A Cup of Tea (sources)

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), and translated as Flowers of Love:

New translations from the Hindi by Sw Anand Maitreya

New English versions by Sw Anand Somendra.

(The editing from Flowers of Love to A Cup of Tea is extensive, to the point that some letters are almost unrecognizable. It is not known which would be better, although sometimes we have the impression that Flowers of Love is more original. But this can only be decided by comparing with the original Hindi.)

Letters #151 to 350 had previously been published in other books :

• The Silent Music - 30 letters, original English
• Turning In (letters) - 30 letters, original English
• What Is Meditation? - 45 letters, original English
• The Gateless Gate - 30 letters, original English, although 4 were sent to India, these may have been in Hindi **
• The Dimensionless Dimension - 35 letters, original English
• The Eternal Message - 30 letters, original English

Starting with the 1996 edition there are 365 letters, so 15 more :

• A Cup of Tea (1996) - 15 letters. They are translationf from Hindi:

• 13 letters are translation from Antarveena (अंतर्वीणा) (ch.14, 22, 30, 54, 56, 59, 61, 67, 69, 82, 84, 99 and 146)
• 2 letters are translation of Ghoonghat Ke Pat Khol (घूंघट के पट खोल) (ch.109 and 148).

• Sort-order : the 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.
• Date : this shows either the date that is mentioned in the original publications (Hindi or English), or an indication of the date as far as known. Dates are shown as in TimeCode).
  For more on the unknown dates, see the link to the original publications, above.
• 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 each edition.
• Addressee: shows the literal text of the addressee, as mentioned in the original publication (for Flowers of Love shown addressees from Prem Ke Phool (प्रेम के फूल))

date	first distinctive sentence	original publication	A Cup of Tea (1980 & 1983)	A Cup of Tea (1996 & later)	Addressee
62.07.13	I have been meaning to write since a long time, but because of preoccupations I could not.	Prem Ke Phool 105 / Flowers of Love 105	2	2	Ms Jaya Bahin Shah, Bombay
62.08.13	How lovingly you insist on my writing something.	Prem Ke Phool 17 / Flowers of Love 17	1	1	Lala Shree Sundarlal, Bungalow Road, Jawahar Nagar, Delhi-7
62.10.01 (*3)	I am not writing anything at the moment.	Prem Ke Phool 18 / Flowers of Love 18	3	3	Lala Sundarlal, Delhi
62.10.05	I am grateful for your affectionate letter.	Prem Ke Phool 106 / Flowers of Love 106	4	4	Ms Jaya Bahin Shah, Bombay
62.10.20	I was out, but your letter followed me and reached me during my journey.	Prem Ke Phool 107 / Flowers of Love 107	6	6	Ms Jaya Shah, Bombay
62.11.21 (*3)	It is God's grace that you are working toward the revelation of the inner light.	Prem Ke Phool 108 / Flowers of Love 108	5	5	Ms Jaya Shah, Bombay
62.12.14	I fill with joy at your desire to attain peace.	Prem Ke Phool 109 / Flowers of Love 109	7	7	Ms Jaya Shah, Bombay
63.01.12	I was awaiting your letter when it came.	Prem Ke Phool 110 / Flowers of Love 110	10	10	Ms Jaya Ben Shah, Bombay
63.02.10	The trip to Rajnagar was enjoyable.	Prem Ke Phool 111 / Flowers of Love 111	11	11	Ms Jaya Shah, Bombay
63.02.12	I have just returned from Rajnagar (Rajasthan).	Prem Ke Phool 19 / Flowers of Love 19	13	13	Lala Sundarlal, Delhi
63.06.03	I was out for the whole month of May, so my health was affected.	Prem Ke Phool 20 / Flowers of Love 20	8	8	Lala Sundarlal, Delhi
63.11.01	As I was very busy, I could not reply earlier.	Prem Ke Phool 25 / Flowers of Love 25	12	12	Lala Sundarlal, Delhi
63.12.02 (*3)	During the journey, I read your letter.	Prem Ke Phool 24 / Flowers of Love 24	9	9	Mr Rohit Kumar Mittal, Khandwa (MP)
64.06.17	I was out.	Prem Ke Phool 21 / Flowers of Love 21	19	19	Lala Sundarlal, Delhi
64.10.26	After returning from the meditation camp, I had gone out of town again.	Prem Ke Phool 125 / Flowers of Love 125	15	15	Ms Sohan Bafna, Poona
64.11.02	I have received your very loving letter.	Prem Ke Phool 124 / Flowers of Love 124	14	14	Ms Sohan Bafna, Poona
64.11.11	Love—and yet more love.	Prem Ke Phool 117 / Flowers of Love 117	18	18	Sohan Bafna, Poona
64.11.23	The peace that is within me—you desire.	Prem Ke Phool 118 / Flowers of Love 118	17	17	Ms Sohan Bafna, Poona
64.12.05	Your words have made me very happy.	Prem Ke Phool 8 / Flowers of Love 8	16	16	Ms Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.01.04	I am going out again tonight.	Prem Ke Phool 119 / Flowers of Love 119	25	25	Ms Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.02.03	I am happy to know that you are happy.	Prem Ke Phool 2 / Flowers of Love 2	28	28	Ms Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.02.17	The train was five hours late.	Prem Ke Phool 5 / Flowers of Love 5	22	22	Ms Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.03.03	From the pile of letters awaiting me on my return, I first looked for yours!	Prem Ke Phool 6 / Flowers of Love 6	30	30	Ms Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.03.12	The heart was overwhelmed with your poem.	Prem Ke Phool 1 / Flowers of Love 1	33	33	Ms Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.03.17 **	On my return home, I was awaiting your letter.	Prem Ke Phool 9 / Flowers of Love 9	26	26	Ms Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.03.22	I had never imagined that you would write such lovely letters!	Prem Ke Phool 10 / Flowers of Love 10	34	34	Ms Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.04.17	I came here yesterday and have been thinking of writing ever since, but I am just writing now.	Prem Ke Phool 7 / Flowers of Love 7	31	31	Ms Sohan, Poona
65.04.24	But waiting is—oh! so sweet!	Prem Ke Phool 11 / Flowers of Love 11	32	32	Ms Sohan, Poona
65.04.29	You have hurt your finger: it looks as if you are not paying attention to your body.	Prem Ke Phool 121 / Flowers of Love 121	29	29	Ms Sohan, Poona
65.05.09	It was just this time of night, two days ago, that I left you at Chittor.	Prem Ke Phool 126 / Flowers of Love 126	35	35	Ms Sohan, Poona
65.06.01	I was sitting in the same spot in the grass when it came.	Prem Ke Phool 122 / Flowers of Love 122	27	27	Ms Sohan, Poona
65.06.07	I looked for your letter as soon as I came yesterday.	Prem Ke Phool 123 / Flowers of Love 123	23	23	Ms Sohan, Poona
65.06.09	I look at it—how simple and innocent you appear!	Prem Ke Phool 3 / Flowers of Love 3	21	21	Ms Sohan Bafna, Poona
65.06.14	The love blossoms with which you weave your garlands— their fragrance reaches me!	Prem Ke Phool 4 / Flowers of Love 4	24	24	Ms 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!"	Prem Ke Phool 120 / Flowers of Love 120	20	20	Ms Sohan Bafna, Poona
66.--.--	You have asked about "sense of humour".	Prem Ke Phool 30 / Flowers of Love 30	43	43	Ms Shirish Pai, Bombay
66.--.--	The wheel of the mundane world keeps revolving.	Prem Ke Phool 32 / Flowers of Love 32	39	39	Ms Shirish Pai, Bombay
66.03.11	I am happy to see your thirst for God.	Prem Ke Phool 27 / Flowers of Love 27	38	38	Ms Shirish Pai, Bombay
66.03.26	I was very happy to meet you that day.	Prem Ke Phool 28 / Flowers of Love 28	36	36	Ms Shirish Pai, Bombay
66.04.02	I welcome the resolution that is taking birth within you.	Prem Ke Phool 29 / Flowers of Love 29	40	40	Ms Shirish Pai, Bombay
66.06.04	You have asked about sex.	Prem Ke Phool 31 / Flowers of Love 31	42	42	Ms 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.	Prem Ke Phool 112 / Flowers of Love 112	41	41	Mr Jayanti Bhai, Bombay
66.12.19 (*3)	It is good that you are forgetting the past.	Prem Ke Phool 33 / Flowers of Love 33	37	37	Ms Shirish Pai, Bombay
67.04.05	What gift is greater than love?	Prem Ke Phool 34 / Flowers of Love 34	44	44	Ms Shirish Pai, Bombay
68.06.18	Truth is unknown, and therefore the known has to be abandoned in order to attain it.	Prem Ke Phool 14 / Flowers of Love 14	47	47	Mr Omprakash Agrawal, Jalandhar, Punjab
68.06.30	How can it ever be that the ray of love comes without the fragrance of joy?	Prem Ke Phool 116 / Flowers of Love 116	49	49	Mr Mahipal, Bombay
68.07.18	Your letter and your inquiry.	Prem Ke Phool 42 / Flowers of Love 42	48	48	Ms Kanchan Bahan, Balsar, Gujarat
68.09.10	I am always with you.	Prem Ke Phool 13 / Flowers of Love 13	51	52	Mr Om Prakash Agrawal, Jalandhar, Punjab
68.09.14	About death I have remained quiet on purpose, because I want to awaken inquiry about life.	Antarveena 14 / A Cup of Tea (1996) 51		51	Dr. Ramchandra Prasad, Patna University, Patna (Bihar)
68.09.29	I know very well the thirst of your soul.	Prem Ke Phool 16 / Flowers of Love 16	50	50	Mrs Jayavanti Shukla, Junagarh, Gujarat
68.10.02	You must be tired of waiting for the reply.	Prem Ke Phool 40 / Flowers of Love 40	46	46	Ms Kanchan Bahan, Balsar, Gujarat
68.12.12	The time of birth will have to be looked up.	Prem Ke Phool 15 / Flowers of Love 15	45	45	Mr Anup Babu, Surendranagar
69.03.27	I consider life as a WHOLE.	Prem Ke Phool 12 / Flowers of Love 12	70	71	Mr M.T. Kamdar, Mr Suresh B. Joshi, Mr Nanubhai and Mr Karelia, Bhavnagar (Gujarat)
69.04.24	The drop has not to become the Ocean.	Prem Ke Phool 22 / Flowers of Love 22	62	63	Mr Pushkar Gokani, Dwarka, Gujarat
69.07.01	Leave the old track.	Prem Ke Phool 88 / Flowers of Love 88	67	68	Ms Bhagavati Advani, Bombay
69.08.01	Where is Truth?	Prem Ke Phool 96 / Flowers of Love 96	61	62	Swami Kriyananda, Bombay
69.08.15	Do not seek liberation in opposition to life.	Prem Ke Phool 97 / Flowers of Love 97	64	65	Swami Kriyananda, Bombay
69.08.18	Love has not to be asked for.	Prem Ke Phool 26 / Flowers of Love 26	52	53	Ms Jayavanti, Junagadh
69.08.19	Man is a slave.	Prem Ke Phool 89 / Flowers of Love 89	71	72	Ms Advani, Bombay
69.08.20	Truth is like the sky—eternal everlasting, boundless.	Prem Ke Phool 86 / Flowers of Love 86	68	69	Ms Jayavanti Shukla, Junagadh, Gujarat
69.09.08	When has communion ever been possible between two persons?	Prem Ke Phool 35 / Flowers of Love 35	53	54	the poet Bachchan, Delhi
69.09.09	Be aware in the waking state.	Prem Ke Phool 23 / Flowers of Love 23	58	59	Mr Ghanashyamdas Janmejai, Gwalior (MP)
69.10.25	I say: "Die, so that you can be."	Prem Ke Phool 83 / Flowers of Love 83	66	67	Mr Shiv, Jabalpur
69.11.03	Your letter, as pure and virgin as your heart, has filled me with joy.	Prem Ke Phool 36 / Flowers of Love 36	59	60	Mrs Kusum, Ludhiana, Punjab
69.11.03	Your letter has filled the heart with joy.	Prem Ke Phool 38 / Flowers of Love 38	57	58	Ms Anasuya, Bombay
69.11.03	But they are not just letters: they are poems, in fact, born out of love.	Prem Ke Phool 39 / Flowers of Love 39	56	57	Ms Dolly Deedee, Poona, Maharashtra
69.11.03	Life is an infinite mystery.	Prem Ke Phool 84 / Flowers of Love 84	63	64	Mr Narendra, Jabalpur
69.11.15	Where is one to seek for Truth.	Prem Ke Phool 87 / Flowers of Love 87	69	70	Ms Jayavanti Shukla, Junagadh, Gujarat
69.11.19	Like the seed within the soil awaits the rains, you await God-	Prem Ke Phool 37 / Flowers of Love 37	65	66	Ms Kusum, Ludhiana
69.12.07	How happy I am to receive your letter—how shall I say it?	Prem Ke Phool 41 / Flowers of Love 41	60	61	Mr Ramkrishna Dikshit 'Vishva', Jabalpur (MP)
69.12.07	More so because you have sent an unwritten blank paper.	Prem Ke Phool 43 / Flowers of Love 43	55	56	Ms Darshan Valia, Bombay
69.12.20	I am one with ALL.	Prem Ke Phool 92 / Flowers of Love 92	54	55	Ms Laxmi, Bombay
70.12.30	Society is only a collectivity of individuals.	Antarveena 99 / A Cup of Tea (1996) 162		162	Mr L.H. Vaidy, M.B., B.S., per - Mr R.J. Vala, B.E., Sanghadiya Bazaar, Mochi Gali, Junagadh (Gujarat)
70.--.--	Do not fight with yourself.	Prem Ke Phool 57 / Flowers of Love 57	79	80	Swami Mohan Chaitanya, Moga, Punjab
70.--.--	The feeling of separation is auspicious.	Prem Ke Phool 58 / Flowers of Love 58	111	112	Mr Sardarilal Sahagal, Amritsar, Punjab
70.--.--	Thought is the power of man.	Prem Ke Phool 72 / Flowers of Love 72	82	83	Mr Premshankar Pande, Manmad, Maharashtra
70.01.02	Repose is the supreme goal.	Prem Ke Phool 49 / Flowers of Love 49	74	75	Mr Yashwant Mehta, 21/22 Pritamnagar, Ellis Bridge, Ahmedabad
70.01.02	Why do you seek for a purpose at all?	Prem Ke Phool 50 / Flowers of Love 50	73	74	Mr Mathura Babu, Patna
70.02.15	There is a great difference between love and mercy.	Prem Ke Phool 55 / Flowers of Love 55	129	130	Dr M.R. Gautam, principal: Music Department, Hindu University, Banaras (UP)
70.02.16	Do not be afraid of sexual desire.	Prem Ke Phool 45 / Flowers of Love 45	126	127	Ms Jayantilal, Bhavnagar, Gujarat
70.02.16	You say you feel as if you are "broken".	Prem Ke Phool 47 / Flowers of Love 47	120	121	Ms Anusuya Bahan, Bombay **
70.02.16	As the soil becomes thirsty for rains after the hot summer, so too are you thirsty for God.	Prem Ke Phool 48 / Flowers of Love 48	78	79	Ms Kusum Bahin, Ludhiana
70.02.16	Do not fall into the turmoil of quietening the mind.	Prem Ke Phool 56 / Flowers of Love 56	91	92	Dr M.R. Gautam, Banaras
70.02.17	Do not desire bliss.	Prem Ke Phool 46 / Flowers of Love 46	104	105	Ms Jayant Bhat, Nargol, dist. Balsar, Gujarat
70.02.17	So much sufferiug has to be undergone.	Prem Ke Phool 54 / Flowers of Love 54	143	144	Ms Jayavanti, Junagadh
70.03.27	The moment of self-revolution is near.	Prem Ke Phool 141 / Flowers of Love 141	109	110	Babubhai (now Swami Krishna Chaitanya), Sanskar Teerth, Ajol, Gujarat
70.04.08	You have asked for my Ten Commandments.	Prem Ke Phool 59 / Flowers of Love 59	123	124	Dr. Ramchandra Prasad, Patna University, Patna
70.04.08	The quest for meaning is absurd.	Prem Ke Phool 62 / Flowers of Love 62	119	120	Mr Pushparaj Sharma, Shimla
70.04.08	The “I” has not to be given up.	Prem Ke Phool 63 / Flowers of Love 63	84	85	Mrs Mayadevi Jain, Chandigarh, Punjab
70.04.08	Seek—seek—and seek.	Prem Ke Phool 64 / Flowers of Love 64	92	93	Ms Kusum, Ludhiana
70.04.08	Ah, if the flute were without, the music could have been heard!	Prem Ke Phool 65 / Flowers of Love 65	137	138	Mr Jayantilal P. Vyas, Udaipur
70.04.08	Dreams also are true.	Prem Ke Phool 66 / Flowers of Love 66	145	146	Ms Guna Shah, Bombay
70.04.08	You have asked so many questions!	Prem Ke Phool 67 / Flowers of Love 67	103	104	Kumari Rekha Giradhardas, Rajkot, Gujarat
70.04.10 **	I am happy to know that your mother's death reminded you of your own.	Prem Ke Phool 61 / Flowers of Love 61	102	103	Mr Mathuraprasad Mishra, Patna, Bihar
70.04.11	Be not in haste.	Prem Ke Phool 60 / Flowers of Love 60	72	73	Mr Babubhai Shah, Sanskar Teerth, Ajol, Gujarat
70.04.11	You wish for the sun: you will definitely find it.	Prem Ke Phool 144 / Flowers of Love 144	121	122	Kumari Jasu (now Ma Yoga Prem), Rajkot, Sanskar Teerth, Ajol, Gujarat (*4)
70.05.01	Why is there so much suffering in man's life?	Prem Ke Phool 81 / Flowers of Love 81	85	86	Mr Shiv, Jabalpur
70.05.07	Truth is attained not by swimming, but by drowning.	Prem Ke Phool 85 / Flowers of Love 85	118	119	Mr Arvind Kumar, Jabalpur
70.05.13	All crutches are barriers.	Prem Ke Phool 51 / Flowers of Love 51	83	84	Mr Ramakant Upadhyaya, Kathmandu, Nepal
70.05.13	There is a music—which has no sound.	Prem Ke Phool 52 / Flowers of Love 52	75	76	Ms Kusum Bahan, Ludhiana
70.06.10	Do not ever be worried about me.	Prem Ke Phool 68 / Flowers of Love 68	130	131	Ms Jayavanti, Junagadh
70.06.10	The springs of meditation are nearby.	Prem Ke Phool 69 / Flowers of Love 69	138	139	Lala Sundarlal, Delhi
70.08.17 (*2)	I am thrilled with great expectations about you.	The Gateless Gate 1	274	288	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York
70.09.05	Wittgenstein has said somewhere, "That which cannot be said must not be said."	Prem Ke Phool 93 / Flowers of Love 93	134	135	Ma Yoga Laxmi, Bombay
70.09.07	Religion too has to take new birth in every age.	Antarveena 22 / A Cup of Tea (1996) 152		152	Ma Yoga Bhagavati, Bombay
70.09.11	Detachment is not related with objects, but with thoughts.	Prem Ke Phool 103 / Flowers of Love 103	87	88	Ms Maunu (Kranti), Jabalpur (MP)
70.09.15	Without doubt, how will the search begin?	Prem Ke Phool 82 / Flowers of Love 82	147	148	Mr Shiv, Jabalpur
70.09.22	It is not that only a seed is a seed.	Prem Ke Phool 94 / Flowers of Love 94	146	147	Ma Yoga Laxmi, Bombay
70.10.01	Suppression becomes attractive.	Prem Ke Phool 95 / Flowers of Love 95	141	142	Ma Yoga Laxmi, Bombay
70.10.14	Infinite hope is theism.	Prem Ke Phool 90 / 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.	Prem Ke Phool 100 / Flowers of Love 100	116	117	Ma Krishna Karuna, Bombay
70.10.15	The news of the commune thrills my heart.	Prem Ke Phool 139 / Flowers of Love 139	124	125	Ma Anand Madhu, Sanskar Teerth, Ajol, Gujarat
70.10.15	I am happy to be the witness of your new birth.	Prem Ke Phool 142 / Flowers of Love 142	105	106	Swami Krishna Chaitanya, Sanskar Teerth, Ajol, Gujarat
70.10.15 (*3)	Love alone is now your prayer.	Prem Ke Phool 145 / Flowers of Love 145	148	149	Ma Yoga Prem, Sanskar Teerth, Ajol, Gujarat
70.10.15	I am very happy on your having taken Sannyas.	Prem Ke Phool 146 / Flowers of Love 146	81	82	Ma Yoga Priya, Sanskar Teerth, Ajol, Gujarat
70.10.15	Be of steel—it will not do now to be of clay.	Prem Ke Phool 149 / Flowers of Love 149	127	128	Swami Anandmurti, Ahmedabad
70.10.15	Sannyas is the journey to Mount "Gaurishanker".	Prem Ke Phool 150 / Flowers of Love 150	135	136	Ma Yoga Samadhi, Rajkot, Gujarat
70.10.20	Man does not live in realities; he lives in dreams.	Prem Ke Phool 98 / Flowers of Love 98	114	115	Swami Yoga Chinmaya, Bombay
70.10.25	The temple of the Lord can only be entered by a dancing, singing, happy heart.	Prem Ke Phool 70 / Flowers of Love 70	108	109	Ms Jayati Shukla, per Dr. Hemant P. Shukla, Anavar Street, Kadiyavad, Junagadh, Gujarat
70.10.25	Love also is fire.	Prem Ke Phool 115 / Flowers of Love 115	117	118	Mr Sardarilal Sahagal, New Misri Bazar, Amritsar
70.10.25	The beginning of struggle is auspicious.	Prem Ke Phool 140 / Flowers of Love 140	95	96	Ma Anand Madhu, Sanskar Teerth, Ajol, Gujarat
70.10.25 (*2)	I hope you will be in deep meditation.	The Gateless Gate 2	157	171	Ma Saraswati, Paris
70.10.25 (*2)	Come here.	The Gateless Gate 3	299	313	Dr. Jean Georges Henrotte, Paris
70.10.27 (*2)	I know your inner condition more than you know yourself.	The Gateless Gate 4	269	283	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York
70.10.27 (*3)	Power is within your own Self.	Prem Ke Phool 143 / Flowers of Love 143	100	101	Swami Krishna Chaitanya, Sanskar Teerth, Ajol, Gujarat
70.11.01	The resolve of Sannyas is an auspicious beginning.	Prem Ke Phool 102 / Flowers of Love 102	113	114	Ms Maunu (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.	Prem Ke Phool 99 / Flowers of Love 99	139	140	Swami Yoga Chinmaya, Bombay
70.11.06	God alone is our wealth.	Prem Ke Phool 91 / Flowers of Love 91	76	77	Ma Yoga Bhagavati, Bombay
70.11.11	My good wishes on your new life.	Prem Ke Phool 147 / Flowers of Love 147	107	108	Ma Yoga Yasha, Vishvanid, Sanskar Teerth, Ajol, Gujarat
70.11.12	Live in Truth—there is no other way of knowing Truth.	Prem Ke Phool 73 / Flowers of Love 73	142	143	Yogi Satyanand, Tikamgarh (MP)
70.11.12	That which the heart seeks, it always attains.	Prem Ke Phool 74 / Flowers of Love 74	106	107	Kumari Lalita Rathor, Chandravatiganj, Fatehabad (MP)
70.11.12	The fragrance of Sannyas is to be transmitted to the world.	Prem Ke Phool 148 / Flowers of Love 148	98	99	Swami Prem Krishna, Vishvanid, Sanskar Teerth, Ajol, Gujarat
70.11.12	Drop the fear, because the moment you hold on to it, it multiplies.	Antarveena 30 / A Cup of Tea (1996) 153		153	Ma Yoga Prem, Vishvanid, Sanskar-Teerth, Ajol, Gujarat
70.11.13	God purifies in every way.	Prem Ke Phool 71 / Flowers of Love 71	140	141	Mrs Jayavanti Shukla, Junagadh, Gujarat
70.11.13	Everything changes except for change.	Prem Ke Phool 104 / Flowers of Love 104	125	126	Ms Maunu (Kranti), Jabalpur
70.11.14	When the moon rises in the heavens above, keep gazing at it.	Prem Ke Phool 114 / Flowers of Love 114	93	94	C. Sangeeta Khabiya, Khabiya house, Chomukhi Pul, Ratlam (MP)
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.	Prem Ke Phool 75 / Flowers of Love 75	110	111	Mr Rajendra R. Anjariya, Bombay Blocks, Maninagar, Ahmedabad
70.11.16	God’s work alone is my work.	Prem Ke Phool 76 / Flowers of Love 76	97	98	Mr Kedar Sinhal, Mr Ramkrishna Seva Mishan, 319, Ghanta Ghar, Neemuch (MP)
70.11.16	Do not look for a purpose in life.	Prem Ke Phool 77 / Flowers of Love 77	122	123	Ms Neelam Amarjeet, 12-R, Model Town, Ludhiana
70.11.16	Once the "I" is surrendered, there is no suffering, no pain.	Prem Ke Phool 78 / Flowers of Love 78	88	89	Mr Sardari Lal Sahagal, New Mishri Bazar, Amritsar, Punjab
70.11.17	The mundane world is the Ultimate Liberation.	Prem Ke Phool 79 / Flowers of Love 79	77	78	Ms Kusum, per Mr Kapil Mohan Chandhok, 90-A, Industrial Area, Kwality Ice Cream company, Oswal Road, Ludhiana, Punjab
70.11.17	Do not expect results in meditation.	Prem Ke Phool 80 / Flowers of Love 80	89	90	Dr. Savitri C. Patel, Mohanlal D. nursing house, Post-Killa Pardi, Bulsar, Gujarat
70.11.19	The impossible too is not impossible—if resolve is there.	Prem Ke Phool 113 / Flowers of Love 113	99	100	Kumari Hasumati H Dalal, Lad residence, 3 Ra Mala, room no.26, Ardhashwar Dadi street, Bombay-4
70.11.20	In the quest for God, there is no support except infinite hope.	Prem Ke Phool 101 / Flowers of Love 101	80	81	Ma Krishna Karuna, Bombay
70.11.22	I was travelling.	Prem Ke Phool 53 / Flowers of Love 53	96	97	Mr Dinesh Shahi, Indore (MP)
70.11.25 (3)	Existence is a play of sun and shade, hope and despair, happiness and sorrow, life and death.	Prem Ke Phool 129 / Flowers of Love 129	101	102	Ma Yoga Prem, Vishvanid, Sanskar Teerth, Ajol, Gujarat
70.11.26	The time is ripe.	Prem Ke Phool 127 / Flowers of Love 127	86	87	Ma Anand Madhu, Vishvanid, Sanskar Teerth, Ajol, Gujarat
70.11.26	How long is the energy to be left asleep?	Prem Ke Phool 128 / Flowers of Love 128	90	91	Swami Krishna Chaitanya, Vishvanid, Sanskar Teerth, Ajol, Gijarat
70.11.26	In Sannyas, the mundane world is a drama.	Prem Ke Phool 130 / Flowers of Love 130	128	129	Ma Yoga Priya, Vishvanid, Sanskar Teerth, Ajol, Gujarat
70.11.26	The seed has no knowledge whatsoever of its own possibilities.	Prem Ke Phool 131 / Flowers of Love 131	131	132	Ma Yoga Yasha, Vishvanid, Sanskar Teerth, Ajol, Gujarat
70.11.26	God tests every moment.	Prem Ke Phool 132 / Flowers of Love 132	149	150	Swami Pragyananand Saraswati, sadhana house, Kankhal, Haridwar
70.11.26 (*3)	Love does not differentiate, even in dreams.	Prem Ke Phool 133 / Flowers of Love 133	136	137	Mr Chandrakant N. Patel, Asothalav, opposite of Bank of Baroda, Raopura, Baroda, Gujarat
70.11.26	Atheism is the first step toward belief in God.	Prem Ke Phool 134 / Flowers of Love 134	144	145	Mr Bhavanisingh, post of village - Trahel, via - Alhilal, dist. Kangra, Himachal Pradesh
70.11.26	It is not enough even to float in the current of thoughts.	Prem Ke Phool 135 / Flowers of Love 135	94	95	Mr Labhshankar Pandya, Pandya Brothers, optician, Gandhi Road, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
70.11.26	Security is nowhere—except in death.	Prem Ke Phool 136 / Flowers of Love 136	132	133	Dr. Savitri C. Patel, Mohanlal D. nursing house, P. Killa Pardi, dist. Bulsar, Gujarat
70.11.26	God is far away because we do not know how to see Him near.	Prem Ke Phool 137 / Flowers of Love 137	150	151	Ms Jayati Shukla, per Dr. Hemant Shukla, Kadiyavad, Junagadh, Gujarat
70.11.26	What is Truth?	Prem Ke Phool 138 / Flowers of Love 138	112	113	Ms Kusum, Ludhiana, Punjab
70.11.27 (*2)	I was waiting for it daily, since you left.	The Gateless Gate 5	326	340	Ma Ananda Prema, New York
70.12.07	There are anxieties in life, but it is not necessary to be anxious.	Prem Ke Phool 44 / Flowers of Love 44	115	116	Mr Ishwarbhai Shah, Jeevan Jagruti Kendra, Bombay
70.12.17	Attainment of meditation is not a question of time, it is a question of will.	Antarveena 54 / A Cup of Tea (1996) 154		154	Ms Lalita Rathaur, Chandravatiganj (Fatehabad)
70.12.17	The world is neither unhappiness nor happiness.	Antarveena 56 / A Cup of Tea (1996) 155		155	Ms Chandan V. Pandya, per : Mr B.I. Pandya, Baroda-1 (Gujarat)
70.12.17	Do not fight with yourself.	Antarveena 59 / A Cup of Tea (1996) 156		156	Mr Samir Kumar, Akola (Maha.)
70.12.18	Strive for meditation.	Antarveena 61 / A Cup of Tea (1996) 157		157	Mr Bhogilal Modi, Ajol (Gujarat)
70.12.20	Don’t be in haste.	Antarveena 67 / A Cup of Tea (1996) 158		158	Mr Rajnikant, Porbandar (Gujarat)
70.12.22	Life is not divided, either in time or in space.	Antarveena 69 / A Cup of Tea (1996) 159		159	Mr Ramkishor Sharma, teacher, Dalmia H.S. School, Chirawa (Rajasthan)
70.12.28	We just do not know life, that is why we get bored.	Antarveena 82 / A Cup of Tea (1996) 160		160	Mr Girdhar R. Ukaji, per Indian Drugstore, Bhakti Nagar, Station Road, Rajkot-2 (Guj.)
70.12.28	Life is a mystery.	Antarveena 84 / A Cup of Tea (1996) 161		161	Mr Harish K. Raj, B-3, Mohalla Kvajiyan, Purana Bazaar, Ludhiana (Punjab)
71.--.--	Do you want to ask questions?	The Dimensionless Dimension 1	156	170	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	A monk asked Hyakujo Yekai: "What is the most miraculous event in the world?"	The Dimensionless Dimension 2	220	234	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	Do not imitate anyone.	The Dimensionless Dimension 3	243	257	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	The problem of life is not philosophical.	The Dimensionless Dimension 4	180	194	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	Things go on changing without.	The Dimensionless Dimension 5	155	169	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	In meditation enjoy doing nothing.	The Dimensionless Dimension 6	186	200	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	The real thing is not to fight with your thoughts, or desires, or instincts.	The Dimensionless Dimension 7	302	316	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	Walk as if you are not walking.	The Dimensionless Dimension 8	350	364	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	There is no use for artificial and outward discipline.	The Dimensionless Dimension 9	289	303	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	Wherever there are words, there is no real meaning.	The Dimensionless Dimension 10	173	187	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	Life is not a detective story.	The Dimensionless Dimension 11	344	358	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	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.--.--	In life everything is whole and organically whole.	The Dimensionless Dimension 13	288	302	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	Leave grasping things and thoughts.	The Dimensionless Dimension 14	307	321	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	Be always positive in each and every situation.	The Dimensionless Dimension 15	208	222	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	The sun is rising high in the sky.	The Dimensionless Dimension 16	253	267	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	Never suppress any thought.	The Dimensionless Dimension 17	342	356	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	Be aware of the mind BEFORE it is stirred by a thought.	The Dimensionless Dimension 18	335	349	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	Religion is not a promise for the future.	The Dimensionless Dimension 19	172	186	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	Meditation does not require any application of the mind or use of effort.	The Dimensionless Dimension 20	179	193	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	Philosophy cannot cure you of questions.	The Dimensionless Dimension 21	209	223	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	Buddha says: "If the mind does not arise, all things are blameless."	The Dimensionless Dimension 22	336	350	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	Fu Ta Shih says: "Each night, one embraces a Buddha while sleeping.	The Dimensionless Dimension 23	226	240	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	What is meditation?	The Dimensionless Dimension 24	306	320	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	One day a man came to the Sufi teacher Bahaudin.	The Dimensionless Dimension 25	225	239	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	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.--.--	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.--.--	The Divine is that from which one cannot depart.	The Dimensionless Dimension 28	230	244	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	Always see WHAT IS.	The Dimensionless Dimension 29	152	166	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	The real religious experience cannot be organized, taught or transmitted.	The Dimensionless Dimension 30	244	258	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	Mulla Nasrudin was carrying home some liver which he had just bought.	The Dimensionless Dimension 31	210	224	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	Be like a dead one.	The Dimensionless Dimension 32	237	251	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	Mulla Nasrudin was searching for something on the ground.	The Dimensionless Dimension 33	182	196	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	A traveller stops at an inn.	The Dimensionless Dimension 34	329	343	Ma Yoga Tao
71.--.--	Mind and meditation are two names of the same substance — or the same energy.	The Dimensionless Dimension 35	316	330	Ma Yoga Tao
71.01.07	Freedom from becoming means freedom for BEING.	The Gateless Gate 6	221	235	Shree Dharmendra Tukaram Dhokhe, Poona, India
71.01.12	You ask for the way to make the invisible visible?	Antarveena 146 / A Cup of Tea (1996) 163		163	Mr Lal Pratap, Ganv Bhudah, Po. Sangipur, district Pratapgarh (Awadh)
71.01.15	Be in the crowd as if you are alone.	The Gateless Gate 7	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 8	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 9	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? 1	254	268	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05	Meditation cannot be taught directly.	What Is Meditation? 2	293	307	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05	See: this is a white paper—it contains a drawing.	What Is Meditation? 3	272	286	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05	Thinking is necessary, but not enough.	What Is Meditation? 4	162	176	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05	Man is an everlack.	What Is Meditation? 5	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? 6	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? 7	153	167	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05	Life goes on flowing.	What Is Meditation? 8	345	359	Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome
71.04 ~ 05	Life is a sermon.	What Is Meditation? 9	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
71.04.13	You ask: how far is the destination?	Ghoonghat Ke Pat Khol 109 / A Cup of Tea (1996) 164		164	Mr Dhanvant (Sw Anand Sant), per: Mr Pratapsingh Santokhsingh, Bazar Bai Sewan, Amritsar
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 3	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 Krishna 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 1	251	265	Swami Krishna Saraswati, Bombay
71.04.20	Materialistic societies produce hollow men.	The Eternal Message 1	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 1	188	202	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.04.22	Reason is not enough.	The Eternal Message 4	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 2	248	262	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.04.24	Now man knows more about man than ever.	The Eternal Message 5	228	242	Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima)
71.04.24	Man is not the end.	Turning In 3	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 4	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 5	198	212	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.04.27	The self can never be free.	Turning In 6	232	246	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.04.28	The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace.	The Eternal Message 9	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 7	199	213	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.04.29	Man is free to decide — but not free, not to decide.	Turning In 8	328	342	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.04.30	Man is strange—very strange.	The Eternal Message 6	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 9	192	206	Ma Yoga Mukta, New York
71.05.01	Look at yourself without thinking, evaluating or judging.	The Eternal Message 7	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 8	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 2	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 3	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 4	189	203	Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris
71.05.05	Meditation is disciplined opening of the self to God.	The Silent Music 5	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 6	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 7	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 8	334	348	Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris
71.05.12	There are things which cannot be proved.	The Silent Music 9	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 2	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. (Reproduced as facsimile on the back-cover of Flowers of Love.)	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)
72.02.28	You will become more deeply tied to whatever you desire to become free from.	Ghoonghat Ke Pat Khol 148 / A Cup of Tea (1996) 365		365	Mr Rahul, Nath Niketan, 1/16, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Agra-2

Notes

(*1) The name has a typo in the original booklet The Gateless Gate: "Ma Khishna Karuna". The often addressed Ma Krishna Karuna is also in the salutation of same letter.

(*2) So a date in 1970 (as stated in The Gateless Gate), but reproduced in A Cup of Tea (all editions) in the chapter named "1971".

This is odd, as in The Gateless Gate these letters have been signed in 1970. These first 5 letters are the only ones dated in 1970 there. An error in the year is not likely, as the letters are in chronological order, and moreover the book has been published in May 1971. So for now we stick to the date in The Gateless Gate.

(*3) The English translation Flowers of Love states incorrect dates, see Talk:Prem Ke Phool (प्रेम के फूल)#Inconsistencies table and Talk:Prem Ke Phool (प्रेम के फूल)#Dates and Addressees.

(*4) "Rajkot" is erroneous city in this address, see Talk:Prem Ke Phool (प्रेम के फूल)#Dates and Addressees.