Teachings of Swami Vivekananda

SEE GOD IN ALL

This is the gist of all worship - to be pure and to do good to others. He who sees Siva in the poor, in the weak, and in the diseased, really worships Siva, and if he sees Siva only in the image, his worship is but preliminary. He who has served and helped one poor man seeing Siva in him, without thinking of his cast, creed, or race, or anything, with him Siva is more pleased than with the man who sees Him only in temples.

GOD IS WITHIN YOU

It is impossible to find God outside of ourselves. Our own souls contribute all of the divinity that is outside of us. We are the greatest temple. The objectification is only a faint imitation of what we see within ourselves.

PERSEVERE IN YOUR SEARCH FOR GOD

To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will. "I will drink the ocean," says the persevering soul, "at my will mountains will crumble up." Have that sort of energy, that sort of will, work hard, and you will reach the goal.

TRUST COMPLETELY IN GOD

Stand up for God; let the world go.

LOVE OF GOD IS ESSENTIAL

Giving up all other thoughts, with the whole mind day and night worship God. Thus being worshipped day and night, He reveals himself and makes His worshippers feel His presence.

Teachings of Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi

SEE GOD IN ALL

If you want peace of mind, do not find fault with others. Rather see your own faults. Learn to make the whole world your own. No one is a stranger, my child; the whole world is your own.

GOD IS WITHIN YOU

When one realizes God, He grants knowledge and illumination from within; one knows it oneself. In the fullness of one’s spiritual realization one will find that He who resides in one’s heart, resides in the hearts of others as well - the oppressed, the persecuted, the untouchable, and the outcast.

PERSEVERE IN YOUR SEARCH FOR GOD

Continue to pray without losing heart. Everything will happen in time.

TRUST COMPLETELY IN GOD

If anyone surrenders himself totally at his feet, the Master will see that everything is set right.

LOVE OF GOD IS ESSENTIAL

One’s love of God depends entirely upon one’s inner feelings. Love of God is the essential thing.

Teachings of Sri Ramakrishna

Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal

All religions are true. God can be reached by different religions. Many rivers flow by many ways but they fall into the sea. There all are one.

A truly religious man should think that other religions also are paths leading to truth. We should always maintain an attitude of respect towards other religions.

Money can fetch you bread alone. Do not consider it as your sole end and aim.

You see many stars in the sky at night, but nor when the sun rises. Can you therefore say that there are no stars in the heavens during the day? O man, because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not there is no God.

He is born in vain, who having attained the human birth, so difficult to get, does not attempt to realize God in this very life.

Seekest thou God ? Then seek Him in man ! His Divinity is manifest more in man than in any other object. Man is the greatest manifestation of God.

Jiva is Shiva (all living beings are God). Who then dare talk of showing mercy to them ? Not mercy, but service, service. For man must be regarded as God.

I tell you the truth : there is nothing wrong in your being in the world. But you must direct your mind towards God.

If you say, 'I am a sinner', eternally, you will remain a sinner to all eternity. You ought rather to repeat, 'I am not bound, I am not bound. Who can bind me ? I am the son of God, the king of kings.'

It is said that truthfulness alone constitutes the spiritual discipline of the Kaliyuga (i.e. modern age). If a man clings tenaciously to truth he ultimately realizes God.

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

To become great one must be humble. The tree laden with fruit always bends low. So if you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.

Rain water never stands on high ground, but runs down to the lowest level. So also the mercy of God remains in the hearts of the lowly, but drains off from those of the vain and the proud.