Lord bless you all ever and ever — and may He lead you quickly out of this big humbug, the world! May you never be enchanted by this old witch, the world! May Shankara help you! May Umâ open the door of truth for you and take away all…

न जानामि दानं न च ध्यानयोगं न जानामि तन्त्रं न च स्तोत्रमन्त्रम् । न जानामि पूजां न च न्यासयोगं गतिस्त्वं गतिस्त्वं त्वमेका भवानि ॥३॥ भवान्यष्टकम् : श्री शंकराचार्य I don't know charity, nor meditation and yoga; I don't…

The bliss of worship and communion with God is the true wine, the wine of ecstatic love. The goal of human life is to love God. Bhakti is the one essential thing. To know God through jnana and reasoning is extremely difficult. Sri…

"In this world, there are monks and householders. God thinks more about householders. The Master used to say, 'A monk is supposed to call on God, but there is heavy load on the back of the householder.' So he thinks of the householder…

Be sincere in your practice, words, and deeds. You will feel how blessed you are! His blessings is always on all creatures of the earth. It is needless to ask for it. Practise meditation sincerely and then you will understand His…

पद्मासनस्थिते देवि परब्रह्मस्वरूपिणि । परमेशि जगन्मातर्महालक्ष्मीर्नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ ७ ॥ श्रीमहालक्ष्म्याष्टकम् स्तोत्रम् O Goddess, seated on a lotus, embodiment of the absolute Brahman, O supreme Goddess Mahalakshmi, mother of…

देवि प्रपन्नार्तिहरे प्रसीद प्रसीद मातर्जगतोऽखिलस्य । प्रसीद विश्वेश्वरि पाहि विश्वं त्वमीश्वरी देवि चराचरस्य ॥ (इन्द्रादिकृतदेवीस्तुतिः । श्रीश्रीदुर्गासप्तशती, ११.३) O Devi ! Thou art the remover of the sufferings of thy…

नमो देवि दुर्गे शिवे भीमनादे सदासर्वसिद्धिप्रदातृस्वरूपे । विभूतिः सतां कालरात्रिस्वरूपे नमस्ते जगत्तारिणि त्राहि दुर्गे ॥ श्रीदुर्गास्त्वराजस्तोत्रं / श्रीदुर्गापदुद्धारकस्तोत्रं Salutations to You, O Devi Durga, O the Consort…

We shall have to work, giving up altogether all desire for results. People will call us both good and bad. But we shall have to work like lions, keeping the ideal before us, without caring whether "the wise ones praise or blame us."…

Repeat the great truth: I am Brahman, and contemplate on the soul which is the witness, the inspirer, the absolute, the one without any attribute. Swami Abhedananda (The Apostles of Ramakrishna, p 268)