his activities. The nature of a true devotee is that he never exults over his gains, nor does he ever lament over his losses. His trust in God is so implicit that he is at all times content in the situation in which God places him.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“There is no greater acquisition in this life than perfect faith in God that stands all tests and trials.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“To love your neighbour is to love your God. God, apart from your neighbour, is no God.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“To love all is the true Bhakti of God, and to serve all is the real worship of God.”
— Swami Ramdas
In connection with Beloved Papa Swami Ramdas’ Sannyas Centenary Swadhyaya-Sadhana Sankalpa, Pujya Swami Muktanandaji shares his insights on Chapter 12 of IN QUEST OF GOD: https://youtu.be/zMUiuFxqZwU
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Love is really the most wonderful thing. It considers no sacrifice too great to achieve fulfilment in joy and peace.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“The true communion with God is through the spirit. The moment we rise above body-consciousness, we become one with God.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“True knowledge consists in your consciousness of oneness with the immortal Atman, seated in your heart, and pervading all life and form in the universe.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Identification with the Atman and surrender of all actions to Shakti grants the light of knowledge and dispels the darkness of ignorance.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“External Darshan, however frequently you may have it, cannot quench your thirst. You ought to drink the nectar of immortality through close communion, and a feeling of oneness with the eternal Atman who dwells in you.”
— Swami Ramdas
In connection with Beloved Papa Swami Ramdas’ Sannyas Centenary Swadhyaya-Sadhana Sankalpa, Pujya Swami Muktanandaji shares his insights on Chapter 12 of IN QUEST OF GOD: https://youtu.be/Mp_KVioGDSQ
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Realise, realise, realise; and give up all pre-conceived notions and thoughts borrowed from the expressions and sayings of saints, who have given vent to them in their various moods of Self-realization. See for yourself; understand for yourself; and assert and make manifest your own Divine nature.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Assert your Divine nature. Be conscious of the presence of God within you. Don't allow the passing phases of life to throw a mantle over the revealed light of Truth within you.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Never lose your equilibrium under the stress of any external circumstances. They come and go, like the clouds in the breeze; stand firm on the rock of your unchanging and immortal existence.”
— Swami Ramdas
In connection with Beloved Papa Swami Ramdas’ Sannyas Centenary Swadhyaya-Sadhana Sankalpa, Pujya Swami Muktanandaji shares his insights on Chapter 13 of IN QUEST OF GOD: https://youtu.be/Mp_KVioGDSQ
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Contemplation of the Truth leads us to the realization of it, i.e., we come to understand and experience the sublimity of it.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Know that you are not this restless mind, but that you are the immortal, all-blissful and changeless Spirit.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Question yourself as to who you are, and an immediate response will come from within, to the effect that you are the eternal, perfect Truth and Life.”
Anandashram
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“You, as an individual actor, apart from the Universal Truth and Spirit, are utterly imaginary. You — and all the rest — do actions by the supreme Will and Power of the Lord.”
— Swami Ramdas
In connection with Beloved Papa Swami Ramdas’ Sannyas Centenary Swadhyaya-Sadhana Sankalpa, Pujya Swami Muktanandaji shares his insights on Chapter 13 of IN QUEST OF GOD: https://youtu.be/QzhBrwYhqf8
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Consider not that you are merely a perishable and changing being; you are the absolute, immortal, changeless, omnipresent, omnipotent, and omniscient Truth.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“We are forever one with Him, though we pretend to be playing our parts as if we were different from Him.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Guru-Kripa is always on you. Become aware of it, and you are free. Awareness comes through ceaseless remembrance of what you are in reality, namely, that you are the immortal Spirit filled with absolute peace and bliss.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Really, to stand apart from the mind and watch its activities, is a blissful exercise. The moment the dissociation becomes complete, that is to say, one’s identification with the watcher or the witness becomes perfect, that very moment the mind dissolves, and you attain Samadhi, i.e., absolute peace and bliss.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“The Guru's heart is ever soft and, by constant meditation, the chela grows into the likeness of his Master and possesses the same purity and softness of heart as of the Guru. Forget not that the Guru is within you--know that you are not different from Him.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Throw up the mask that enshrouds your real divine nature and reveal yourself in all your magnificence.”
— Swami Ramdas
In connection with Beloved Papa Swami Ramdas’ Sannyas Centenary Swadhyaya-Sadhana Sankalpa, Pujya Swami Muktanandaji shares his insights on Chapter 14 of IN QUEST OF GOD: https://youtu.be/t-Oc9DVLDME
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Yoga denotes equilibrium — a condition of unalterable and unshakable peace and joy.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Moksha is not dependent on any particular external situation or circumstance. Moksha is the realization of immortality by the removal of ignorance through the attainment of Divine knowledge. It is primarily a change in our internal consciousness and vision. A man, who is placed in a certain situation in the days of his ignorance, may still continue to remain in the same situation, even after he has attained Divine knowledge.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“God is the one sole Reality; our physical body is only a transient and perishable manifestation of that great, undying, eternal Truth. Truly we are the immortal Atman, the changeless and deathless Spirit.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Realise that He, the Infinite Power within you, guides you, controls you and actuates you to do all things, at all times. Rise above the conditioned conception of things, that is to say, rise above the Gunas and Dwandwas.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
‘Seek within — know Thyself’: these secret and sublime hints come to us wafted on the breath of Rishis through the dust of ages.
— Swami Ramdas
In connection with Beloved Papa Swami Ramdas’ Sannyas Centenary Swadhyaya-Sadhana Sankalpa, Pujya Swami Muktanandaji shares his insights on Chapter 14 of IN QUEST OF GOD: https://youtu.be/t-Oc9DVLDME
The text of the same, in various languages, will be shared on Google Drive, those interested in downloading it may take it from:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dpuzEekNCFFNJkqH5PovXjtVuqaEB6qu?usp=sharing
IN QUEST OF GOD audio books in Kannada, Hindi and Marathi are available on Google Drive.
Kannada:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1R9viB86GYrYQwr_v_jxZHvkMuZME0dLx?usp=sharing
Hindi:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dPgA2HCf0Wyt1AcUVccylsWSbD5z8nxd?usp=sharing
Marathi:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1r8Li0exzfbqfuPpqMV-tPGrbvDWsaehG?usp=sharing
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Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Believe that the Lord of the worlds, who is absolute peace, power and bliss, is always dwelling within you.”
— Swami Ramdas
In connection with Beloved Papa Swami Ramdas’ Sannyas Centenary Swadhyaya-Sadhana Sankalpa, Pujya Swami Muktanandaji shares his insights on Chapter 15 of IN QUEST OF GOD: https://youtu.be/LfSjQLex6Tg
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Let us know that all actions, irrespective of any denomination, are pure and Divine; because the Divine alone is at work in the entire universe. Our bodies are merely vehicles through which Shakti works to fulfil Her purpose. It is She who works in the saint as well as in the sinner. Saint and sinner are merely names. Ignorance makes us see the difference between the two.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Life can be understood only by going to the very root of it. And the root is ever sweet and eternal.”
Anandashram
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“At the inception of all phenomenal life and existence there is the ever-abiding calmness, peace and repose of the immortal and all-pervading Truth.”
Anandashram
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“You are the Truth itself; you are the Ideal itself. Infinity and eternity are the qualities of your true existence, where duality and differentiation have no significance.”
Anandashram
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“The conflict of apparently opposing forces in the play of the natural phenomena is viewed by a man of clear vision exactly as a drama on the stage is viewed by one in an audience witnessing it.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Self-surrender means offering of all your actions to the divine Shakti, i.e., to become conscious, by gradual practice, that you, as a separate individual doer, do not exist.”
— Swami Ramdas
In connection with Beloved Papa Swami Ramdas’ Sannyas Centenary Swadhyaya-Sadhana Sankalpa, Pujya Swami Muktanandaji shares his insights on Chapter 15 of IN QUEST OF GOD: https://youtu.be/KuoFCRhNN0U
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Take anything that comes as for your best.”
— Swami Ramdas
In connection with Beloved Papa Swami Ramdas’ Sannyas Centenary Swadhyaya-Sadhana Sankalpa, Pujya Swami Muktanandaji shares his insights on Chapter 16 of IN QUEST OF GOD: https://youtu.be/KuoFCRhNN0U
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Dependence on the joy of a saint's Darshan is not the whole thing; because such joy, we know, is only relative. We want a joy which is self-dependent, eternal and subject to no conditions.”
Anandashram
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Have implicit trust in His mercy and goodness.”