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|| The word is not the thing.  
|| You have asked about "sense of humour".  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 13
|| Flowers of Love ~ 30
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
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|| The ego is necessary for both the sensation of pain and the feeling of pleasure.  
|| The wheel of the mundane world keeps revolving.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 07
|| Flowers of Love ~ 32
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
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| *62 ~ 71  
|| Man is an everlack.  
|| Do not fight with yourself.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 05
|| Flowers of Love ~ 57
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| [[Sw Mohan Chaitanya|Swami Mohan Chaitanya]], Moga, Punjab
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| *62 ~ 71  
|| Thinking is necessary, but not enough.  
|| The feeling of separation is auspicious.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 04
|| Flowers of Love ~ 58
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| Shree Sunderlal Sehgal, Amritsar, Punjab
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| *62 ~ 71  
|| I have no special doctrine or philosophy.  
|| Thought is the power of man.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 32
|| Flowers of Love ~ 72
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| Sushree Premshanker Panday, Manmad, Maharashtra
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| *62 ~ 71  
|| There is tension.  
|| Live in Truth—there is no other way of knowing Truth.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 34
|| Flowers of Love ~ 73
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| Yogi Satyanand, Tikamgadh, M.P.
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| 62.07.13
|| The new world revealed in meditation is not something added from the outside.  
|| I have been meaning to write since a long time, but because of preoccupations I could not.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 28
|| Flowers of Love ~ 105
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| Sushree Jayaben Shah, Bombay
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| 62.08.13
|| The way of meditation is above the self.  
|| How lovingly you insist on my writing something.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 14
|| Flowers of Love ~ 17
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| Lala Sunderlal, Delhi
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| 62.10.05
|| There is conflict in the mind.  
|| I am grateful for your affectionate letter.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 33
|| Flowers of Love ~ 106
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| Sushree Jayaben Shah, Bombay
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| 62.10.20
|| John Burroughs remembers: “One day my boy killed what an old hunter told him was a mock duck.  
|| I was out, but your letter followed me and reached me during my journey.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 06
|| Flowers of Love ~ 107
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| Sushree Jayaben Shah, Bombay
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| 62.11.01
|| The forms of existence are finite.  
|| I am not writing anything at the moment.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 29
|| Flowers of Love ~ 18
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| Lala Sunderlal, Delhi
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| *62 ~ 71
| 62.11.02
|| There is no security in life.  
|| It is God's grace that you are working toward the revelation of the inner light.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 22
|| Flowers of Love ~ 108
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| Sushree Jaya Shah, Bombay
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| *62 ~ 71
| 62.12.14
|| The Universe cares for little but play.  
|| I fill with joy at your desire to attain peace.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 30
|| Flowers of Love ~ 109
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| Sushree Jaya Shah, Bombay
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| *62 ~ 71
| 63.01.12
|| Man can only know what God is not.  
|| I was awaiting your letter when it came.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 39
|| Flowers of Love ~ 110
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| Sushree Jaya Shah, Bombay
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| 63.02.10
|| Do not believe in thinking.  
|| The trip to Rajnagar was enjoyable.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 27
|| Flowers of Love ~ 111
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| Sushree Jaya Shah, Bombay
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| 63.02.12
|| Mind is localization of consciousness.  
|| I have just returned from Rajnagar (Rajasthan).  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 35
|| Flowers of Love ~ 19
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| Lala Sunderlal, Delhi
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| *62 ~ 71
| 63.02.12
|| Existence exists in order to exist.  
|| During the journey, I read your letter.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 20
|| Flowers of Love ~ 24
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| Shree Rohit Kumar Mittal, Khandwa, M.P.
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| *62 ~ 71
| 63.06.03
|| Life is movement.  
|| I was out for the whole month of May, so my health was affected.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 10
|| Flowers of Love ~ 20
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| Lala Sunderlal, Delhi
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| 63.11.01
|| Mind means consciousness somewhere.  
|| As I was very busy, I could not reply earlier.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 45
|| Flowers of Love ~ 25
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| Lala Sunderlal, Delhi
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| *62 ~ 71
| 64.06.17
|| Life becomes more authentic in encountering death directly.  
|| I was out.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 36
|| Flowers of Love ~ 21
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| Lala Sunderlal, Delhi
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| 64.10.26
|| One day Lin-chi was asked: “What is the essence of meditation?”
|| After returning from the meditation camp, I had gone out of town again.
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 12
|| Flowers of Love ~ 125
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
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| 64.11.02
|| The mind is to raise questions.  
|| I have received your very loving letter.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 01
|| Flowers of Love ~ 124
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
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| *62 ~ 71
| 64.11.11
|| The past is not.  
|| Love—and yet more love.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 40
|| Flowers of Love ~ 117
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sohan Bafna]], Poona
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| 64.11.23
|| A disciple of Rinzai met a party of three men on a river-bridge.  
|| The peace that is within me—you desire.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 17
|| Flowers of Love ~ 118
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
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| 64.12.05
|| Nothing great is ever accomplished without going mad.  
|| Your words have made me very happy.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 42
|| Flowers of Love ~ 08
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
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| 65.01.04
|| Life is a sermon.  
|| I am going out again tonight.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 09
|| Flowers of Love ~ 119
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
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| 65.02.03
|| See: this is a white paper—it contains a drawing.  
|| I am happy to know that you are happy.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 03
|| Flowers of Love ~ 02
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
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| 65.02.17
|| Takuan says: you cannot bathe in solid ice.  
|| The train was five hours late.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 24
|| Flowers of Love ~ 05
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
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| *62 ~ 71
| 65.03.03
|| You cannot run away from the self.
|| From the pile of letters awaiting me on my return, I first looked for yours!
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 15
|| Flowers of Love ~ 06
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
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| *62 ~ 71
| 65.03.12
|| Choice is the root-cause of all anguish.  
|| The heart was overwhelmed with your poem.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 38
|| Flowers of Love ~ 01
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Mrs. Sohan Bafna]], Poona
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| *62 ~ 71
| 65.03.16
|| “How can a man learn to know himself?” enquires Goethe.  
|| On my return home, I was awaiting your letter.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 18
|| Flowers of Love ~ 09
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
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| *62 ~ 71
| 65.03.22
|| The mind lives in a logical somnambulism.
|| I had never imagined that you would write such lovely letters!
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 26
|| Flowers of Love ~ 10
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Mrs. Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
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| *62 ~ 71
| 65.04.17
|| Meditation cannot be taught directly.  
|| I came here yesterday and have been thinking of writing ever since, but I am just writing now.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 02
|| Flowers of Love ~ 07
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
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| *62 ~ 71
| 65.04.24
|| Mind means duality.
|| But waiting is—oh! so sweet!
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 37
|| Flowers of Love ~ 11
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
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| *62 ~ 71
| 65.04.29
|| Love to be alone.  
|| You have hurt your finger: it looks as if you are not paying attention to your body.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 31
|| Flowers of Love ~ 121
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
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| *62 ~ 71
| 65.05.09
|| Do not be closed to the Universe.  
|| It was just this time of night, two days ago, that I left you at Chittor.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 41
|| Flowers of Love ~ 126
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
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| *62 ~ 71
| 65.06.01
|| We settle down where no settling is possible.  
|| I was sitting in the same spot in the grass when it came.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 21
|| Flowers of Love ~ 122
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
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| *62 ~ 71
| 65.06.07
|| Do not cling to anything or any idea.  
|| I looked for your letter as soon as I came yesterday.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 25
|| Flowers of Love ~ 123
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
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| *62 ~ 71
| 65.06.09
|| A life without meditation is like a winter landscape.
|| I look at it—how simple and innocent you appear!
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 11
|| Flowers of Love ~ 03
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Mrs. Sohan Bafna]], Poona
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| *62 ~ 71
| 65.06.14
|| Meditation is beyond knowledge.
|| The love blossoms with which you weave your garlands—their fragrance reaches me!
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 44
|| Flowers of Love ~ 04
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
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| *62 ~ 71
| 65.10.25
|| Meditation requires understanding and not effort.
|| Last night when there were lamps and lamps lit all over the town, I was thinking, "My Sohan too, must have lighted lamps, and some among them must surely be for me!"
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 43
|| Flowers of Love ~ 120
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
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| *62 ~ 71
| 66.02.19
|| Meditation is the master-key.  
|| It is good that you are forgetting the past.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 19
|| Flowers of Love ~ 33
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
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| *62 ~ 71
| 66.03.11
|| A monk asked Daishu Ekai: “What is nirvana (absolute freedom)?”
|| I am happy to see your thirst for God.
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 16
|| Flowers of Love ~ 27
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
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| *62 ~ 71
| 66.03.26
|| In this world everything is upside down.  
|| I was very happy to meet you that day.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 23
|| Flowers of Love ~ 28
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
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| *62 ~ 71
| 66.04.02
|| Life goes on flowing.  
|| I welcome the resolution that is taking birth within you.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 08
|| Flowers of Love ~ 29
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|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|| Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
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| *62 ~ 71
| 66.06.04
|| Do not fight with yourself.  
|| You have asked about sex.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 57
|| Flowers of Love ~ 31
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|| [[Sw Mohan Chaitanya|Swami Mohan Chaitanya]], Moga, Punjab
|| Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
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| *62 ~ 71
| 66.08.30
|| The feeling of separation is auspicious.  
|| If the thirst is so full of longing for Truth, for peace, for righteousness, one day or another the sun will appear, in whose presence darkness disappears.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 58
|| Flowers of Love ~ 112
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|| Shree Sunderlal Sehgal, Amritsar, Punjab
|| Shree Jayantibhai, Bombay
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| *62 ~ 71
| 67.04.05
|| Thought is the power of man.
|| What gift is greater than love?
|| Flowers of Love ~ 72
|| Flowers of Love ~ 34
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|| Sushree Premshanker Panday, Manmad, Maharashtra
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| *62 ~ 71
|| The wheel of the mundane world keeps revolving.
|| Flowers of Love ~ 32
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|| Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
|| Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
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| *62 ~ 71
| 68.--.--  
|| You have asked about "sense of humour".  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 30
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|  align="center" | 43
|| Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
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| *62 ~ 71
|| Live in Truth—there is no other way of knowing Truth.
|| Flowers of Love ~ 73
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|| Yogi Satyanand, Tikamgadh, M.P.
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| *62 ~ 71
|| You will become more deeply tied to whatever you desire to become free from.
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 365
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|| About death I have remained quiet on purpose, because I want to awaken inquiry about life.  
|| About death I have remained quiet on purpose, because I want to awaken inquiry about life.  
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 051  
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 051  
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| 68.06.18
|| Religion too has to take new birth in every age.  
|| Truth is unknown, and therefore the known has to be abandoned in order to attain it.  
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 152
|| Flowers of Love ~ 14
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|| Sushree Omprakash Agarwal, Jullundur, Punjab
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| *70
| 68.06.30
|| Drop the fear, because the moment you hold on to it, it multiplies.
|| How can it ever be that the ray of love comes without the fragrance of joy?
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 153
|| Flowers of Love ~ 116
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|| Shree Mahipal, Bombay
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| *70
| 68.07.18
|| Attainment of meditation is not a question of time, it is a question of will.  
|| Your letter and your inquiry.  
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 154
|| Flowers of Love ~ 42
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|| Sushree Kanchan, Bulsar, Gujarat
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| *70
| 68.09.10
|| The world is neither unhappiness nor happiness.  
|| I am always with you.  
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 155
|| Flowers of Love ~ 13
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|| Sushree Om Prakash Agarwal, Jullundur, Punjab
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| *70
| 68.09.29
|| Do not fight with yourself.  
|| I know very well the thirst of your soul.  
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 156
|| Flowers of Love ~ 16
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|| Sushree Jayavanti Shukla, Junagadh, Gujarat
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| *70
| 68.10.02
|| Strive for meditation.  
|| You must be tired of waiting for the reply.  
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 157
|| Flowers of Love ~ 40
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|| Sushree Kanchan Behu, Bulsar, Gujarat
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| *70
| 68.12.12
|| Don’t be in haste.  
|| The time of birth will have to be looked up.  
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 158
|| Flowers of Love ~ 15
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|| Shree Anupchand Shah, Surendranagar, Gujarat
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| *70
| 69.03.27
|| Life is not divided, either in time or in space.  
|| I consider life as a WHOLE.  
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 159
|| Flowers of Love ~ 12
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|| Sri M.T. Kamdar, Sri Suresh B. Joshi, Sri Nanubhai and Sri Karelia, Bhavnagar, Gujarat
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| *70
| 69.04.24
|| We just do not know life, that is why we get bored.  
|| The drop has not to become the Ocean.  
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 160
|| Flowers of Love ~ 22
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|| Shree Pushkar Gokani, Dwarka, Gujarat
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| *70
| 69.07.01
|| Life is a mystery.  
|| Leave the old track.  
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 161
|| Flowers of Love ~ 88
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|  align="center" | 67
|  align="center" | 161
|  align="center" | 68
||  
|| Sushree Bhagavati Advani, Bombay
|-
|-
| *70
| 69.08.01
|| Society is only a collectivity of individuals.
|| Where is Truth?
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 162
|| Flowers of Love ~ 96
|  align="center" |
|  align="center" | 61
|  align="center" | 162
|  align="center" | 62
||  
|| Swami Kriyananda ([[Sw Yoga Chinmaya|Swami Yoga Chinmaya]]), Bombay
|-
|-
| *71
| 69.08.15
|| You ask for the way to make the invisible visible?
|| Do not seek liberation in opposition to life.
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 163
|| Flowers of Love ~ 97
|  align="center" |
|  align="center" | 64
|  align="center" | 163
|  align="center" | 65
||  
|| Swami Kriyananda ([[Sw Yoga Chinmaya|Swami Yoga Chinmaya]]), Bombay
|-
|-
| *71
| 69.08.18
|| You ask: how far is the destination?
|| Love has not to be asked for.
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 164
|| Flowers of Love ~ 26
|  align="center" |
|  align="center" | 52
|  align="center" | 164
|  align="center" | 53
||  
|| Sushree Jayati, Junagadh
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 69.08.19
|| Always see WHAT IS.  
|| Man is a slave.  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 29
|| Flowers of Love ~ 89
|  align="center" | 152
|  align="center" | 71
|  align="center" | 166
|  align="center" | 72
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|| Sushree Bhagavati Advani, Bombay
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 69.08.20
|| Things go on changing without.  
|| Truth is like the sky—eternal everlasting, boundless.  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 05
|| Flowers of Love ~ 86
|  align="center" | 155
|  align="center" | 68
|  align="center" | 169
|  align="center" | 69
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|| Sushree Jayati, Junagadh
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 69.09.08
|| Do you want to ask questions?  
|| When has communion ever been possible between two persons?  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 01
|| Flowers of Love ~ 35
|  align="center" | 156
|  align="center" | 53
|  align="center" | 170
|  align="center" | 54
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|| The Poet Bachchan, Delhi
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 69.09.09
|| Religion is not a promise for the future.  
|| Be aware in the waking state.  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 19
|| Flowers of Love ~ 23
|  align="center" | 172
|  align="center" | 58
|  align="center" | 186
|  align="center" | 59
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|| Shree Ghanashyamdas Janmejai, Gwalior, M.P.
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 69.10.25
|| Wherever there are words, there is no real meaning.  
|| I say: "Die, so that you can be."
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 10
|| Flowers of Love ~ 83
|  align="center" | 173
|  align="center" | 66
|  align="center" | 187
|  align="center" | 67
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|| Shree Shiv, Jabalpur
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 69.11.03
|| Meditation does not require any application of the mind or use of effort.  
|| Your letter, as pure and virgin as your heart, has filled me with joy.  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 20
|| Flowers of Love ~ 36
|  align="center" | 179
|  align="center" | 59
|  align="center" | 193
|  align="center" | 60
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|| Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana, Punjab
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 69.11.03
|| The problem of life is not philosophical.  
|| Your letter has filled the heart with joy.  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 04
|| Flowers of Love ~ 38
|  align="center" | 180
|  align="center" | 57
|  align="center" | 194
|  align="center" | 58
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|| Sushree Ansuya, Bombay
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 69.11.03
|| Mulla Nasrudin was searching for something on the ground.  
|| But they are not just letters: they are poems, in fact, born out of love.  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 33
|| Flowers of Love ~ 39
|  align="center" | 182
|  align="center" | 56
|  align="center" | 196
|  align="center" | 57
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
||  
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 69.11.03
|| In meditation enjoy doing nothing.  
|| Life is an infinite mystery.  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 06
|| Flowers of Love ~ 84
|  align="center" | 186
|  align="center" | 63
|  align="center" | 200
|  align="center" | 64
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|| Shree Narendra ([[Sw Narendra Bodhisatva|Swami Narendra Bodhisatva]]), Jabalpur
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 69.11.15
|| Three men made their way to the circle of a Sufi, seeking admission to his teachings.  
|| Where is one to seek for Truth.  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 27
|| Flowers of Love ~ 87
|  align="center" | 200
|  align="center" | 69
|  align="center" | 214
|  align="center" | 70
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|| Sushree Jayati, Junagadh
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 69.11.19
|| Be always positive in each and every situation.
|| Like the seed within the soil awaits the rains, you await God-
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 15
|| Flowers of Love ~ 37
|  align="center" | 208
|  align="center" | 65
|  align="center" | 222
|  align="center" | 66
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|| Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana, Punjab
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 69.12.07
|| Philosophy cannot cure you of questions.
|| How happy I am to receive your letter—how shall I say it?
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 21
|| Flowers of Love ~ 41
|  align="center" | 209
|  align="center" | 60
|  align="center" | 223
|  align="center" | 61
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|| Shree Ramkrishan Dikshit (“Vishva”), Jabalpur, M.P.
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 69.12.07
|| Mulla Nasrudin was carrying home some liver which he had just bought.  
|| More so because you have sent an unwritten blank paper.  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 31
|| Flowers of Love ~ 43
|  align="center" | 210
|  align="center" | 55
|  align="center" | 224
|  align="center" | 56
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|| Sushree Darshan Valia, Bombay
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 69.12.20
|| A monk asked Hyakujo Yekai: "What is the most miraculous event in the world?"
|| I am one with ALL.
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 02
|| Flowers of Love ~ 92
|  align="center" | 220
|  align="center" | 54
|  align="center" | 234
|  align="center" | 55
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|| Sushree Laxmi, Bombay
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 70.--.--
|| One day a man came to the Sufi teacher Bahaudin.  
|| Religion too has to take new birth in every age.  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 25
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 152
|  align="center" | 225
|  align="center" |
|  align="center" | 239
|  align="center" | 152
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
||  
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 70.--.--
|| Fu Ta Shih says: "Each night, one embraces a Buddha while sleeping.  
|| Drop the fear, because the moment you hold on to it, it multiplies.  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 23
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 153
|  align="center" | 226
|  align="center" |
|  align="center" | 240
|  align="center" | 153
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
||  
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 70.--.--
|| The Divine is that from which one cannot depart.  
|| Attainment of meditation is not a question of time, it is a question of will.  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 28
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 154
|  align="center" | 230
|  align="center" |
|  align="center" | 244
|  align="center" | 154
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
||  
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 70.--.--
|| Be like a dead one.  
|| The world is neither unhappiness nor happiness.  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 32
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 155
|  align="center" | 237
|  align="center" |
|  align="center" | 251
|  align="center" | 155
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
||  
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 70.--.--
|| Do not imitate anyone.  
|| Do not fight with yourself.  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 03
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 156
|  align="center" | 243
|  align="center" |
|  align="center" | 257
|  align="center" | 156
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
||  
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 70.--.--
|| The real religious experience cannot be organized, taught or transmitted.  
|| Strive for meditation.  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 30
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 157
|  align="center" | 244
|  align="center" |
|  align="center" | 258
|  align="center" | 157
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
||  
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 70.--.--
|| One should never be afraid of rising thoughts or desires but only of the delay in being aware of them.  
|| Don’t be in haste.  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 26
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 158
|  align="center" | 249
|  align="center" |
|  align="center" | 263
|  align="center" | 158
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
||  
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 70.--.--
|| The sun is rising high in the sky.  
|| Life is not divided, either in time or in space.  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 16
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 159
|  align="center" | 253
|  align="center" |
|  align="center" | 267
|  align="center" | 159
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
||  
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 70.--.--
|| The more deeply you will go within yourself—the less and less you will find yourself, and yet, THAT is the very heart of your being.  
|| We just do not know life, that is why we get bored.  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 12
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 160
|  align="center" | 285
|  align="center" |
|  align="center" | 299
|  align="center" | 160
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
||  
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 70.--.--
|| In life everything is whole and organically whole.  
|| Life is a mystery.  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 13
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 161
|  align="center" | 288
|  align="center" |
|  align="center" | 302
|  align="center" | 161
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
||  
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 70.--.--
|| There is no use for artificial and outward discipline.  
|| Society is only a collectivity of individuals.  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 09
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 162
|  align="center" | 289
|  align="center" |
|  align="center" | 303
|  align="center" | 162
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
||  
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 70.01.02
|| The real thing is not to fight with your thoughts, or desires, or instincts.  
|| Repose is the supreme goal.  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 07
|| Flowers of Love ~ 49
|  align="center" | 302
|  align="center" | 74
|  align="center" | 316
|  align="center" | 75
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|| Shree Yashwant Mehta, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 70.01.02
|| What is meditation?  
|| Why do you seek for a purpose at all?  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 24
|| Flowers of Love ~ 50
|  align="center" | 306
|  align="center" | 73
|  align="center" | 320
|  align="center" | 74
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|| Shree Mathura Babu ([[Sw Ananda Maitreya|Swami Ananda Maitreya]]), Bihar
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 70.02.15
|| Leave grasping things and thoughts.  
|| There is a great difference between love and mercy.  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 14
|| Flowers of Love ~ 55
|  align="center" | 307
|  align="center" | 129
|  align="center" | 321
|  align="center" | 130
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|| Dr. M. R. Gautam, Benares, U.P.
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 70.02.16
|| Mind and meditation are two names of the same substance — or the same energy.  
|| Do not be afraid of sexual desire.  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 35
|| Flowers of Love ~ 45
|  align="center" | 316
|  align="center" | 126
|  align="center" | 330
|  align="center" | 127
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|| Shree Jayantilal, Bhavnagar, Gujarat
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 70.02.16
|| A traveller stops at an inn.  
|| You say you feel as if you are "broken".  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 34
|| Flowers of Love ~ 47
|  align="center" | 329
|  align="center" | 120
|  align="center" | 343
|  align="center" | 121
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|| Sushree Ansuya, Bombay
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 70.02.16
|| Be aware of the mind BEFORE it is stirred by a thought.  
|| As the soil becomes thirsty for rains after the hot summer, so too are you thirsty for God.  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 18
|| Flowers of Love ~ 48
|  align="center" | 335
|  align="center" | 78
|  align="center" | 349
|  align="center" | 79
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|| Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 70.02.16
|| Buddha says: "If the mind does not arise, all things are blameless."
|| Do not fall into the turmoil of quietening the mind.  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 22
|| Flowers of Love ~ 56
|  align="center" | 336
|  align="center" | 91
|  align="center" | 350
|  align="center" | 92
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|| Dr. M. R. Gautam, Benares, U.P.
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 70.02.17
|| Never suppress any thought.  
|| Do not desire bliss.  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 17
|| Flowers of Love ~ 46
|  align="center" | 342
|  align="center" | 104
|  align="center" | 356
|  align="center" | 105
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|| Shree Jayant Bhatt, Nargol, Bulsar, Gujarat
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 70.02.17
|| Life is not a detective story.  
|| So much sufferiug has to be undergone.  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 11
|| Flowers of Love ~ 54
|  align="center" | 344
|  align="center" | 143
|  align="center" | 358
|  align="center" | 144
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|| Sushree Jayati, Junagadh
|-
|-
| *71 ~ 73
| 70.03.27
|| Walk as if you are not walking.  
|| The moment of self-revolution is near.  
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 08
|| Flowers of Love ~ 141
|  align="center" | 350
|  align="center" | 109
|  align="center" | 364
|  align="center" | 110
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|| Babubai ([[Sw Krishna Chaitanya|Swami Krishna Chaitanya]]), Ajol, Gujarat
|-
|-
| 62.07.13
| 70.04.08
|| I have been meaning to write since a long time, but because of preoccupations I could not.  
|| You have asked for my Ten Commandments.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 105
|| Flowers of Love ~ 59
|  align="center" | 2
|  align="center" | 123
|  align="center" | 2
|  align="center" | 124
|| Sushree Jayaben Shah, Bombay
|| Dr. Ramchandra Prasad, Patna University, Patna, Bihar
|-
|-
| 62.08.13
| 70.04.08  
|| How lovingly you insist on my writing something.  
|| The quest for meaning is absurd.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 17
|| Flowers of Love ~ 62
|  align="center" | 1
|  align="center" | 119
|  align="center" | 1
|  align="center" | 120
|| Lala Sunderlal, Delhi
|| Pushparaj Sharma, Simla
|-
|-
| 62.10.05
| 70.04.08
|| I am grateful for your affectionate letter.  
|| The “I” has not to be given up.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 106
|| Flowers of Love ~ 63
|  align="center" | 4
|  align="center" | 84
|  align="center" | 4
|  align="center" | 85
|| Sushree Jayaben Shah, Bombay
|| Mrs. Mayadevi Jain, Chandigarh, Punjab
|-
|-
| 62.10.20
| 70.04.08
|| I was out, but your letter followed me and reached me during my journey.  
|| Seek—seek—and seek.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 107
|| Flowers of Love ~ 64
|  align="center" | 6
|  align="center" | 92
|  align="center" | 6
|  align="center" | 93
|| Sushree Jayaben Shah, Bombay
|| Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana
|-
|-
| 62.11.01
| 70.04.08
|| I am not writing anything at the moment.
|| Ah, if the flute were without, the music could have been heard!
|| Flowers of Love ~ 18
|| Flowers of Love ~ 65
|  align="center" | 3
|  align="center" | 137
|  align="center" | 3
|  align="center" | 138
|| Lala Sunderlal, Delhi
|| Shree Jayantilal Vyas, Udaipur
|-
|-
| 62.11.02
| 70.04.08
|| It is God's grace that you are working toward the revelation of the inner light.  
|| Dreams also are true.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 108
|| Flowers of Love ~ 66
|  align="center" | 5
|  align="center" | 145
|  align="center" | 5
|  align="center" | 146
|| Sushree Jaya Shah, Bombay
|| Sushree Guna Shah, Bombay
|-
|-
| 62.12.14
| 70.04.08
|| I fill with joy at your desire to attain peace.
|| You have asked so many questions!
|| Flowers of Love ~ 109
|| Flowers of Love ~ 67
|  align="center" | 7
|  align="center" | 103
|  align="center" | 7
|  align="center" | 104
|| Sushree Jaya Shah, Bombay
|| Kumari Rekha, Rajkot, Gujarat
|-
|-
| 63.01.12
| 70.04.11
|| I was awaiting your letter when it came.  
|| You wish for the sun: you will definitely find it.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 110
|| Flowers of Love ~ 144
|  align="center" | 10
|  align="center" | 121
|  align="center" | 10
|  align="center" | 122
|| Sushree Jaya Shah, Bombay
|| Kumari Jasoo ([[Ma Yoga Prem]]), Ajol
|-
|-
| 63.02.10
| 70.04.11
|| The trip to Rajnagar was enjoyable.  
|| Be not in haste.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 111
|| Flowers of Love ~ 60
|  align="center" | 11
|  align="center" | 72
|  align="center" | 11
|  align="center" | 73
|| Sushree Jaya Shah, Bombay
|| Shree Babu Bhai Shah, Ajol, Gujarat
|-
|-
| 63.02.12
| 70.04.11
|| I have just returned from Rajnagar (Rajasthan).  
|| I am happy to know that your mother's death reminded you of your own.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 19
|| Flowers of Love ~ 61
|  align="center" | 13
|  align="center" | 102
|  align="center" | 13
|  align="center" | 103
|| Lala Sunderlal, Delhi
|| Shree Mathura Prasad Mishra ([[Sw Ananda Maitreya|Swami Ananda Maitreya]]) Patna
|-
|-
| 63.02.12
| 70.05.01
|| During the journey, I read your letter.
|| Why is there so much suffering in man's life?
|| Flowers of Love ~ 24
|| Flowers of Love ~ 81
|  align="center" | 9
|  align="center" | 85
|  align="center" | 9
|  align="center" | 86
|| Shree Rohit Kumar Mittal, Khandwa, M.P.
|| Shree Shiv, Jabalpur
|-
|-
| 63.06.03
| 70.05.07
|| I was out for the whole month of May, so my health was affected.  
|| Truth is attained not by swimming, but by drowning.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 20
|| Flowers of Love ~ 85
|  align="center" | 8
|  align="center" | 118
|  align="center" | 8
|  align="center" | 119
|| Lala Sunderlal, Delhi
|| Shree Arvind Kumar, Jabalpur
|-
|-
| 63.11.01
| 70.05.13
|| As I was very busy, I could not reply earlier.  
|| All crutches are barriers.
|| Flowers of Love ~ 25
|| Flowers of Love ~ 51
|  align="center" | 12
|  align="center" | 83
|  align="center" | 12
|  align="center" | 84
|| Lala Sunderlal, Delhi
|| Shree Ramakant Upadhyaya, Kathmandu, Nepal
|-
| 70.05.13
|| There is a music—which has no sound.
|| Flowers of Love ~ 52
|  align="center" | 75
|  align="center" | 76
|| Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana
|-
| 70.06.10
|| Do not ever be worried about me.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 68
|  align="center" | 130
|  align="center" | 131
|| Sushree Jayati, Junagadh
|-
|-
| 64.06.17
| 70.06.10
|| I was out.  
|| The springs of meditation are nearby.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 21
|| Flowers of Love ~ 69
|  align="center" | 19
|  align="center" | 138
|  align="center" | 19
|  align="center" | 139
|| Lala Sunderlal, Delhi
|| Lala Sunderlal, Delhi
|-
|-
| 64.10.26
| 70.08.17
|| After returning from the meditation camp, I had gone out of town again.  
|| I am thrilled with great expectations about you.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 125
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 01
|  align="center" | 15
|  align="center" | 274
|  align="center" | 15
|  align="center" | 288
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
|| [[Ma Yoga Bhakti]], New York
|-
|-
| 64.11.02
| 70.09.05
|| I have received your very loving letter.  
|| Wittgenstein has said somewhere, "That which cannot be said must not be said."
|| Flowers of Love ~ 124
|| Flowers of Love ~ 93
|  align="center" | 14
|  align="center" | 134
|  align="center" | 14
|  align="center" | 135
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
|| [[Ma Yoga Laxmi]], Bombay
|-
|-
| 64.11.11  
| 70.09.11  
|| Love—and yet more love.  
|| Detachment is not related with objects, but with thoughts.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 117
|| Flowers of Love ~ 103
|  align="center" | 18
|  align="center" | 87
|  align="center" | 18
|  align="center" | 88
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sohan Bafna]], Poona
|| Sushree Maunoo ([[Ma Yoga Kranti]]), Jabalpur
|-
|-
| 64.11.23
| 70.09.15
|| The peace that is within me—you desire.
|| Without doubt, how will the search begin?
|| Flowers of Love ~ 118
|| Flowers of Love ~ 82
|  align="center" | 17
|  align="center" | 147
|  align="center" | 17
|  align="center" | 148
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
|| Shree Shiv, Jabalpur
|-
|-
| 64.12.05
| 70.09.22
|| Your words have made me very happy.  
|| It is not that only a seed is a seed.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 08
|| Flowers of Love ~ 94
|  align="center" | 16
|  align="center" | 146
|  align="center" | 16
|  align="center" | 147
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
|| [[Ma Yoga Laxmi]], Bombay
|-
|-
| 65.01.04
| 70.10.01  
|| I am going out again tonight.  
|| Suppression becomes attractive.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 119
|| Flowers of Love ~ 95
|  align="center" | 25
|  align="center" | 141
|  align="center" | 25
|  align="center" | 142
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
|| [[Ma Yoga Laxmi]], Bombay
|-
|-
| 65.02.03
| 70.10.14
|| I am happy to know that you are happy.  
|| Infinite hope is theism.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 02
|| Flowers of Love ~ 90
|  align="center" | 28
|  align="center" | 133
|  align="center" | 28
|  align="center" | 134
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
|| [[Ma Yoga Bhagavati]], Bombay
|-
|-
| 65.02.17
| 70.10.15
|| The train was five hours late.  
|| There is no power greater than faith in one's own self.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 05
|| Flowers of Love ~ 100
|  align="center" | 22
|  align="center" | 116
|  align="center" | 22
|  align="center" | 117
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
|| [[Ma Khishna Karuna]], Bombay
|-
|-
| 65.03.03
| 70.10.15
|| From the pile of letters awaiting me on my return, I first looked for yours!
|| The news of the commune thrills my heart.
|| Flowers of Love ~ 06
|| Flowers of Love ~ 139
|  align="center" | 30
|  align="center" | 124
|  align="center" | 30
|  align="center" | 125
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
|| [[Ma Ananda Madhu]], Ajol
|-
|-
| 65.03.12
| 70.10.15
|| The heart was overwhelmed with your poem.  
|| I am happy to be the witness of your new birth.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 01
|| Flowers of Love ~ 142
|  align="center" | 33
|  align="center" | 105
|  align="center" | 33
|  align="center" | 106
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Mrs. Sohan Bafna]], Poona
|| [[Sw Krishna Chaitanya|Swami Krishna Chaitanya]], Ajol, Gujarat
|-
|-
| 65.03.16
| 70.10.15
|| On my return home, I was awaiting your letter.  
|| I am very happy on your having taken Sannyas.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 09
|| Flowers of Love ~ 146
|  align="center" | 26
|  align="center" | 81
|  align="center" | 26
|  align="center" | 82
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
|| [[Ma Yoga Priya]], Ajol
|-
|-
| 65.03.22
| 70.10.15
|| I had never imagined that you would write such lovely letters!
|| Be of steel—it will not do now to be of clay.
|| Flowers of Love ~ 10
|| Flowers of Love ~ 149
|  align="center" | 34
|  align="center" | 127
|  align="center" | 34
|  align="center" | 128
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Mrs. Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
|| [[Sw Anandamurti|Swami Anandamurti]], Ahmedabad
|-
|-
| 65.04.17
| 70.10.15
|| I came here yesterday and have been thinking of writing ever since, but I am just writing now.  
|| Sannyas is the journey to Mount "Gaurishanker".  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 07
|| Flowers of Love ~ 150
|  align="center" | 31
|  align="center" | 135
|  align="center" | 31
|  align="center" | 136
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
|| [[Ma Yoga Samadhi]], Rajkot, Gujarat
|-
|-
| 65.04.24
| 70.10.20
|| But waiting is—oh! so sweet!
|| Man does not live in realities; he lives in dreams.
|| Flowers of Love ~ 11
|| Flowers of Love ~ 98
|  align="center" | 32
|  align="center" | 114
|  align="center" | 32
|  align="center" | 115
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
|| [[Sw Yoga Chinmaya|Swami Yoga Chinmaya]], Bombay
|-
|-
| 65.04.29
| 70.10.22
|| You have hurt your finger: it looks as if you are not paying attention to your body.  
|| Power is within your own Self.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 121
|| Flowers of Love ~ 143
|  align="center" | 29
|  align="center" | 100
|  align="center" | 29
|  align="center" | 101
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
|| [[Sw Krishna Chaitanya|Swami Krishna Chaitanya]], Ajol
|-
|-
| 65.05.09
| 70.10.25
|| It was just this time of night, two days ago, that I left you at Chittor.  
|| Love also is fire.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 126
|| Flowers of Love ~ 115
|  align="center" | 35
|  align="center" | 117
|  align="center" | 35
|  align="center" | 118
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
|| Shree Sardarilal Sehgal, Amritsar
|-
|-
| 65.06.01
| 70.10.25
|| I was sitting in the same spot in the grass when it came.  
|| The beginning of struggle is auspicious.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 122
|| Flowers of Love ~ 140
|  align="center" | 27
|  align="center" | 95
|  align="center" | 27
|  align="center" | 96
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
|| [[Ma Ananda Madhu]], Ajol
|-
|-
| 65.06.07
| 70.10.25
|| I looked for your letter as soon as I came yesterday.  
|| Love alone is now your prayer.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 123
|| Flowers of Love ~ 145
|  align="center" | 23
|  align="center" | 148
|  align="center" | 23
|  align="center" | 149
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
|| [[Ma Yoga Prem]], Ajol
|-
|-
| 65.06.09
| 70.10.25
|| I look at it—how simple and innocent you appear!
|| The temple of the Lord can only be entered by a dancing, singing, happy heart.
|| Flowers of Love ~ 03
|| Flowers of Love ~ 70
|  align="center" | 21
|  align="center" | 108
|  align="center" | 21
|  align="center" | 109
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Mrs. Sohan Bafna]], Poona
|| Sushree Jayati, Junagadh
|-
|-
| 65.06.14
| 70.10.25
|| The love blossoms with which you weave your garlands—their fragrance reaches me!
|| I hope you will be in deep meditation.
|| Flowers of Love ~ 04
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 02
|  align="center" | 24
|  align="center" | 157
|  align="center" | 24
|  align="center" | 171
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
|| [[Ma Saraswati]], Paris
|-
|-
| 65.10.25  
| 70.10.25  
|| Last night when there were lamps and lamps lit all over the town, I was thinking, "My Sohan too, must have lighted lamps, and some among them must surely be for me!"
|| Come here.
|| Flowers of Love ~ 120
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 03
|  align="center" | 20
|  align="center" | 299
|  align="center" | 20
|  align="center" | 313
|| [[Ma Yoga Sohan|Sushree Sohan Bafna]], Poona
|| Dr. Jean Georges Henrotte, Paris
|-
|-
| 66.02.19
| 70.10.27
|| It is good that you are forgetting the past.  
|| I know your inner condition more than you know yourself.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 33
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 04
|  align="center" | 37
|  align="center" | 269
|  align="center" | 37
|  align="center" | 283
|| Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
|| [[Ma Yoga Bhakti]], New York
|-
|-
| 66.03.11
| 70.11.01
|| I am happy to see your thirst for God.  
|| The resolve of Sannyas is an auspicious beginning.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 27
|| Flowers of Love ~ 102
|  align="center" | 38
|  align="center" | 113
|  align="center" | 38
|  align="center" | 114
|| Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
|| Sushree Maunoo ([[Ma Yoga Kranti]]), Jabalpur
|-
|-
| 66.03.26
| 70.11.03  
|| I was very happy to meet you that day.  
|| The meaning of Sadhana is to live in one's own nature—to live in one's own nature—to become one's own Self.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 28
|| Flowers of Love ~ 99
|  align="center" | 36
|  align="center" | 139
|  align="center" | 36
|  align="center" | 140
|| Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
|| [[Sw Yoga Chinmaya|Swami Yoga Chinmaya]], Bombay
|-
|-
| 66.04.02
| 70.11.06
|| I welcome the resolution that is taking birth within you.  
|| God alone is our wealth.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 29
|| Flowers of Love ~ 91
|  align="center" | 40
|  align="center" | 76
|  align="center" | 40
|  align="center" | 77
|| Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
|| [[Ma Yoga Bhagavati]], Bombay
|-
|-
| 66.06.04
| 70.11.11
|| You have asked about sex.  
|| My good wishes on your new life.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 31
|| Flowers of Love ~ 147
|  align="center" | 42
|  align="center" | 107
|  align="center" | 42
|  align="center" | 108
|| Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
|| [[Ma Yoga Yasha]], Ajol
|-
|-
| 66.08.30
| 70.11.12
|| If the thirst is so full of longing for Truth, for peace, for righteousness, one day or another the sun will appear, in whose presence darkness disappears.  
|| The fragrance of Sannyas is to be transmitted to the world.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 112
|| Flowers of Love ~ 148
|  align="center" | 41
|  align="center" | 98
|  align="center" | 41
|  align="center" | 99
|| Shree Jayantibhai, Bombay
|| [[Sw Prem Krishna|Swami Prem Krishna]], Ajol, Gujarat
|-
|-
| 67.04.05
| 70.11.12
|| What gift is greater than love?
|| That which the heart seeks, it always attains.
|| Flowers of Love ~ 34
|| Flowers of Love ~ 74
|  align="center" | 44
|  align="center" | 106
|  align="center" | 44
|  align="center" | 107
|| Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
|| Kumari Lalita Rathor, Fatehabad, M.P.
|-
|-
| 68.06.18
| 70.11.13
|| Truth is unknown, and therefore the known has to be abandoned in order to attain it.  
|| Everything changes except for change.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 14
|| Flowers of Love ~ 104
|  align="center" | 47
|  align="center" | 125
|  align="center" | 47
|  align="center" | 126
|| Sushree Omprakash Agarwal, Jullundur, Punjab
|| Sushree Maunoo ([[Ma Yoga Kranti]]), Jabalpur
|-
|-
| 68.06.30
| 70.11.13
|| How can it ever be that the ray of love comes without the fragrance of joy?
|| God purifies in every way.
|| Flowers of Love ~ 116
|| Flowers of Love ~ 71
|  align="center" | 49
|  align="center" | 140
|  align="center" | 49
|  align="center" | 141
|| Shree Mahipal, Bombay
|| Sushree Jayati, Junagadh, Gujarat
|-
|-
| 68.07.18
| 70.11.14
|| Your letter and your inquiry.  
|| When the moon rises in the heavens above, keep gazing at it.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 42
|| Flowers of Love ~ 114
|  align="center" | 48
|  align="center" | 93
|  align="center" | 48
|  align="center" | 94
|| Sushree Kanchan, Bulsar, Gujarat
|| Sangeeta Khabiya, Ratlam, M.P.
|-
|-
| 68.09.10
| 70.11.16
|| I am always with you.  
|| As the birds welcome the sunrise each morning with their songs—so is the life-breath filled with music at the dawning of meditation.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 13
|| Flowers of Love ~ 75
|  align="center" | 51
|  align="center" | 110
|  align="center" | 52
|  align="center" | 111
|| Sushree Om Prakash Agarwal, Jullundur, Punjab
|| Shree Rajendra R. Anjaria, Ahmedabad
|-
|-
| 68.09.29
| 70.11.16
|| I know very well the thirst of your soul.  
|| God’s work alone is my work.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 16
|| Flowers of Love ~ 76
|  align="center" | 50
|  align="center" | 97
|  align="center" | 50
|  align="center" | 98
|| Sushree Jayavanti Shukla, Junagadh, Gujarat
|| Shree Kedar Sehgal, Neemuch, M.P.
|-
|-
| 68.10.02
| 70.11.16
|| You must be tired of waiting for the reply.  
|| Do not look for a purpose in life.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 40
|| Flowers of Love ~ 77
|  align="center" | 46
|  align="center" | 122
|  align="center" | 46
|  align="center" | 123
|| Sushree Kanchan Behu, Bulsar, Gujarat
|| Sushree Neelam Amarjeet, Ludhiana
|-
|-
| 68.12.12
| 70.11.16
|| The time of birth will have to be looked up.  
|| Once the "I" is surrendered, there is no suffering, no pain.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 15
|| Flowers of Love ~ 78
|  align="center" | 45
|  align="center" | 88
|  align="center" | 45
|  align="center" | 89
|| Shree Anupchand Shah, Surendranagar, Gujarat
|| Shree Sardari Lal Sehgal, Amritsar
|-
|-
| 69.03.27
| 70.11.17
|| I consider life as a WHOLE.  
|| The mundane world is the Ultimate Liberation.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 12
|| Flowers of Love ~ 79
|  align="center" | 70
|  align="center" | 77
|  align="center" | 71
|  align="center" | 78
|| Sri M.T. Kamdar, Sri Suresh B. Joshi, Sri Nanubhai and Sri Karelia, Bhavnagar, Gujarat
|| Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana
|-
|-
| 69.04.24
| 70.11.17
|| The drop has not to become the Ocean.  
|| Do not expect results in meditation.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 22
|| Flowers of Love ~ 80
|  align="center" | 62
|  align="center" | 89
|  align="center" | 63
|  align="center" | 90
|| Shree Pushkar Gokani, Dwarka, Gujarat
|| Dr. Savitri C. Patel, Bulsar, Gujarat
|-
|-
| 69.07.01
| 70.11.19
|| Leave the old track.  
|| The impossible too is not impossible—if resolve is there.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 88
|| Flowers of Love ~ 113
|  align="center" | 67
|  align="center" | 99
|  align="center" | 68
|  align="center" | 100
|| Sushree Bhagavati Advani, Bombay
|| Kumari Hasumati, Bombay
|-
|-
| 69.08.01
| 70.11.20
|| Where is Truth?
|| In the quest for God, there is no support except infinite hope.
|| Flowers of Love ~ 96
|| Flowers of Love ~ 101
|  align="center" | 61
|  align="center" | 80
|  align="center" | 62
|  align="center" | 81
|| Swami Kriyananda ([[Sw Yoga Chinmaya|Swami Yoga Chinmaya]]), Bombay
|| [[Ma Khishna Karuna]], Bombay
|-
|-
| 69.08.15
| 70.11.22
|| Do not seek liberation in opposition to life.  
|| I was travelling.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 97
|| Flowers of Love ~ 53
|  align="center" | 64
|  align="center" | 96
|  align="center" | 65
|  align="center" | 97
|| Swami Kriyananda ([[Sw Yoga Chinmaya|Swami Yoga Chinmaya]]), Bombay
|| Shree Dinesh Shahi. Indore, M.P.
|-
|-
| 69.08.18
| 70.11.25
|| Love has not to be asked for.  
|| Love does not differentiate, even in dreams.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 26
|| Flowers of Love ~ 133
|  align="center" | 52
|  align="center" | 136
|  align="center" | 53
|  align="center" | 137
|| Sushree Jayati, Junagadh
|| Shree Chandrakant U. Patel, Baroda, Gujarat
|-
|-
| 69.08.19
| 70.11.26
|| Man is a slave.  
|| The time is ripe.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 89
|| Flowers of Love ~ 127
|  align="center" | 71
|  align="center" | 86
|  align="center" | 72
|  align="center" | 87
|| Sushree Bhagavati Advani, Bombay
|| [[Ma Ananda Madhu]], Ajol, Gujarat
|-
|-
| 69.08.20
| 70.11.26
|| Truth is like the sky—eternal everlasting, boundless.
|| How long is the energy to be left asleep?
|| Flowers of Love ~ 86
|| Flowers of Love ~ 128
|  align="center" | 68
|  align="center" | 90
|  align="center" | 69
|  align="center" | 91
|| Sushree Jayati, Junagadh
|| [[Sw Krishna Chaitanya|Swami Krishna Chaitanya]], Ajol, Gujarat
|-
|-
| 69.09.08
| 70.11.26
|| When has communion ever been possible between two persons?
|| Existence is a play of sun and shade, hope and despair, happiness and sorrow, life and death.
|| Flowers of Love ~ 35
|| Flowers of Love ~ 129
|  align="center" | 53
|  align="center" | 101
|  align="center" | 54
|  align="center" | 102
|| The Poet Bachchan, Delhi
|| [[Ma Yoga Prem]], Ajol, Gujarat
|-
|-
| 69.09.09
| 70.11.26
|| Be aware in the waking state.  
|| In Sannyas, the mundane world is a drama.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 23
|| Flowers of Love ~ 130
|  align="center" | 58
|  align="center" | 128
|  align="center" | 59
|  align="center" | 129
|| Shree Ghanashyamdas Janmejai, Gwalior, M.P.
|| [[Ma Yoga Priya]], Ajol, Gujarat
|-
|-
| 69.10.25
| 70.11.26
|| I say: "Die, so that you can be."
|| The seed has no knowledge whatsoever of its own possibilities.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 83
|| Flowers of Love ~ 131
|  align="center" | 66
|  align="center" | 131
|  align="center" | 67
|  align="center" | 132
|| Shree Shiv, Jabalpur
|| [[Ma Yoga Yasha]], Ajol, Gujarat
|-
|-
| 69.11.03
| 70.11.26
|| Life is an infinite mystery.  
|| God tests every moment.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 84
|| Flowers of Love ~ 132
|  align="center" | 63
|  align="center" | 149
|  align="center" | 64
|  align="center" | 150
|| Shree Narendra ([[Sw Narendra Bodhisatva|Swami Narendra Bodhisatva]]), Jabalpur
|| [[Sw Pragyananda Saraswati|Swami Pragyananda Saraswati]], Haridwar
|-
|-
| 69.11.03
| 70.11.26
|| Your letter has filled the heart with joy.  
|| Atheism is the first step toward belief in God.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 38
|| Flowers of Love ~ 134
|  align="center" | 57
|  align="center" | 144
|  align="center" | 58
|  align="center" | 145
|| Sushree Ansuya, Bombay
|| Shree Bhavani Sinh, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh
|-
|-
| 69.11.03
| 70.11.26
|| Your letter, as pure and virgin as your heart, has filled me with joy.  
|| It is not enough even to float in the current of thoughts.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 36
|| Flowers of Love ~ 135
|  align="center" | 59
|  align="center" | 94
|  align="center" | 60
|  align="center" | 95
|| Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana, Punjab
|| Shree Labhshankar Pandya, Ahmedabad
|-
|-
| 69.11.03
| 70.11.26
|| But they are not just letters: they are poems, in fact, born out of love.  
|| Security is nowhere—except in death.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 39
|| Flowers of Love ~ 136
|  align="center" | 56
|  align="center" | 132
|  align="center" | 57
|  align="center" | 133
||  
|| Dr. Savitri C. Patel, Bulsar, Gujarat
|-
|-
| 69.11.15
| 70.11.26
|| Where is one to seek for Truth.  
|| God is far away because we do not know how to see Him near.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 87
|| Flowers of Love ~ 137
|  align="center" | 69
|  align="center" | 150
|  align="center" | 70
|  align="center" | 151
|| Sushree Jayati, Junagadh
|| Sushree Jayati, Junagadh
|-
|-
| 69.11.19
| 70.11.26
|| Like the seed within the soil awaits the rains, you await God-
|| What is Truth?
|| Flowers of Love ~ 37
|| Flowers of Love ~ 138
|  align="center" | 65
|  align="center" | 112
|  align="center" | 66
|  align="center" | 113
|| Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana, Punjab
|| Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana
|-
|-
| 69.12.07
| 70.11.27
|| How happy I am to receive your letter—how shall I say it?
|| I was waiting for it daily, since you left.
|| Flowers of Love ~ 41
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 05
|  align="center" | 60
|  align="center" | 326
|  align="center" | 61
|  align="center" | 340
|| Shree Ramkrishan Dikshit (“Vishva”), Jabalpur, M.P.
|| [[Ma Ananda Prema]], New York
|-
|-
| 69.12.07  
| 70.12.07  
|| More so because you have sent an unwritten blank paper.  
|| There are anxieties in life, but it is not necessary to be anxious.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 43
|| Flowers of Love ~ 44
|  align="center" | 55
|  align="center" | 115
|  align="center" | 56
|  align="center" | 116
|| Sushree Darshan Valia, Bombay
|| Shree Ishwarbhai Shah, Jeevan Jagruti Kendra, Bombay
|-
|-
| 69.12.20
| 71* ~ 73
|| I am one with ALL.
|| Do you want to ask questions?
|| Flowers of Love ~ 92
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 01
|  align="center" | 54
|  align="center" | 156
|  align="center" | 55
|  align="center" | 170
|| Sushree Laxmi, Bombay
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
|-
| 70.01.02
| 71* ~ 73
|| Why do you seek for a purpose at all?  
|| A monk asked Hyakujo Yekai: "What is the most miraculous event in the world?"
|| Flowers of Love ~ 50
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 02
|  align="center" | 73
|  align="center" | 220
|  align="center" | 74
|  align="center" | 234
|| Shree Mathura Babu ([[Sw Ananda Maitreya|Swami Ananda Maitreya]]), Bihar
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
|-
| 70.01.02
| 71* ~ 73
|| Repose is the supreme goal.  
|| Do not imitate anyone.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 49
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 03
|  align="center" | 74
|  align="center" | 243
|  align="center" | 75
|  align="center" | 257
|| Shree Yashwant Mehta, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
|-
| 70.02.15
| 71* ~ 73
|| There is a great difference between love and mercy.  
|| The problem of life is not philosophical.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 55
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 04
|  align="center" | 129
|  align="center" | 180
|  align="center" | 130
|  align="center" | 194
|| Dr. M. R. Gautam, Benares, U.P.
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
|-
| 70.02.16
| 71* ~ 73
|| Do not fall into the turmoil of quietening the mind.  
|| Things go on changing without.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 56
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 05
|  align="center" | 91
|  align="center" | 155
|  align="center" | 92
|  align="center" | 169
|| Dr. M. R. Gautam, Benares, U.P.
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
|-
| 70.02.16
| 71* ~ 73
|| Do not be afraid of sexual desire.  
|| In meditation enjoy doing nothing.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 45
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 06
|  align="center" | 126
|  align="center" | 186
|  align="center" | 127
|  align="center" | 200
|| Shree Jayantilal, Bhavnagar, Gujarat
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
|-
| 70.02.16
| 71* ~ 73
|| You say you feel as if you are "broken".  
|| The real thing is not to fight with your thoughts, or desires, or instincts.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 47
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 07
|  align="center" | 120
|  align="center" | 302
|  align="center" | 121
|  align="center" | 316
|| Sushree Ansuya, Bombay
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
|-
| 70.02.16
| 71* ~ 73
|| As the soil becomes thirsty for rains after the hot summer, so too are you thirsty for God.  
|| Walk as if you are not walking.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 48
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 08
|  align="center" | 78
|  align="center" | 350
|  align="center" | 79
|  align="center" | 364
|| Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
|-
| 70.02.17
| 71* ~ 73
|| Do not desire bliss.  
|| There is no use for artificial and outward discipline.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 46
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 09
|  align="center" | 104
|  align="center" | 289
|  align="center" | 105
|  align="center" | 303
|| Shree Jayant Bhatt, Nargol, Bulsar, Gujarat
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
|-
| 70.02.17
| 71* ~ 73
|| So much sufferiug has to be undergone.  
|| Wherever there are words, there is no real meaning.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 54
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 10
|  align="center" | 143
|  align="center" | 173
|  align="center" | 144
|  align="center" | 187
|| Sushree Jayati, Junagadh
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
|-
| 70.03.27
| 71* ~ 73
|| The moment of self-revolution is near.  
|| Life is not a detective story.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 141
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 11
|  align="center" | 109
|  align="center" | 344
|  align="center" | 110
|  align="center" | 358
|| Babubai ([[Sw Krishna Chaitanya|Swami Krishna Chaitanya]]), Ajol, Gujarat
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
|-
| 70.04.08
| 71* ~ 73
|| You have asked for my Ten Commandments.  
|| The more deeply you will go within yourself—the less and less you will find yourself, and yet, THAT is the very heart of your being.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 59
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 12
|  align="center" | 123
|  align="center" | 285
|  align="center" | 124
|  align="center" | 299
|| Dr. Ramchandra Prasad, Patna University, Patna, Bihar
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
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| 70.04.08
| 71* ~ 73
|| You have asked so many questions!
|| In life everything is whole and organically whole.
|| Flowers of Love ~ 67
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 13
|  align="center" | 103
|  align="center" | 288
|  align="center" | 104
|  align="center" | 302
|| Kumari Rekha, Rajkot, Gujarat
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
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| 70.04.08
| 71* ~ 73
|| The “I” has not to be given up.  
|| Leave grasping things and thoughts.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 63
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 14
|  align="center" | 84
|  align="center" | 307
|  align="center" | 85
|  align="center" | 321
|| Mrs. Mayadevi Jain, Chandigarh, Punjab
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
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| 70.04.08
| 71* ~ 73
|| The quest for meaning is absurd.  
|| Be always positive in each and every situation.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 62
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 15
|  align="center" | 119
|  align="center" | 208
|  align="center" | 120
|  align="center" | 222
|| Pushparaj Sharma, Simla
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
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| 70.04.08
| 71* ~ 73
|| Ah, if the flute were without, the music could have been heard!
|| The sun is rising high in the sky.
|| Flowers of Love ~ 65
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 16
|  align="center" | 137
|  align="center" | 253
|  align="center" | 138
|  align="center" | 267
|| Shree Jayantilal Vyas, Udaipur
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
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| 70.04.08
| 71* ~ 73
|| Dreams also are true.  
|| Never suppress any thought.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 66
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 17
|  align="center" | 145
|  align="center" | 342
|  align="center" | 146
|  align="center" | 356
|| Sushree Guna Shah, Bombay
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
|-
| 70.04.08
| 71* ~ 73
|| Seek—seek—and seek.  
|| Be aware of the mind BEFORE it is stirred by a thought.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 64
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 18
|  align="center" | 92
|  align="center" | 335
|  align="center" | 93
|  align="center" | 349
|| Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
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| 70.04.11
| 71* ~ 73
|| You wish for the sun: you will definitely find it.  
|| Religion is not a promise for the future.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 144
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 19
|  align="center" | 121
|  align="center" | 172
|  align="center" | 122
|  align="center" | 186
|| Kumari Jasoo ([[Ma Yoga Prem]]), Ajol
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
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| 70.04.11
| 71* ~ 73
|| Be not in haste.  
|| Meditation does not require any application of the mind or use of effort.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 60
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 20
|  align="center" | 72
|  align="center" | 179
|  align="center" | 73
|  align="center" | 193
|| Shree Babu Bhai Shah, Ajol, Gujarat
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
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| 70.04.11
| 71* ~ 73
|| I am happy to know that your mother's death reminded you of your own.  
|| Philosophy cannot cure you of questions.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 61
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 21
|  align="center" | 102
|  align="center" | 209
|  align="center" | 103
|  align="center" | 223
|| Shree Mathura Prasad Mishra ([[Sw Ananda Maitreya|Swami Ananda Maitreya]]) Patna
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
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| 70.05.01
| 71* ~ 73
|| Why is there so much suffering in man's life?
|| Buddha says: "If the mind does not arise, all things are blameless."
|| Flowers of Love ~ 81
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 22
|  align="center" | 85
|  align="center" | 336
|  align="center" | 86
|  align="center" | 350
|| Shree Shiv, Jabalpur
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
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| 70.05.07
| 71* ~ 73
|| Truth is attained not by swimming, but by drowning.  
|| Fu Ta Shih says: "Each night, one embraces a Buddha while sleeping.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 85
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 23
|  align="center" | 118
|  align="center" | 226
|  align="center" | 119
|  align="center" | 240
|| Shree Arvind Kumar, Jabalpur
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
|-
| 70.05.13
| 71* ~ 73
|| All crutches are barriers.
|| What is meditation?
|| Flowers of Love ~ 51
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 24
|  align="center" | 83
|  align="center" | 306
|  align="center" | 84
|  align="center" | 320
|| Shree Ramakant Upadhyaya, Kathmandu, Nepal
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
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| 70.05.13
| 71* ~ 73
|| There is a music—which has no sound.  
|| One day a man came to the Sufi teacher Bahaudin.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 52
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 25
|  align="center" | 75
|  align="center" | 225
|  align="center" | 76
|  align="center" | 239
|| Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
|-
| 70.06.10
| 71* ~ 73
|| The springs of meditation are nearby.  
|| One should never be afraid of rising thoughts or desires but only of the delay in being aware of them.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 69
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 26
|  align="center" | 138
|  align="center" | 249
|  align="center" | 139
|  align="center" | 263
|| Lala Sunderlal, Delhi
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
|-
| 70.06.10
| 71* ~ 73
|| Do not ever be worried about me.  
|| Three men made their way to the circle of a Sufi, seeking admission to his teachings.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 68
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 27
|  align="center" | 130
|  align="center" | 200
|  align="center" | 131
|  align="center" | 214
|| Sushree Jayati, Junagadh
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
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| 70.08.17
| 71* ~ 73
|| I am thrilled with great expectations about you.  
|| The Divine is that from which one cannot depart.  
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 01
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 28
|  align="center" | 274
|  align="center" | 230
|  align="center" | 288
|  align="center" | 244
|| [[Ma Yoga Bhakti]], New York
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
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| 70.09.05
| 71* ~ 73
|| Wittgenstein has said somewhere, "That which cannot be said must not be said."
|| Always see WHAT IS.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 93
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 29
|  align="center" | 134
|  align="center" | 152
|  align="center" | 135
|  align="center" | 166
|| [[Ma Yoga Laxmi]], Bombay
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
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| 70.09.11
| 71* ~ 73
|| Detachment is not related with objects, but with thoughts.  
|| The real religious experience cannot be organized, taught or transmitted.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 103
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 30
|  align="center" | 87
|  align="center" | 244
|  align="center" | 88
|  align="center" | 258
|| Sushree Maunoo ([[Ma Yoga Kranti]]), Jabalpur
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
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| 70.09.15
| 71* ~ 73
|| Without doubt, how will the search begin?
|| Mulla Nasrudin was carrying home some liver which he had just bought.
|| Flowers of Love ~ 82
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 31
|  align="center" | 147
|  align="center" | 210
|  align="center" | 148
|  align="center" | 224
|| Shree Shiv, Jabalpur
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
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| 70.09.22
| 71* ~ 73
|| It is not that only a seed is a seed.  
|| Be like a dead one.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 94
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 32
|  align="center" | 146
|  align="center" | 237
|  align="center" | 147
|  align="center" | 251
|| [[Ma Yoga Laxmi]], Bombay
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
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| 70.10.01
| 71* ~ 73
|| Suppression becomes attractive.  
|| Mulla Nasrudin was searching for something on the ground.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 95
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 33
|  align="center" | 141
|  align="center" | 182
|  align="center" | 142
|  align="center" | 196
|| [[Ma Yoga Laxmi]], Bombay
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
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| 70.10.14
| 71* ~ 73
|| Infinite hope is theism.  
|| A traveller stops at an inn.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 90
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 34
|  align="center" | 133
|  align="center" | 329
|  align="center" | 134
|  align="center" | 343
|| [[Ma Yoga Bhagavati]], Bombay
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
|-
| 70.10.15
| 71* ~ 73
|| The news of the commune thrills my heart.  
|| Mind and meditation are two names of the same substance — or the same energy.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 139
|| The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 35
|  align="center" | 124
|  align="center" | 316
|  align="center" | 125
|  align="center" | 330
|| [[Ma Ananda Madhu]], Ajol
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]]
|-
|-
| 70.10.15
| 71.--.--
|| There is no power greater than faith in one's own self.
|| You ask for the way to make the invisible visible?
|| Flowers of Love ~ 100
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 163
|  align="center" | 116
|  align="center" |
|  align="center" | 117
|  align="center" | 163
|| [[Ma Khishna Karuna]], Bombay
||  
|-
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| 70.10.15
| 71.--.--
|| I am very happy on your having taken Sannyas.
|| You ask: how far is the destination?
|| Flowers of Love ~ 146
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 164
|  align="center" | 81
|  align="center" |
|  align="center" | 82
|  align="center" | 164
|| [[Ma Yoga Priya]], Ajol
||  
|-
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| 70.10.15
| 71.--.--
|| Sannyas is the journey to Mount "Gaurishanker".  
|| You will become more deeply tied to whatever you desire to become free from.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 150
|| A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 365
|  align="center" | 135
|  align="center" |
|  align="center" | 136
|  align="center" | 365
|| [[Ma Yoga Samadhi]], Rajkot, Gujarat
||  
|-
|-
| 70.10.15
| 71.01.07
|| Be of steel—it will not do now to be of clay.  
|| Freedom from becoming means freedom for BEING.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 149
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 06
|  align="center" | 127
|  align="center" | 221
|  align="center" | 128
|  align="center" | 235
|| [[Sw Anandamurti|Swami Anandamurti]], Ahmedabad
|| Shree Dharmendra Tukaram Dhokhe, Poona, India
|-
|-
| 70.10.15  
| 71.01.15  
|| I am happy to be the witness of your new birth.  
|| Be in the crowd as if you are alone.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 142
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 07
|  align="center" | 105
|  align="center" | 297
|  align="center" | 106
|  align="center" | 311
|| [[Sw Krishna Chaitanya|Swami Krishna Chaitanya]], Ajol, Gujarat
|| [[Ma Yoga Bhakti]], New York
|-
|-
| 70.10.20
| 71.01.16
|| Man does not live in realities; he lives in dreams.  
|| When you are with me be completely at ease and relaxed; that is, be totally yourself.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 98
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 08
|  align="center" | 114
|  align="center" | 258
|  align="center" | 115
|  align="center" | 272
|| [[Sw Yoga Chinmaya|Swami Yoga Chinmaya]], Bombay
|| [[Ma Yoga Bhakti]], New York
|-
|-
| 70.10.22
| 71.01.27
|| Power is within your own Self.  
|| Bhakti needs only time to absorb the shock she has come across her deep meditations.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 143
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 09
|  align="center" | 100
|  align="center" | 224
|  align="center" | 101
|  align="center" | 238
|| [[Sw Krishna Chaitanya|Swami Krishna Chaitanya]], Ajol
|| [[Ma Atmananda]], New York
|-
|-
| 70.10.25
| 71.01.27
|| The beginning of struggle is auspicious.  
|| I live not by planning and I also feel that that is the only way to be alive at all.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 140
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 10
|  align="center" | 95
|  align="center" | 204
|  align="center" | 96
|  align="center" | 218
|| [[Ma Ananda Madhu]], Ajol
|| Docteur C. Guinebert, Paris
|-
|-
| 70.10.25
| 71.01.28
|| I hope you will be in deep meditation.  
|| Do not forget the search for the Divine for even a single moment.  
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 02
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 11
|  align="center" | 157
|  align="center" | 317
|  align="center" | 171
|  align="center" | 331
|| [[Ma Saraswati]], Paris
|| [[Ma Ananda Prema]], New York
|-
|-
| 70.10.25  
| 71.02.25  
|| Love alone is now your prayer.  
|| Everything has happened, as it should happen.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 145
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 12
|  align="center" | 148
|  align="center" | 303
|  align="center" | 149
|  align="center" | 317
|| [[Ma Yoga Prem]], Ajol
|| [[Ma Yoga Bhakti]], New York
|-
|-
| 70.10.25
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| Come here.  
|| The mind is to raise questions.  
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 03
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 01
|  align="center" | 299
|  align="center" | 254
|  align="center" | 313
|  align="center" | 268
|| Dr. Jean Georges Henrotte, Paris
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.10.25
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| Love also is fire.  
|| Meditation cannot be taught directly.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 115
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 02
|  align="center" | 117
|  align="center" | 293
|  align="center" | 118
|  align="center" | 307
|| Shree Sardarilal Sehgal, Amritsar
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.10.25
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| The temple of the Lord can only be entered by a dancing, singing, happy heart.  
|| See: this is a white paper—it contains a drawing.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 70
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 03
|  align="center" | 108
|  align="center" | 272
|  align="center" | 109
|  align="center" | 286
|| Sushree Jayati, Junagadh
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.10.27
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| I know your inner condition more than you know yourself.  
|| Thinking is necessary, but not enough.  
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 04  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 04  
|  align="center" | 269
|  align="center" | 162
|  align="center" | 283
|  align="center" | 176
|| [[Ma Yoga Bhakti]], New York
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.01
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| The resolve of Sannyas is an auspicious beginning.  
|| Man is an everlack.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 102
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 05
|  align="center" | 113
|  align="center" | 160
|  align="center" | 114
|  align="center" | 174
|| Sushree Maunoo ([[Ma Yoga Kranti]]), Jabalpur
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.03
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| The meaning of Sadhana is to live in one's own nature—to live in one's own nature—to become one's own Self.  
|| John Burroughs remembers: “One day my boy killed what an old hunter told him was a mock duck.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 99
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 06
|  align="center" | 139
|  align="center" | 190
|  align="center" | 140
|  align="center" | 204
|| [[Sw Yoga Chinmaya|Swami Yoga Chinmaya]], Bombay
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.06
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| God alone is our wealth.  
|| The ego is necessary for both the sensation of pain and the feeling of pleasure.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 91
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 07
|  align="center" | 76
|  align="center" | 153
|  align="center" | 77
|  align="center" | 167
|| [[Ma Yoga Bhagavati]], Bombay
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.11
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| My good wishes on your new life.  
|| Life goes on flowing.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 147
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 08
|  align="center" | 107
|  align="center" | 345
|  align="center" | 108
|  align="center" | 359
|| [[Ma Yoga Yasha]], Ajol
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.12
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| The fragrance of Sannyas is to be transmitted to the world.  
|| Life is a sermon.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 148
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 09
|  align="center" | 98
|  align="center" | 268
|  align="center" | 99
|  align="center" | 282
|| [[Sw Prem Krishna|Swami Prem Krishna]], Ajol, Gujarat
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.12
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| That which the heart seeks, it always attains.  
|| Life is movement.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 74
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 10
|  align="center" | 106
|  align="center" | 240
|  align="center" | 107
|  align="center" | 254
|| Kumari Lalita Rathor, Fatehabad, M.P.
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.13
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| God purifies in every way.  
|| A life without meditation is like a winter landscape.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 71
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 11
|  align="center" | 140
|  align="center" | 320
|  align="center" | 141
|  align="center" | 334
|| Sushree Jayati, Junagadh, Gujarat
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.13
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| Everything changes except for change.
|| One day Lin-chi was asked: “What is the essence of meditation?”
|| Flowers of Love ~ 104
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 12
|  align="center" | 125
|  align="center" | 252
|  align="center" | 126
|  align="center" | 266
|| Sushree Maunoo ([[Ma Yoga Kranti]]), Jabalpur
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.14
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| When the moon rises in the heavens above, keep gazing at it.  
|| The word is not the thing.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 114
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 13
|  align="center" | 93
|  align="center" | 151
|  align="center" | 94
|  align="center" | 165
|| Sangeeta Khabiya, Ratlam, M.P.
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.16
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| God’s work alone is my work.  
|| The way of meditation is above the self.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 76
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 14
|  align="center" | 97
|  align="center" | 184
|  align="center" | 98
|  align="center" | 198
|| Shree Kedar Sehgal, Neemuch, M.P.
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.16
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| As the birds welcome the sunrise each morning with their songs—so is the life-breath filled with music at the dawning of meditation.  
|| You cannot run away from the self.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 75
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 15
|  align="center" | 110
|  align="center" | 277
|  align="center" | 111
|  align="center" | 291
|| Shree Rajendra R. Anjaria, Ahmedabad
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.16
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| Once the "I" is surrendered, there is no suffering, no pain.
|| A monk asked Daishu Ekai: “What is nirvana (absolute freedom)?”
|| Flowers of Love ~ 78
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 16
|  align="center" | 88
|  align="center" | 339
|  align="center" | 89
|  align="center" | 353
|| Shree Sardari Lal Sehgal, Amritsar
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.16
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| Do not look for a purpose in life.  
|| A disciple of Rinzai met a party of three men on a river-bridge.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 77
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 17
|  align="center" | 122
|  align="center" | 261
|  align="center" | 123
|  align="center" | 275
|| Sushree Neelam Amarjeet, Ludhiana
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.17
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| Do not expect results in meditation.  
|| “How can a man learn to know himself?” enquires Goethe.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 80
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 18
|  align="center" | 89
|  align="center" | 290
|  align="center" | 90
|  align="center" | 304
|| Dr. Savitri C. Patel, Bulsar, Gujarat
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.17
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| The mundane world is the Ultimate Liberation.  
|| Meditation is the master-key.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 79
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 19
|  align="center" | 77
|  align="center" | 330
|  align="center" | 78
|  align="center" | 344
|| Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.19
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| The impossible too is not impossible—if resolve is there.  
|| Existence exists in order to exist.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 113
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 20
|  align="center" | 99
|  align="center" | 238
|  align="center" | 100
|  align="center" | 252
|| Kumari Hasumati, Bombay
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.20
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| In the quest for God, there is no support except infinite hope.  
|| We settle down where no settling is possible.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 101
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 21
|  align="center" | 80
|  align="center" | 312
|  align="center" | 81
|  align="center" | 326
|| [[Ma Khishna Karuna]], Bombay
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.22
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| I was travelling.  
|| There is no security in life.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 53
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 22
|  align="center" | 96
|  align="center" | 196
|  align="center" | 97
|  align="center" | 210
|| Shree Dinesh Shahi. Indore, M.P.
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.25
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| Love does not differentiate, even in dreams.  
|| In this world everything is upside down.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 133
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 23
|  align="center" | 136
|  align="center" | 340
|  align="center" | 137
|  align="center" | 354
|| Shree Chandrakant U. Patel, Baroda, Gujarat
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.26
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| The time is ripe.  
|| Takuan says: you cannot bathe in solid ice.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 127
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 24
|  align="center" | 86
|  align="center" | 275
|  align="center" | 87
|  align="center" | 289
|| [[Ma Ananda Madhu]], Ajol, Gujarat
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.26
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| Existence is a play of sun and shade, hope and despair, happiness and sorrow, life and death.  
|| Do not cling to anything or any idea.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 129
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 25
|  align="center" | 101
|  align="center" | 319
|  align="center" | 102
|  align="center" | 333
|| [[Ma Yoga Prem]], Ajol, Gujarat
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.26
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| In Sannyas, the mundane world is a drama.  
|| The mind lives in a logical somnambulism.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 130
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 26
|  align="center" | 128
|  align="center" | 292
|  align="center" | 129
|  align="center" | 306
|| [[Ma Yoga Priya]], Ajol, Gujarat
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.26
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| The seed has no knowledge whatsoever of its own possibilities.  
|| Do not believe in thinking.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 131
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 27
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|  align="center" | 227
|| [[Ma Yoga Yasha]], Ajol, Gujarat
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.26
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| How long is the energy to be left asleep?
|| The new world revealed in meditation is not something added from the outside.
|| Flowers of Love ~ 128
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 28
|  align="center" | 90
|  align="center" | 177
|  align="center" | 91
|  align="center" | 191
|| [[Sw Krishna Chaitanya|Swami Krishna Chaitanya]], Ajol, Gujarat
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.26
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| God tests every moment.  
|| The forms of existence are finite.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 132
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 29
|  align="center" | 149
|  align="center" | 194
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|  align="center" | 208
|| [[Sw Pragyananda Saraswati|Swami Pragyananda Saraswati]], Haridwar
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.26
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| Security is nowhere—except in death.  
|| The Universe cares for little but play.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 136
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 30
|  align="center" | 132
|  align="center" | 197
|  align="center" | 133
|  align="center" | 211
|| Dr. Savitri C. Patel, Bulsar, Gujarat
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.26
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| Atheism is the first step toward belief in God.  
|| Love to be alone.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 134
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 31
|  align="center" | 144
|  align="center" | 308
|  align="center" | 145
|  align="center" | 322
|| Shree Bhavani Sinh, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.26
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| It is not enough even to float in the current of thoughts.  
|| I have no special doctrine or philosophy.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 135
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 32
|  align="center" | 94
|  align="center" | 165
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|  align="center" | 179
|| Shree Labhshankar Pandya, Ahmedabad
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.26
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| God is far away because we do not know how to see Him near.  
|| There is conflict in the mind.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 137
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 33
|  align="center" | 150
|  align="center" | 185
|  align="center" | 151
|  align="center" | 199
|| Sushree Jayati, Junagadh
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.26
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| What is Truth?
|| There is tension.
|| Flowers of Love ~ 138
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 34
|  align="center" | 112
|  align="center" | 167
|  align="center" | 113
|  align="center" | 181
|| Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.11.27
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| I was waiting for it daily, since you left.  
|| Mind is localization of consciousness.  
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 05
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 35
|  align="center" | 326
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|  align="center" | 340
|  align="center" | 241
|| [[Ma Ananda Prema]], New York
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 70.12.07
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| There are anxieties in life, but it is not necessary to be anxious.  
|| Life becomes more authentic in encountering death directly.  
|| Flowers of Love ~ 44
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 36
|  align="center" | 115
|  align="center" | 245
|  align="center" | 116
|  align="center" | 259
|| Shree Ishwarbhai Shah, Jeevan Jagruti Kendra, Bombay
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 71.01.07
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| Freedom from becoming means freedom for BEING.  
|| Mind means duality.  
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 06
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 37
|  align="center" | 221
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|  align="center" | 235
|  align="center" | 315
|| Shree Dharmendra Tukaram Dhokhe, Poona, India
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 71.01.15
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| Be in the crowd as if you are alone.  
|| Choice is the root-cause of all anguish.  
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 07
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 38
|  align="center" | 297
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|  align="center" | 311
|  align="center" | 296
|| [[Ma Yoga Bhakti]], New York
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 71.01.16
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| When you are with me be completely at ease and relaxed; that is, be totally yourself.  
|| Man can only know what God is not.  
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 08
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 39
|  align="center" | 258
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|  align="center" | 272
|  align="center" | 225
|| [[Ma Yoga Bhakti]], New York
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 71.01.27
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| Bhakti needs only time to absorb the shock she has come across her deep meditations.  
|| The past is not.  
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 09
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 40
|  align="center" | 224
|  align="center" | 259
|  align="center" | 238
|  align="center" | 273
|| [[Ma Atmananda]], New York
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 71.01.27
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| I live not by planning and I also feel that that is the only way to be alive at all.  
|| Do not be closed to the Universe.  
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 10
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 41
|  align="center" | 204
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|  align="center" | 323
|| Docteur C. Guinebert, Paris
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 71.01.28
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| Do not forget the search for the Divine for even a single moment.  
|| Nothing great is ever accomplished without going mad.  
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 11
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 42
|  align="center" | 317
|  align="center" | 263
|  align="center" | 331
|  align="center" | 277
|| [[Ma Ananda Prema]], New York
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
|-
| 71.02.25
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| Everything has happened, as it should happen.  
|| Meditation requires understanding and not effort.  
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 12
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 43
|  align="center" | 303
|  align="center" | 325
|  align="center" | 317
|  align="center" | 339
|| [[Ma Yoga Bhakti]], New York
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| Meditation is beyond knowledge.
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 44
|  align="center" | 321
|  align="center" | 335
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
| 71.04 ~ 05
|| Mind means consciousness somewhere.  
|| What Is Meditation? ~ 45
|  align="center" | 241
|  align="center" | 255
|| [[Ma Veet Sandeh]], Rome
|-
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| 71.04.14  
| 71.04.14  
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| 71.04.16  
| 71.04.16  
|| Be ordinary—so ordinary that virtually you come to be no-body.  
|| I know what is happening to you.
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 17
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 14
|  align="center" | 286
|  align="center" | 305
|  align="center" | 300
|  align="center" | 319
|| [[Ma Yoga Bhakti]], New York
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]], North Carolina, U.S.A.
|-
| 71.04.16
|| Don't think about Surrender at all—because that-which-thinks about it is the only harrier.  
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 15
|  align="center" | 181
|  align="center" | 195
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]], North Carolina, U.S.A.
|-
|-
| 71.04.16  
| 71.04.16  
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| 71.04.16  
| 71.04.16  
|| Don't think about Surrender at all—because that-which-thinks about it is the only harrier.
|| Be ordinary—so ordinary that virtually you come to be no-body.  
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 15
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 17  
|  align="center" | 181
|  align="center" | 286
|  align="center" | 195
|  align="center" | 300
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]], North Carolina, U.S.A.
|-
| 71.04.16
|| I know what is happening to you.  
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 14
|  align="center" | 305
|  align="center" | 319
|| [[Ma Yoga Tao]], North Carolina, U.S.A.
|-
| 71.04.17  
|| The gates of the temple are wide open—and it is only after thousands of years that such opportunity comes to this earth.
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 19
|  align="center" | 233
|  align="center" | 247
|| [[Ma Yoga Bhakti]], New York
|| [[Ma Yoga Bhakti]], New York
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|  align="center" | 220  
|  align="center" | 220  
|| Mrs. Kusum, Ludhiana, India
|| Mrs. Kusum, Ludhiana, India
|-
| 71.04.17
|| The gates of the temple are wide open—and it is only after thousands of years that such opportunity comes to this earth.
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 19
|  align="center" | 233
|  align="center" | 247
|| [[Ma Yoga Bhakti]], New York
|-
|-
| 71.04.18  
| 71.04.18  
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| 71.04.19  
| 71.04.19  
|| It is tragic but true that few people ever possess their souls.  
|| Yes—you were related to Yoga Vivek in one of your past lives.
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 29
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 21
|  align="center" | 187
|  align="center" | 270
|  align="center" | 201
|  align="center" | 284
|| [[Ma Dhyana Siddhi]], New York
|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|-
| 71.04.19
|| You write me that without me you cannot pass through the gate and with me you will not pass through the gate.  
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 22
|  align="center" | 349
|  align="center" | 363
|| [[Ma Yoga Bhakti]], New York
|-
|-
| 71.04.19  
| 71.04.19  
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|-
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| 71.04.19  
| 71.04.19  
|| You write me that without me you cannot pass through the gate and with me you will not pass through the gate.  
|| It is tragic but true that few people ever possess their souls.  
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 22
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 29
|  align="center" | 349
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|  align="center" | 363
|  align="center" | 201
|| [[Ma Yoga Bhakti]], New York
|| [[Ma Dhyana Siddhi]], New York
|-
| 71.04.19
|| Yes—you were related to Yoga Vivek in one of your past lives.
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 21
|  align="center" | 270
|  align="center" | 284
|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|-
|-
| 71.04.19  
| 71.04.19  
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| 71.04.20  
| 71.04.20  
|| Only God Is — that is why it is so difficult to find Him.  
|| Materialistic societies produce hollow men.
|| The Eternal Message ~ 01
|  align="center" | 341
|  align="center" | 355
|| Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now [[Ma Ananda Pratima]])
|-
| 71.04.20
|| Only God Is — that is why it is so difficult to find Him.  
|| Turning In ~ 01  
|| Turning In ~ 01  
|  align="center" | 188  
|  align="center" | 188  
|  align="center" | 202  
|  align="center" | 202  
|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|-
| 71.04.20
|| Materialistic societies produce hollow men.
|| The Eternal Message ~ 01
|  align="center" | 341
|  align="center" | 355
|| Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now [[Ma Ananda Pratima]])
|-
|-
| 71.04.22  
| 71.04.22  
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|  align="center" | 248  
|  align="center" | 248  
|  align="center" | 262  
|  align="center" | 262  
|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|-
| 71.04.24
|| Man is not the end.
|| Turning In ~ 03
|  align="center" | 347
|  align="center" | 361
|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|-
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|| Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now [[Ma Ananda Pratima]])
|| Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now [[Ma Ananda Pratima]])
|-
|-
| 71.04.25
| 71.04.24
|| Yes, there is a WAY.  
|| Man is not the end.  
|| Turning In ~ 04
|| Turning In ~ 03
|  align="center" | 315
|  align="center" | 347
|  align="center" | 329
|  align="center" | 361
|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|-
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|| Shree Inderraj Anand., Bombay
|| Shree Inderraj Anand., Bombay
|-
|-
| 71.04.26
| 71.04.25
|| Life does not need comfort, when it can be offered meaning, nor pleasure when it can be shown purpose.  
|| Yes, there is a WAY.  
|| Turning In ~ 05
|| Turning In ~ 04
|  align="center" | 198
|  align="center" | 315
|  align="center" | 212
|  align="center" | 329
|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|-
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|  align="center" | 253  
|  align="center" | 253  
|| Mr. Michael Graham, London
|| Mr. Michael Graham, London
|-
| 71.04.26
|| Life does not need comfort, when it can be offered meaning, nor pleasure when it can be shown purpose.
|| Turning In ~ 05
|  align="center" | 198
|  align="center" | 212
|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|-
|-
| 71.04.27  
| 71.04.27  
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|  align="center" | 246  
|  align="center" | 246  
|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|-
| 71.04.28
|| The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace.
|| The Eternal Message ~ 09
|  align="center" | 250
|  align="center" | 264
|| Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now [[Ma Ananda Pratima]])
|-
|-
| 71.04.28  
| 71.04.28  
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|  align="center" | 213  
|  align="center" | 213  
|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|-
| 71.04.28
|| The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace.
|| The Eternal Message ~ 09
|  align="center" | 250
|  align="center" | 264
|| Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now [[Ma Ananda Pratima]])
|-
|-
| 71.04.29  
| 71.04.29  
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|-
|-
| 71.04.30  
| 71.04.30  
|| To be religious is to be a yea-sayer.  
|| Man is strange—very strange.
|| Turning In ~ 09  
|| The Eternal Message ~ 06
|  align="center" | 191
|  align="center" | 205
|| Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now [[Ma Ananda Pratima]])
|-
| 71.04.30
|| To be religious is to be a yea-sayer.  
|| Turning In ~ 09  
|  align="center" | 192  
|  align="center" | 192  
|  align="center" | 206  
|  align="center" | 206  
|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|-
|-
| 71.04.30
| 71.05.01
|| Man is strange—very strange.  
|| Look at yourself without thinking, evaluating or judging.  
|| The Eternal Message ~ 06
|| The Eternal Message ~ 07
|  align="center" | 191
|  align="center" | 331
|  align="center" | 205
|  align="center" | 345
|| Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now [[Ma Ananda Pratima]])
|| Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now [[Ma Ananda Pratima]])
|-
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|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|-
|-
| 71.05.01
| 71.05.02
|| Look at yourself without thinking, evaluating or judging.  
|| With thought the mind has boundaries.  
|| The Eternal Message ~ 07
|| The Eternal Message ~ 08
|  align="center" | 331
|  align="center" | 175
|  align="center" | 345
|  align="center" | 189
|| Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now [[Ma Ananda Pratima]])
|| Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now [[Ma Ananda Pratima]])
|-
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|  align="center" | 309  
|  align="center" | 309  
|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|-
|-
| 71.05.02
| 71.05.03
|| With thought the mind has boundaries.  
|| Just drop yourself into the Divine and be purified.  
|| The Eternal Message ~ 08
|| The Eternal Message ~ 10
|  align="center" | 175
|  align="center" | 271
|  align="center" | 189
|  align="center" | 285
|| Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now [[Ma Ananda Pratima]])
|| Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now [[Ma Ananda Pratima]])
|-
|-
| 71.05.03  
| 71.05.03  
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|  align="center" | 351  
|  align="center" | 351  
|| [[Ma Ananda Sadhana]], Paris
|| [[Ma Ananda Sadhana]], Paris
|-
| 71.05.03
|| Detach yourself from all fixed ideas.
|| Turning In ~ 12
|  align="center" | 264
|  align="center" | 278
|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|-
|-
| 71.05.03  
| 71.05.03  
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|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|-
|-
| 71.05.03
| 71.05.04
|| Detach yourself from all fixed ideas.
|| Meditation is like the sea, receiving the dirty river and yet remaining pure.  
|| Turning In ~ 12
|| The Eternal Message ~ 12
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|  align="center" | 250
|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|-
| 71.05.03
|| Just drop yourself into the Divine and be purified.  
|| The Eternal Message ~ 10
|  align="center" | 271
|  align="center" | 285
|| Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now [[Ma Ananda Pratima]])
|| Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now [[Ma Ananda Pratima]])
|-
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|| [[Ma Ananda Sadhana]], Paris
|| [[Ma Ananda Sadhana]], Paris
|-
|-
| 71.05.04
| 71.05.05  
|| Meditation is like the sea, receiving the dirty river and yet remaining pure.
|| The Eternal Message ~ 12
|  align="center" | 236
|  align="center" | 250
|| Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now [[Ma Ananda Pratima]])
|-
| 71.05.05  
|| Meditation is disciplined opening of the self to God.  
|| Meditation is disciplined opening of the self to God.  
|| The Silent Music ~ 05  
|| The Silent Music ~ 05  
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|  align="center" | 295  
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|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|-
| 71.05.10
|| If the present is just continuous with the past then it is not present at all.
|| The Eternal Message ~ 30
|  align="center" | 255
|  align="center" | 269
|| Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now [[Ma Ananda Pratima]])
|-
|-
| 71.05.10  
| 71.05.10  
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|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|-
|-
| 71.05.10
| 71.05.11
|| If the present is just continuous with the past then it is not present at all.  
|| When I say mutation—I do not mean simply change.  
|| The Eternal Message ~ 30
|| The Eternal Message ~ 13
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|  align="center" | 269
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|| Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now [[Ma Ananda Pratima]])
|| Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now [[Ma Ananda Pratima]])
|-
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|  align="center" | 348  
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|| [[Ma Ananda Sadhana]], Paris
|| [[Ma Ananda Sadhana]], Paris
|-
| 71.05.11
|| When I say mutation—I do not mean simply change.
|| The Eternal Message ~ 13
|  align="center" | 171
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|| Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now [[Ma Ananda Pratima]])
|-
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| 71.05.12  
| 71.05.12  
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|-
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| 71.05.13  
| 71.05.13  
|| Do not think of others and waste your time.
|| The attitude is everything.  
|| Turning In ~ 20
|  align="center" | 178
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|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|-
| 71.05.13
|| The attitude is everything.  
|| The Eternal Message ~ 11  
|| The Eternal Message ~ 11  
|  align="center" | 195  
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|| Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now [[Ma Ananda Pratima]])
|-
| 71.05.13
|| Do not think of others and waste your time.
|| Turning In ~ 20
|  align="center" | 178
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|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|-
| 71.05.14
|| No ideology can help to create a new world.
|| The Eternal Message ~ 16
|  align="center" | 260
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|| Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now [[Ma Ananda Pratima]])
|| Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now [[Ma Ananda Pratima]])
|-
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|| [[Ma Dhyana Siddhi]], New York
|| [[Ma Dhyana Siddhi]], New York
|-
|-
| 71.05.14
| 71.05.15
|| No ideology can help to create a new world.  
|| Knowledge is accumulation.  
|| The Eternal Message ~ 16
|| The Eternal Message ~ 18
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|  align="center" | 274
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|| Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now [[Ma Ananda Pratima]])
|| Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now [[Ma Ananda Pratima]])
|-
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|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|-
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| 71.05.15
| 71.05.16  
|| Knowledge is accumulation.
|| The Eternal Message ~ 18
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|| Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now [[Ma Ananda Pratima]])
|-
| 71.05.16  
|| Use dreaming consciously as meditation.  
|| Use dreaming consciously as meditation.  
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 28  
|| The Gateless Gate ~ 28  
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|  align="center" | 362  
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|| [[Ma Dhyana Siddhi]], New York
|| [[Ma Dhyana Siddhi]], New York
|-
| 71.05.17
|| Total acceptance of existence is impossible for the mind.
|| The Eternal Message ~ 14
|  align="center" | 235
|  align="center" | 249
|| Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now [[Ma Ananda Pratima]])
|-
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| 71.05.17  
| 71.05.17  
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|  align="center" | 221  
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|| [[Ma Dhyana Siddhi]], New York
|| [[Ma Dhyana Siddhi]], New York
|-
| 71.05.17
|| Man asks questions and then answers them himself.
|| Turning In ~ 22
|  align="center" | 218
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|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|-
|-
| 71.05.17  
| 71.05.17  
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|-
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| 71.05.17  
| 71.05.17  
|| Total acceptance of existence is impossible for the mind.  
|| Man asks questions and then answers them himself.  
|| The Eternal Message ~ 14
|| Turning In ~ 22
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|  align="center" | 232
|| Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now [[Ma Ananda Pratima]])
|| [[Ma Yoga Mukta]], New York
|-
|-
| 71.05.18  
| 71.05.18  
|| Why does man suffer?  
|| Always remember the golden rule: One step at a time.
|| The Silent Music ~ 12
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|| Why does man suffer?  
|| The Silent Music ~ 13  
|| The Silent Music ~ 13  
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|| Emptiness is all.
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|| Always remember the golden rule: One step at a time.  
|| Emptiness is all.  
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|| Religion is living without conflict.
|| The Eternal Message ~ 20
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|| The world itself is a punishment enough.
|| Emptiness is not really emptiness.  
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|| The world itself is a punishment enough.  
|| The Eternal Message ~ 20
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|| The journey is long.  
|| It is very easy to progress from one illusion to another.  
|| The Silent Music ~ 16
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|| No more principles are needed.  
|| The journey is long.  
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|| Man goes on dreaming and desiring.
|| The Silent Music ~ 17
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|| No more principles are needed.  
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|| It is very easy to progress from one illusion to another.  
|| Life is non-fragmentary.  
|| The Eternal Message ~ 22
|| The Eternal Message ~ 02
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|| If one is aware of the present moment, then one also becomes aware of the fact that there is no 'me' inside.
|| Truth is never second-hand.  
|| The Silent Music ~ 19
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|| [[Sw Chaitanya Veetaraga|Swami Chaitanya Veetaraga]], Raipur, India
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|| Truth is never second-hand.  
|| The Eternal Message ~ 19  
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|| Life is non-fragmentary.  
|| If one is aware of the present moment, then one also becomes aware of the fact that there is no 'me' inside.
|| The Eternal Message ~ 02
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| 71.05.22
|| Man adds everything to his ego while everything goes on without him.  
|| The Eternal Message ~ 23
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|| Life is a dream.  
|| Anger, violence, greed or envy cannot be overcome by the cultivation of their opposites.  
|| The Silent Music ~ 23
|| The Eternal Message ~ 24
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|| [[Sw Ananda Paramhansa|Swami Ananda Paramhansa]], Jabalpur, India
|| Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now [[Ma Ananda Pratima]])
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| 71.05.22
|| Begin to live positively.
|| The Eternal Message ~ 25
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|| Logic is not all.
|| The Silent Music ~ 21
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|| Life is a dream.  
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|| Begin to live positively.
|| Silence is benediction.  
|| The Eternal Message ~ 25
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|| Anger, violence, greed or envy cannot be overcome by the cultivation of their opposites.
|| The Eternal Message ~ 24
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|| Man adds everything to his ego while everything goes on without him.
|| The Eternal Message ~ 23
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|| Silence is benediction.  
|| The Silent Music ~ 24  
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|| Man is not a rational animal—but only a rationalizing one.
|| The Silent Music ~ 27
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|| Yes—man learns by experience!
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|| The mind always thinks in terms of the self.  
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|| To explore truth one must be free of one's prejudices.  
|| To explore truth one must be free of one's prejudices.  
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|| Search and the ego is always somewhere behind.  
|| The Eternal Message ~ 26
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Revision as of 18:54, 23 March 2018

This page shows the publication history of the letters in A Cup of Tea.
The first editions have 350 letters, from the 1996 edition there are 365.
Letters 1 - 150 previously published as Prem Ke Phool (प्रेम के फूल), earlier translated as Flowers of Love:
New translations from the Hindi by Sw Anand Maitreya
New English versions by Sw Anand Somendra.
Letters #151 to 350 had previously been published in other books:


This table is sorted on Date (the date the letter was signed, as far as known). Click on the other headers to sort on other columns.

  • Original publication : shows the first publication in English plus it's number in that book.
  • A Cup of Tea : these 2 columns show the number in that edition.
  • Adressee: shows the literal text of the addressee, as mentioned in the original publication


Date First discerning sentence Original publication A Cup of Tea
(1980 & 1983)
A Cup of Tea
(1996 & later)
Adressee
*62 ~ 71 You have asked about "sense of humour". Flowers of Love ~ 30 43 43 Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
*62 ~ 71 The wheel of the mundane world keeps revolving. Flowers of Love ~ 32 39 39 Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
*62 ~ 71 Do not fight with yourself. Flowers of Love ~ 57 79 80 Swami Mohan Chaitanya, Moga, Punjab
*62 ~ 71 The feeling of separation is auspicious. Flowers of Love ~ 58 111 112 Shree Sunderlal Sehgal, Amritsar, Punjab
*62 ~ 71 Thought is the power of man. Flowers of Love ~ 72 82 83 Sushree Premshanker Panday, Manmad, Maharashtra
*62 ~ 71 Live in Truth—there is no other way of knowing Truth. Flowers of Love ~ 73 142 143 Yogi Satyanand, Tikamgadh, M.P.
62.07.13 I have been meaning to write since a long time, but because of preoccupations I could not. Flowers of Love ~ 105 2 2 Sushree Jayaben Shah, Bombay
62.08.13 How lovingly you insist on my writing something. Flowers of Love ~ 17 1 1 Lala Sunderlal, Delhi
62.10.05 I am grateful for your affectionate letter. Flowers of Love ~ 106 4 4 Sushree Jayaben Shah, Bombay
62.10.20 I was out, but your letter followed me and reached me during my journey. Flowers of Love ~ 107 6 6 Sushree Jayaben Shah, Bombay
62.11.01 I am not writing anything at the moment. Flowers of Love ~ 18 3 3 Lala Sunderlal, Delhi
62.11.02 It is God's grace that you are working toward the revelation of the inner light. Flowers of Love ~ 108 5 5 Sushree Jaya Shah, Bombay
62.12.14 I fill with joy at your desire to attain peace. Flowers of Love ~ 109 7 7 Sushree Jaya Shah, Bombay
63.01.12 I was awaiting your letter when it came. Flowers of Love ~ 110 10 10 Sushree Jaya Shah, Bombay
63.02.10 The trip to Rajnagar was enjoyable. Flowers of Love ~ 111 11 11 Sushree Jaya Shah, Bombay
63.02.12 I have just returned from Rajnagar (Rajasthan). Flowers of Love ~ 19 13 13 Lala Sunderlal, Delhi
63.02.12 During the journey, I read your letter. Flowers of Love ~ 24 9 9 Shree Rohit Kumar Mittal, Khandwa, M.P.
63.06.03 I was out for the whole month of May, so my health was affected. Flowers of Love ~ 20 8 8 Lala Sunderlal, Delhi
63.11.01 As I was very busy, I could not reply earlier. Flowers of Love ~ 25 12 12 Lala Sunderlal, Delhi
64.06.17 I was out. Flowers of Love ~ 21 19 19 Lala Sunderlal, Delhi
64.10.26 After returning from the meditation camp, I had gone out of town again. Flowers of Love ~ 125 15 15 Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
64.11.02 I have received your very loving letter. Flowers of Love ~ 124 14 14 Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
64.11.11 Love—and yet more love. Flowers of Love ~ 117 18 18 Sohan Bafna, Poona
64.11.23 The peace that is within me—you desire. Flowers of Love ~ 118 17 17 Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
64.12.05 Your words have made me very happy. Flowers of Love ~ 08 16 16 Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.01.04 I am going out again tonight. Flowers of Love ~ 119 25 25 Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.02.03 I am happy to know that you are happy. Flowers of Love ~ 02 28 28 Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.02.17 The train was five hours late. Flowers of Love ~ 05 22 22 Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.03.03 From the pile of letters awaiting me on my return, I first looked for yours! Flowers of Love ~ 06 30 30 Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.03.12 The heart was overwhelmed with your poem. Flowers of Love ~ 01 33 33 Mrs. Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.03.16 On my return home, I was awaiting your letter. Flowers of Love ~ 09 26 26 Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.03.22 I had never imagined that you would write such lovely letters! Flowers of Love ~ 10 34 34 Mrs. Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.04.17 I came here yesterday and have been thinking of writing ever since, but I am just writing now. Flowers of Love ~ 07 31 31 Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.04.24 But waiting is—oh! so sweet! Flowers of Love ~ 11 32 32 Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.04.29 You have hurt your finger: it looks as if you are not paying attention to your body. Flowers of Love ~ 121 29 29 Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.05.09 It was just this time of night, two days ago, that I left you at Chittor. Flowers of Love ~ 126 35 35 Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.06.01 I was sitting in the same spot in the grass when it came. Flowers of Love ~ 122 27 27 Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.06.07 I looked for your letter as soon as I came yesterday. Flowers of Love ~ 123 23 23 Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.06.09 I look at it—how simple and innocent you appear! Flowers of Love ~ 03 21 21 Mrs. Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.06.14 The love blossoms with which you weave your garlands—their fragrance reaches me! Flowers of Love ~ 04 24 24 Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.10.25 Last night when there were lamps and lamps lit all over the town, I was thinking, "My Sohan too, must have lighted lamps, and some among them must surely be for me!" Flowers of Love ~ 120 20 20 Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona
66.02.19 It is good that you are forgetting the past. Flowers of Love ~ 33 37 37 Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
66.03.11 I am happy to see your thirst for God. Flowers of Love ~ 27 38 38 Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
66.03.26 I was very happy to meet you that day. Flowers of Love ~ 28 36 36 Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
66.04.02 I welcome the resolution that is taking birth within you. Flowers of Love ~ 29 40 40 Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
66.06.04 You have asked about sex. Flowers of Love ~ 31 42 42 Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
66.08.30 If the thirst is so full of longing for Truth, for peace, for righteousness, one day or another the sun will appear, in whose presence darkness disappears. Flowers of Love ~ 112 41 41 Shree Jayantibhai, Bombay
67.04.05 What gift is greater than love? Flowers of Love ~ 34 44 44 Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay
68.--.-- About death I have remained quiet on purpose, because I want to awaken inquiry about life. A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 051 51
68.06.18 Truth is unknown, and therefore the known has to be abandoned in order to attain it. Flowers of Love ~ 14 47 47 Sushree Omprakash Agarwal, Jullundur, Punjab
68.06.30 How can it ever be that the ray of love comes without the fragrance of joy? Flowers of Love ~ 116 49 49 Shree Mahipal, Bombay
68.07.18 Your letter and your inquiry. Flowers of Love ~ 42 48 48 Sushree Kanchan, Bulsar, Gujarat
68.09.10 I am always with you. Flowers of Love ~ 13 51 52 Sushree Om Prakash Agarwal, Jullundur, Punjab
68.09.29 I know very well the thirst of your soul. Flowers of Love ~ 16 50 50 Sushree Jayavanti Shukla, Junagadh, Gujarat
68.10.02 You must be tired of waiting for the reply. Flowers of Love ~ 40 46 46 Sushree Kanchan Behu, Bulsar, Gujarat
68.12.12 The time of birth will have to be looked up. Flowers of Love ~ 15 45 45 Shree Anupchand Shah, Surendranagar, Gujarat
69.03.27 I consider life as a WHOLE. Flowers of Love ~ 12 70 71 Sri M.T. Kamdar, Sri Suresh B. Joshi, Sri Nanubhai and Sri Karelia, Bhavnagar, Gujarat
69.04.24 The drop has not to become the Ocean. Flowers of Love ~ 22 62 63 Shree Pushkar Gokani, Dwarka, Gujarat
69.07.01 Leave the old track. Flowers of Love ~ 88 67 68 Sushree Bhagavati Advani, Bombay
69.08.01 Where is Truth? Flowers of Love ~ 96 61 62 Swami Kriyananda (Swami Yoga Chinmaya), Bombay
69.08.15 Do not seek liberation in opposition to life. Flowers of Love ~ 97 64 65 Swami Kriyananda (Swami Yoga Chinmaya), Bombay
69.08.18 Love has not to be asked for. Flowers of Love ~ 26 52 53 Sushree Jayati, Junagadh
69.08.19 Man is a slave. Flowers of Love ~ 89 71 72 Sushree Bhagavati Advani, Bombay
69.08.20 Truth is like the sky—eternal everlasting, boundless. Flowers of Love ~ 86 68 69 Sushree Jayati, Junagadh
69.09.08 When has communion ever been possible between two persons? Flowers of Love ~ 35 53 54 The Poet Bachchan, Delhi
69.09.09 Be aware in the waking state. Flowers of Love ~ 23 58 59 Shree Ghanashyamdas Janmejai, Gwalior, M.P.
69.10.25 I say: "Die, so that you can be." Flowers of Love ~ 83 66 67 Shree Shiv, Jabalpur
69.11.03 Your letter, as pure and virgin as your heart, has filled me with joy. Flowers of Love ~ 36 59 60 Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana, Punjab
69.11.03 Your letter has filled the heart with joy. Flowers of Love ~ 38 57 58 Sushree Ansuya, Bombay
69.11.03 But they are not just letters: they are poems, in fact, born out of love. Flowers of Love ~ 39 56 57
69.11.03 Life is an infinite mystery. Flowers of Love ~ 84 63 64 Shree Narendra (Swami Narendra Bodhisatva), Jabalpur
69.11.15 Where is one to seek for Truth. Flowers of Love ~ 87 69 70 Sushree Jayati, Junagadh
69.11.19 Like the seed within the soil awaits the rains, you await God- Flowers of Love ~ 37 65 66 Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana, Punjab
69.12.07 How happy I am to receive your letter—how shall I say it? Flowers of Love ~ 41 60 61 Shree Ramkrishan Dikshit (“Vishva”), Jabalpur, M.P.
69.12.07 More so because you have sent an unwritten blank paper. Flowers of Love ~ 43 55 56 Sushree Darshan Valia, Bombay
69.12.20 I am one with ALL. Flowers of Love ~ 92 54 55 Sushree Laxmi, Bombay
70.--.-- Religion too has to take new birth in every age. A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 152 152
70.--.-- Drop the fear, because the moment you hold on to it, it multiplies. A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 153 153
70.--.-- Attainment of meditation is not a question of time, it is a question of will. A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 154 154
70.--.-- The world is neither unhappiness nor happiness. A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 155 155
70.--.-- Do not fight with yourself. A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 156 156
70.--.-- Strive for meditation. A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 157 157
70.--.-- Don’t be in haste. A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 158 158
70.--.-- Life is not divided, either in time or in space. A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 159 159
70.--.-- We just do not know life, that is why we get bored. A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 160 160
70.--.-- Life is a mystery. A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 161 161
70.--.-- Society is only a collectivity of individuals. A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 162 162
70.01.02 Repose is the supreme goal. Flowers of Love ~ 49 74 75 Shree Yashwant Mehta, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
70.01.02 Why do you seek for a purpose at all? Flowers of Love ~ 50 73 74 Shree Mathura Babu (Swami Ananda Maitreya), Bihar
70.02.15 There is a great difference between love and mercy. Flowers of Love ~ 55 129 130 Dr. M. R. Gautam, Benares, U.P.
70.02.16 Do not be afraid of sexual desire. Flowers of Love ~ 45 126 127 Shree Jayantilal, Bhavnagar, Gujarat
70.02.16 You say you feel as if you are "broken". Flowers of Love ~ 47 120 121 Sushree Ansuya, Bombay
70.02.16 As the soil becomes thirsty for rains after the hot summer, so too are you thirsty for God. Flowers of Love ~ 48 78 79 Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana
70.02.16 Do not fall into the turmoil of quietening the mind. Flowers of Love ~ 56 91 92 Dr. M. R. Gautam, Benares, U.P.
70.02.17 Do not desire bliss. Flowers of Love ~ 46 104 105 Shree Jayant Bhatt, Nargol, Bulsar, Gujarat
70.02.17 So much sufferiug has to be undergone. Flowers of Love ~ 54 143 144 Sushree Jayati, Junagadh
70.03.27 The moment of self-revolution is near. Flowers of Love ~ 141 109 110 Babubai (Swami Krishna Chaitanya), Ajol, Gujarat
70.04.08 You have asked for my Ten Commandments. Flowers of Love ~ 59 123 124 Dr. Ramchandra Prasad, Patna University, Patna, Bihar
70.04.08 The quest for meaning is absurd. Flowers of Love ~ 62 119 120 Pushparaj Sharma, Simla
70.04.08 The “I” has not to be given up. Flowers of Love ~ 63 84 85 Mrs. Mayadevi Jain, Chandigarh, Punjab
70.04.08 Seek—seek—and seek. Flowers of Love ~ 64 92 93 Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana
70.04.08 Ah, if the flute were without, the music could have been heard! Flowers of Love ~ 65 137 138 Shree Jayantilal Vyas, Udaipur
70.04.08 Dreams also are true. Flowers of Love ~ 66 145 146 Sushree Guna Shah, Bombay
70.04.08 You have asked so many questions! Flowers of Love ~ 67 103 104 Kumari Rekha, Rajkot, Gujarat
70.04.11 You wish for the sun: you will definitely find it. Flowers of Love ~ 144 121 122 Kumari Jasoo (Ma Yoga Prem), Ajol
70.04.11 Be not in haste. Flowers of Love ~ 60 72 73 Shree Babu Bhai Shah, Ajol, Gujarat
70.04.11 I am happy to know that your mother's death reminded you of your own. Flowers of Love ~ 61 102 103 Shree Mathura Prasad Mishra (Swami Ananda Maitreya) Patna
70.05.01 Why is there so much suffering in man's life? Flowers of Love ~ 81 85 86 Shree Shiv, Jabalpur
70.05.07 Truth is attained not by swimming, but by drowning. Flowers of Love ~ 85 118 119 Shree Arvind Kumar, Jabalpur
70.05.13 All crutches are barriers. Flowers of Love ~ 51 83 84 Shree Ramakant Upadhyaya, Kathmandu, Nepal
70.05.13 There is a music—which has no sound. Flowers of Love ~ 52 75 76 Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana
70.06.10 Do not ever be worried about me. Flowers of Love ~ 68 130 131 Sushree Jayati, Junagadh
70.06.10 The springs of meditation are nearby. Flowers of Love ~ 69 138 139 Lala Sunderlal, Delhi
70.08.17 I am thrilled with great expectations about you. The Gateless Gate ~ 01 274 288 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York
70.09.05 Wittgenstein has said somewhere, "That which cannot be said must not be said." Flowers of Love ~ 93 134 135 Ma Yoga Laxmi, Bombay
70.09.11 Detachment is not related with objects, but with thoughts. Flowers of Love ~ 103 87 88 Sushree Maunoo (Ma Yoga Kranti), Jabalpur
70.09.15 Without doubt, how will the search begin? Flowers of Love ~ 82 147 148 Shree Shiv, Jabalpur
70.09.22 It is not that only a seed is a seed. Flowers of Love ~ 94 146 147 Ma Yoga Laxmi, Bombay
70.10.01 Suppression becomes attractive. Flowers of Love ~ 95 141 142 Ma Yoga Laxmi, Bombay
70.10.14 Infinite hope is theism. Flowers of Love ~ 90 133 134 Ma Yoga Bhagavati, Bombay
70.10.15 There is no power greater than faith in one's own self. Flowers of Love ~ 100 116 117 Ma Khishna Karuna, Bombay
70.10.15 The news of the commune thrills my heart. Flowers of Love ~ 139 124 125 Ma Ananda Madhu, Ajol
70.10.15 I am happy to be the witness of your new birth. Flowers of Love ~ 142 105 106 Swami Krishna Chaitanya, Ajol, Gujarat
70.10.15 I am very happy on your having taken Sannyas. Flowers of Love ~ 146 81 82 Ma Yoga Priya, Ajol
70.10.15 Be of steel—it will not do now to be of clay. Flowers of Love ~ 149 127 128 Swami Anandamurti, Ahmedabad
70.10.15 Sannyas is the journey to Mount "Gaurishanker". Flowers of Love ~ 150 135 136 Ma Yoga Samadhi, Rajkot, Gujarat
70.10.20 Man does not live in realities; he lives in dreams. Flowers of Love ~ 98 114 115 Swami Yoga Chinmaya, Bombay
70.10.22 Power is within your own Self. Flowers of Love ~ 143 100 101 Swami Krishna Chaitanya, Ajol
70.10.25 Love also is fire. Flowers of Love ~ 115 117 118 Shree Sardarilal Sehgal, Amritsar
70.10.25 The beginning of struggle is auspicious. Flowers of Love ~ 140 95 96 Ma Ananda Madhu, Ajol
70.10.25 Love alone is now your prayer. Flowers of Love ~ 145 148 149 Ma Yoga Prem, Ajol
70.10.25 The temple of the Lord can only be entered by a dancing, singing, happy heart. Flowers of Love ~ 70 108 109 Sushree Jayati, Junagadh
70.10.25 I hope you will be in deep meditation. The Gateless Gate ~ 02 157 171 Ma Saraswati, Paris
70.10.25 Come here. The Gateless Gate ~ 03 299 313 Dr. Jean Georges Henrotte, Paris
70.10.27 I know your inner condition more than you know yourself. The Gateless Gate ~ 04 269 283 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York
70.11.01 The resolve of Sannyas is an auspicious beginning. Flowers of Love ~ 102 113 114 Sushree Maunoo (Ma Yoga Kranti), Jabalpur
70.11.03 The meaning of Sadhana is to live in one's own nature—to live in one's own nature—to become one's own Self. Flowers of Love ~ 99 139 140 Swami Yoga Chinmaya, Bombay
70.11.06 God alone is our wealth. Flowers of Love ~ 91 76 77 Ma Yoga Bhagavati, Bombay
70.11.11 My good wishes on your new life. Flowers of Love ~ 147 107 108 Ma Yoga Yasha, Ajol
70.11.12 The fragrance of Sannyas is to be transmitted to the world. Flowers of Love ~ 148 98 99 Swami Prem Krishna, Ajol, Gujarat
70.11.12 That which the heart seeks, it always attains. Flowers of Love ~ 74 106 107 Kumari Lalita Rathor, Fatehabad, M.P.
70.11.13 Everything changes except for change. Flowers of Love ~ 104 125 126 Sushree Maunoo (Ma Yoga Kranti), Jabalpur
70.11.13 God purifies in every way. Flowers of Love ~ 71 140 141 Sushree Jayati, Junagadh, Gujarat
70.11.14 When the moon rises in the heavens above, keep gazing at it. Flowers of Love ~ 114 93 94 Sangeeta Khabiya, Ratlam, M.P.
70.11.16 As the birds welcome the sunrise each morning with their songs—so is the life-breath filled with music at the dawning of meditation. Flowers of Love ~ 75 110 111 Shree Rajendra R. Anjaria, Ahmedabad
70.11.16 God’s work alone is my work. Flowers of Love ~ 76 97 98 Shree Kedar Sehgal, Neemuch, M.P.
70.11.16 Do not look for a purpose in life. Flowers of Love ~ 77 122 123 Sushree Neelam Amarjeet, Ludhiana
70.11.16 Once the "I" is surrendered, there is no suffering, no pain. Flowers of Love ~ 78 88 89 Shree Sardari Lal Sehgal, Amritsar
70.11.17 The mundane world is the Ultimate Liberation. Flowers of Love ~ 79 77 78 Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana
70.11.17 Do not expect results in meditation. Flowers of Love ~ 80 89 90 Dr. Savitri C. Patel, Bulsar, Gujarat
70.11.19 The impossible too is not impossible—if resolve is there. Flowers of Love ~ 113 99 100 Kumari Hasumati, Bombay
70.11.20 In the quest for God, there is no support except infinite hope. Flowers of Love ~ 101 80 81 Ma Khishna Karuna, Bombay
70.11.22 I was travelling. Flowers of Love ~ 53 96 97 Shree Dinesh Shahi. Indore, M.P.
70.11.25 Love does not differentiate, even in dreams. Flowers of Love ~ 133 136 137 Shree Chandrakant U. Patel, Baroda, Gujarat
70.11.26 The time is ripe. Flowers of Love ~ 127 86 87 Ma Ananda Madhu, Ajol, Gujarat
70.11.26 How long is the energy to be left asleep? Flowers of Love ~ 128 90 91 Swami Krishna Chaitanya, Ajol, Gujarat
70.11.26 Existence is a play of sun and shade, hope and despair, happiness and sorrow, life and death. Flowers of Love ~ 129 101 102 Ma Yoga Prem, Ajol, Gujarat
70.11.26 In Sannyas, the mundane world is a drama. Flowers of Love ~ 130 128 129 Ma Yoga Priya, Ajol, Gujarat
70.11.26 The seed has no knowledge whatsoever of its own possibilities. Flowers of Love ~ 131 131 132 Ma Yoga Yasha, Ajol, Gujarat
70.11.26 God tests every moment. Flowers of Love ~ 132 149 150 Swami Pragyananda Saraswati, Haridwar
70.11.26 Atheism is the first step toward belief in God. Flowers of Love ~ 134 144 145 Shree Bhavani Sinh, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh
70.11.26 It is not enough even to float in the current of thoughts. Flowers of Love ~ 135 94 95 Shree Labhshankar Pandya, Ahmedabad
70.11.26 Security is nowhere—except in death. Flowers of Love ~ 136 132 133 Dr. Savitri C. Patel, Bulsar, Gujarat
70.11.26 God is far away because we do not know how to see Him near. Flowers of Love ~ 137 150 151 Sushree Jayati, Junagadh
70.11.26 What is Truth? Flowers of Love ~ 138 112 113 Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana
70.11.27 I was waiting for it daily, since you left. The Gateless Gate ~ 05 326 340 Ma Ananda Prema, New York
70.12.07 There are anxieties in life, but it is not necessary to be anxious. Flowers of Love ~ 44 115 116 Shree Ishwarbhai Shah, Jeevan Jagruti Kendra, Bombay
71* ~ 73 Do you want to ask questions? The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 01 156 170 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 A monk asked Hyakujo Yekai: "What is the most miraculous event in the world?" The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 02 220 234 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 Do not imitate anyone. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 03 243 257 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 The problem of life is not philosophical. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 04 180 194 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 Things go on changing without. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 05 155 169 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 In meditation enjoy doing nothing. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 06 186 200 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 The real thing is not to fight with your thoughts, or desires, or instincts. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 07 302 316 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 Walk as if you are not walking. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 08 350 364 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 There is no use for artificial and outward discipline. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 09 289 303 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 Wherever there are words, there is no real meaning. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 10 173 187 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 Life is not a detective story. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 11 344 358 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 The more deeply you will go within yourself—the less and less you will find yourself, and yet, THAT is the very heart of your being. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 12 285 299 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 In life everything is whole and organically whole. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 13 288 302 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 Leave grasping things and thoughts. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 14 307 321 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 Be always positive in each and every situation. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 15 208 222 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 The sun is rising high in the sky. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 16 253 267 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 Never suppress any thought. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 17 342 356 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 Be aware of the mind BEFORE it is stirred by a thought. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 18 335 349 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 Religion is not a promise for the future. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 19 172 186 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 Meditation does not require any application of the mind or use of effort. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 20 179 193 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 Philosophy cannot cure you of questions. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 21 209 223 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 Buddha says: "If the mind does not arise, all things are blameless." The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 22 336 350 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 Fu Ta Shih says: "Each night, one embraces a Buddha while sleeping. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 23 226 240 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 What is meditation? The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 24 306 320 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 One day a man came to the Sufi teacher Bahaudin. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 25 225 239 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 One should never be afraid of rising thoughts or desires but only of the delay in being aware of them. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 26 249 263 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 Three men made their way to the circle of a Sufi, seeking admission to his teachings. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 27 200 214 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 The Divine is that from which one cannot depart. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 28 230 244 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 Always see WHAT IS. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 29 152 166 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 The real religious experience cannot be organized, taught or transmitted. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 30 244 258 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 Mulla Nasrudin was carrying home some liver which he had just bought. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 31 210 224 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 Be like a dead one. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 32 237 251 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 Mulla Nasrudin was searching for something on the ground. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 33 182 196 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 A traveller stops at an inn. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 34 329 343 Ma Yoga Tao
71* ~ 73 Mind and meditation are two names of the same substance — or the same energy. The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 35 316 330 Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.-- You ask for the way to make the invisible visible? A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 163 163
71.--.-- You ask: how far is the destination? A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 164 164
71.--.-- You will become more deeply tied to whatever you desire to become free from. A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 365 365
71.01.07 Freedom from becoming means freedom for BEING. The Gateless Gate ~ 06 221 235 Shree Dharmendra Tukaram Dhokhe, Poona, India
71.01.15 Be in the crowd as if you are alone. The Gateless Gate ~ 07 297 311 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York
71.01.16 When you are with me be completely at ease and relaxed; that is, be totally yourself. The Gateless Gate ~ 08 258 272 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York
71.01.27 Bhakti needs only time to absorb the shock she has come across her deep meditations. The Gateless Gate ~ 09 224 238 Ma Atmananda, New York
71.01.27 I live not by planning and I also feel that that is the only way to be alive at all. The Gateless Gate ~ 10 204 218 Docteur C. Guinebert, Paris
71.01.28 Do not forget the search for the Divine for even a single moment. The Gateless Gate ~ 11 317 331 Ma Ananda Prema, New York
71.02.25 Everything has happened, as it should happen. The Gateless Gate ~ 12 303 317 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York
71.04 ~ 05 The mind is to raise questions. What Is Meditation? ~ 01 254 268 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 Meditation cannot be taught directly. What Is Meditation? ~ 02 293 307 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 See: this is a white paper—it contains a drawing. What Is Meditation? ~ 03 272 286 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 Thinking is necessary, but not enough. What Is Meditation? ~ 04 162 176 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 Man is an everlack. What Is Meditation? ~ 05 160 174 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 John Burroughs remembers: “One day my boy killed what an old hunter told him was a mock duck. What Is Meditation? ~ 06 190 204 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 The ego is necessary for both the sensation of pain and the feeling of pleasure. What Is Meditation? ~ 07 153 167 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 Life goes on flowing. What Is Meditation? ~ 08 345 359 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 Life is a sermon. What Is Meditation? ~ 09 268 282 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 Life is movement. What Is Meditation? ~ 10 240 254 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 A life without meditation is like a winter landscape. What Is Meditation? ~ 11 320 334 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 One day Lin-chi was asked: “What is the essence of meditation?” What Is Meditation? ~ 12 252 266 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 The word is not the thing. What Is Meditation? ~ 13 151 165 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 The way of meditation is above the self. What Is Meditation? ~ 14 184 198 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 You cannot run away from the self. What Is Meditation? ~ 15 277 291 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 A monk asked Daishu Ekai: “What is nirvana (absolute freedom)?” What Is Meditation? ~ 16 339 353 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 A disciple of Rinzai met a party of three men on a river-bridge. What Is Meditation? ~ 17 261 275 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 “How can a man learn to know himself?” enquires Goethe. What Is Meditation? ~ 18 290 304 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 Meditation is the master-key. What Is Meditation? ~ 19 330 344 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 Existence exists in order to exist. What Is Meditation? ~ 20 238 252 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 We settle down where no settling is possible. What Is Meditation? ~ 21 312 326 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 There is no security in life. What Is Meditation? ~ 22 196 210 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 In this world everything is upside down. What Is Meditation? ~ 23 340 354 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 Takuan says: you cannot bathe in solid ice. What Is Meditation? ~ 24 275 289 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 Do not cling to anything or any idea. What Is Meditation? ~ 25 319 333 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 The mind lives in a logical somnambulism. What Is Meditation? ~ 26 292 306 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 Do not believe in thinking. What Is Meditation? ~ 27 213 227 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 The new world revealed in meditation is not something added from the outside. What Is Meditation? ~ 28 177 191 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 The forms of existence are finite. What Is Meditation? ~ 29 194 208 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 The Universe cares for little but play. What Is Meditation? ~ 30 197 211 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 Love to be alone. What Is Meditation? ~ 31 308 322 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 I have no special doctrine or philosophy. What Is Meditation? ~ 32 165 179 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 There is conflict in the mind. What Is Meditation? ~ 33 185 199 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 There is tension. What Is Meditation? ~ 34 167 181 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 Mind is localization of consciousness. What Is Meditation? ~ 35 227 241 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 Life becomes more authentic in encountering death directly. What Is Meditation? ~ 36 245 259 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 Mind means duality. What Is Meditation? ~ 37 301 315 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 Choice is the root-cause of all anguish. What Is Meditation? ~ 38 282 296 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 Man can only know what God is not. What Is Meditation? ~ 39 211 225 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 The past is not. What Is Meditation? ~ 40 259 273 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 Do not be closed to the Universe. What Is Meditation? ~ 41 309 323 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 Nothing great is ever accomplished without going mad. What Is Meditation? ~ 42 263 277 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 Meditation requires understanding and not effort. What Is Meditation? ~ 43 325 339 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 Meditation is beyond knowledge. What Is Meditation? ~ 44 321 335 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05 Mind means consciousness somewhere. What Is Meditation? ~ 45 241 255 Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04.14 Don't take life so seriously! The Gateless Gate ~ 13 327 341 Swami Krishna Christ, New York
71.04.16 I know what is happening to you. The Gateless Gate ~ 14 305 319 Ma Yoga Tao, North Carolina, U.S.A.
71.04.16 Don't think about Surrender at all—because that-which-thinks about it is the only harrier. The Gateless Gate ~ 15 181 195 Ma Yoga Tao, North Carolina, U.S.A.
71.04.16 To me meditation means: be playful and transcend all seriousness. The Gateless Gate ~ 16 256 270 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.04.16 Be ordinary—so ordinary that virtually you come to be no-body. The Gateless Gate ~ 17 286 300 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York
71.04.17 A small boy with a penny tightly clutched in his hot little hand entered the toy-shop and drove the proprietor to distraction, asking him to show this and that and every thing without ever making up his mind. The Eternal Message ~ 03 154 168 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.04.17 Moment to moment life passes into death. The Gateless Gate ~ 18 206 220 Mrs. Kusum, Ludhiana, India
71.04.17 The gates of the temple are wide open—and it is only after thousands of years that such opportunity comes to this earth. The Gateless Gate ~ 19 233 247 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York
71.04.18 Begin the following meditation from tomorrow. The Gateless Gate ~ 20 332 346 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York
71.04.19 Yes—you were related to Yoga Vivek in one of your past lives. The Gateless Gate ~ 21 270 284 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.04.19 You write me that without me you cannot pass through the gate and with me you will not pass through the gate. The Gateless Gate ~ 22 349 363 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York
71.04.19 Go on discarding—Not this, Not this (Neti— Neti). The Gateless Gate ~ 23 215 229 Ma Khishna Karuna, Bombay
71.04.19 It is tragic but true that few people ever possess their souls. The Gateless Gate ~ 29 187 201 Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
71.04.19 Be empty and you will know. The Silent Music ~ 01 251 265 Swami Krishna Saraswati, Bombay
71.04.20 Materialistic societies produce hollow men. The Eternal Message ~ 01 341 355 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.04.20 Only God Is — that is why it is so difficult to find Him. Turning In ~ 01 188 202 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.04.22 Reason is not enough. The Eternal Message ~ 04 174 188 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.04.23 Never to have seen the truth is better than to have seen it and not to have acted upon it. Turning In ~ 02 248 262 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.04.24 Now man knows more about man than ever. The Eternal Message ~ 05 228 242 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.04.24 Man is not the end. Turning In ~ 03 347 361 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.04.25 That which is never lost cannot be found. The Gateless Gate ~ 30 324 338 Shree Inderraj Anand., Bombay
71.04.25 Yes, there is a WAY. Turning In ~ 04 315 329 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.04.26 Do not continue circling in the old rut. The Gateless Gate ~ 24 239 253 Mr. Michael Graham, London
71.04.26 Life does not need comfort, when it can be offered meaning, nor pleasure when it can be shown purpose. Turning In ~ 05 198 212 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.04.27 The self can never be free. Turning In ~ 06 232 246 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.04.28 The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The Eternal Message ~ 09 250 264 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.04.28 The secret of meditation is the art of unlearning. Turning In ~ 07 199 213 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.04.29 Man is free to decide — but not free, not to decide. Turning In ~ 08 328 342 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.04.30 Man is strange—very strange. The Eternal Message ~ 06 191 205 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.04.30 To be religious is to be a yea-sayer. Turning In ~ 09 192 206 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.01 Look at yourself without thinking, evaluating or judging. The Eternal Message ~ 07 331 345 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.01 Everything belongs to the man who wants nothing. Turning In ~ 10 333 347 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.02 With thought the mind has boundaries. The Eternal Message ~ 08 175 189 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.02 Goethe is said to have cried when dying: “Light, light, more light!” The Silent Music ~ 02 346 360 Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris
71.05.02 Be free at the centre. Turning In ~ 11 295 309 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.03 Just drop yourself into the Divine and be purified. The Eternal Message ~ 10 271 285 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.03 The eyes are blind—one must look with the heart. The Silent Music ~ 03 337 351 Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris
71.05.03 Detach yourself from all fixed ideas. Turning In ~ 12 264 278 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.03 Ask for nothing and you will never be frustrated. Turning In ~ 13 159 173 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.03 You possess only that which will not be lost in death. Turning In ~ 14 262 276 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.04 Meditation is like the sea, receiving the dirty river and yet remaining pure. The Eternal Message ~ 12 236 250 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.04 Live in the body intimately. The Silent Music ~ 04 189 203 Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris
71.05.05 Meditation is disciplined opening of the self to God. The Silent Music ~ 05 265 279 Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris
71.05.05 Man is unaware of himself. Turning In ~ 15 287 301 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.06 Meditate, Pray and Wait. The Silent Music ~ 06 294 308 Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris
71.05.06 It is impossible to conceive the Divine intellectually. Turning In ~ 16 343 357 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.07 There are three forms of knowledge. Turning In ~ 17 169 183 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.08 There is no proof of the Divine in the world. Turning In ~ 30 280 294 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.09 Truth is aristocratic. Turning In ~ 18 281 295 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.10 If the present is just continuous with the past then it is not present at all. The Eternal Message ~ 30 255 269 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.10 Whatever I say is nothing new, neither is it anything old. The Silent Music ~ 07 323 337 Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris
71.05.10 Religion is so much an experience that it cannot be handed over by one to another. Turning In ~ 19 163 177 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.11 When I say mutation—I do not mean simply change. The Eternal Message ~ 13 171 185 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.11 Live humbly and in wonder. The Silent Music ~ 08 334 348 Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris
71.05.12 There are things which cannot be proved. The Silent Music ~ 09 257 271 Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris
71.05.13 The attitude is everything. The Eternal Message ~ 11 195 209 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.13 Thought is divisive. The Eternal Message ~ 15 216 230 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.13 Do not think of others and waste your time. Turning In ~ 20 178 192 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.14 No ideology can help to create a new world. The Eternal Message ~ 16 260 274 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.14 Do you hear me? The Gateless Gate ~ 25 296 310 Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
71.05.15 Knowledge is accumulation. The Eternal Message ~ 18 202 216 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.15 Fear cripples consciousness. The Gateless Gate ~ 26 161 175 Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
71.05.15 We kneel down to ourselves. The Gateless Gate ~ 27 276 290 Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
71.05.15 The whole yoga has gone dead because of imitation. Turning In ~ 21 311 325 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.16 Use dreaming consciously as meditation. The Gateless Gate ~ 28 348 362 Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
71.05.17 Total acceptance of existence is impossible for the mind. The Eternal Message ~ 14 235 249 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.17 Be a stranger to yourself. The Silent Music ~ 10 207 221 Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
71.05.17 Death is everywhere, but everyone deceives himself that it is not for him. The Silent Music ~ 11 313 327 Swami Krishna Saraswati, Bombay
71.05.17 Man asks questions and then answers them himself. Turning In ~ 22 218 232 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.18 Always remember the golden rule: One step at a time. The Silent Music ~ 12 201 215 Swami Krishna Kabeer, Ahmedabad, India
71.05.18 Why does man suffer? The Silent Music ~ 13 231 245 Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
71.05.18 There is no answer to man's ultimate questions. Turning In ~ 23 291 305 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.18 Emptiness is all. Turning In ~ 24 217 231 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.19 Religion is living without conflict. The Eternal Message ~ 20 223 237 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.19 Meditation is a mirror. The Silent Music ~ 14 166 180 Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
71.05.19 Emptiness is not really emptiness. Turning In ~ 25 298 312 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.19 The world itself is a punishment enough. Turning In ~ 26 164 178 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.20 It is very easy to progress from one illusion to another. The Eternal Message ~ 22 322 336 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.20 I know that the apprenticeship is very hard but WORTH. The Silent Music ~ 15 304 318 Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
71.05.20 The journey is long. The Silent Music ~ 16 170 184 Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York
71.05.20 Man goes on dreaming and desiring. The Silent Music ~ 17 214 228 Swami Krishna Kabeer, Ahmedabad, India
71.05.20 Are you really aware of what anger is? The Silent Music ~ 18 247 261 Swami Chaitanya Veetaraga, Raipur, India
71.05.20 No more principles are needed. Turning In ~ 27 222 236 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.21 Life is non-fragmentary. The Eternal Message ~ 02 300 314 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.21 Truth is never second-hand. The Eternal Message ~ 19 266 280 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.21 If one is aware of the present moment, then one also becomes aware of the fact that there is no 'me' inside. The Silent Music ~ 19 203 217 Swami Chaitanya Veetaraga, Raipur, India
71.05.22 Man adds everything to his ego while everything goes on without him. The Eternal Message ~ 23 246 260 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.22 Anger, violence, greed or envy cannot be overcome by the cultivation of their opposites. The Eternal Message ~ 24 205 219 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.22 Begin to live positively. The Eternal Message ~ 25 193 207 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.22 God is when you are not. The Silent Music ~ 20 168 182 Swami Chaitanya Veetaraga, Raipur, India
71.05.22 Logic is not all. The Silent Music ~ 21 234 248 Swami Krishna Saraswati, Bombay
71.05.22 Remember always the ONE who is inside the body. The Silent Music ~ 22 338 352 Swami Krishna Kabeer, Ahmedabad, India
71.05.22 Life is a dream. The Silent Music ~ 23 229 243 Swami Ananda Paramhansa, Jabalpur, India
71.05.22 From sound to soundlessness is the path. The Silent Music ~ 30 273 287 Swami Yoga Chinmaya, Bombay
71.05.23 Silence is benediction. The Silent Music ~ 24 283 297 Swami Chaitanya Veetaraga, Raipur, India
71.05.23 Ego plays a subtle role everywhere. The Silent Music ~ 25 310 324 Swami Krishna Saraswati, Bombay
71.05.24 There is no end to man's self-deception. The Silent Music ~ 26 183 197 Swami Yoga Chinmaya, Bombay
71.05.24 Man is not a rational animal—but only a rationalizing one. The Silent Music ~ 27 267 281 Swami Yoga Chinmaya, Bombay
71.05.24 Information is not knowledge. The Silent Music ~ 28 314 328 Swami Krishna Kabeer, Ahmedabad, India
71.05.24 Yes—man learns by experience! Turning In ~ 28 242 256 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.25 The mind always thinks in terms of the self. The Eternal Message ~ 26 219 233 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.25 To explore truth one must be free of one's prejudices. The Silent Music ~ 29 284 298 Swami Chaitanya Veetaraga, Raipur, India
71.05.26 Search and the ego is always somewhere behind. The Eternal Message ~ 17 278 292 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.26 A madman entered the bazar and declaimed: "The moon is more useful than the sun." The Eternal Message ~ 27 158 172 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.27 Knowledge is through experiencing. The Eternal Message ~ 21 279 293 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.29 The will to wholeness is inherent in everything. Turning In ~ 29 176 190 Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.30 There was once a man who was obsessed with the idea that there was a secret knower in those who achieved success. The Eternal Message ~ 28 212 226 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.05.30 Metaphysics is born out of childish curiosity. The Eternal Message ~ 29 318 332 Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)