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), 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:
- The Silent Music - 30 letters, original English
- Turning In - 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 1986 edition there are 365 letters, so 15 more. The sources of these are unclear.
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 |
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62.08.13 | How lovingly you insist on my writing something. | Flowers of Love ~ 17 | 1 | 1 | Lala Sunderlal, Delhi |
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 |
62.11.01 | I am not writing anything at the moment. | Flowers of Love ~ 18 | 3 | 3 | Lala Sunderlal, Delhi |
62.10.05 | I am grateful for your affectionate letter. | Flowers of Love ~ 106 | 4 | 4 | Sushree Jayaben Shah, Bombay |
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 |
62.10.20 | I was out, but your letter followed me and reached me during my journey. | Flowers of Love ~ 107 | 6 | 6 | Sushree Jayaben Shah, Bombay |
62.12.14 | I fill with joy at your desire to attain peace. | Flowers of Love ~ 109 | 7 | 7 | Sushree Jaya Shah, Bombay |
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 |
63.02.12 | During the journey, I read your letter. | Flowers of Love ~ 24 | 9 | 9 | Shree Rohit Kumar Mittal, Khandwa, M.P. |
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 |
63.11.01 | As I was very busy, I could not reply earlier. | Flowers of Love ~ 25 | 12 | 12 | Lala Sunderlal, Delhi |
63.02.12 | I have just returned from Rajnagar (Rajasthan). | Flowers of Love ~ 19 | 13 | 13 | Lala Sunderlal, Delhi |
64.11.02 | I have received your very loving letter. | Flowers of Love ~ 124 | 14 | 14 | Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona |
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 |
64.12.05 | Your words have made me very happy. | Flowers of Love ~ 08 | 16 | 16 | Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona |
64.11.23 | The peace that is within me—you desire. | Flowers of Love ~ 118 | 17 | 17 | Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona |
64.11.11 | Love—and yet more love. | Flowers of Love ~ 117 | 18 | 18 | Sohan Bafna, Poona |
64.06.17 | I was out. | Flowers of Love ~ 21 | 19 | 19 | Lala Sunderlal, Delhi |
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 |
65.06.09 | I look at it—how simple and innocent you appear! | Flowers of Love ~ 03 | 21 | 21 | Mrs. Sohan Bafna, Poona |
65.02.17 | The train was five hours late. | Flowers of Love ~ 05 | 22 | 22 | 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 |
65.06.14 | The love blossoms with which you weave your garlands—their fragrance reaches me! | Flowers of Love ~ 04 | 24 | 24 | Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona |
65.01.04 | I am going out again tonight. | Flowers of Love ~ 119 | 25 | 25 | Sushree 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 |
65.06.01 | I was sitting in the same spot in the grass when it came. | Flowers of Love ~ 122 | 27 | 27 | Sushree Sohan Bafna, Poona |
65.02.03 | I am happy to know that you are happy. | Flowers of Love ~ 02 | 28 | 28 | 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 |
65.03.03 | 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 |
65.04.17 | 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 |
65.03.12 | The heart was overwhelmed with your poem. | Flowers of Love ~ 01 | 33 | 33 | Mrs. 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 |
65.05.09 | 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 |
66.03.26 | I was very happy to meet you that day. | Flowers of Love ~ 28 | 36 | 36 | Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay |
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 |
*62 ~ 71 | The wheel of the mundane world keeps revolving. | Flowers of Love ~ 32 | 39 | 39 | 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 |
66.08.30 | 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 |
66.06.04 | You have asked about sex. | Flowers of Love ~ 31 | 42 | 42 | Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay |
*62 ~ 71 | You have asked about "sense of humour". | Flowers of Love ~ 30 | 43 | 43 | Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay |
67.04.05 | What gift is greater than love? | Flowers of Love ~ 34 | 44 | 44 | Sushree Shirish Pai, Bombay |
68.12.12 | The time of birth will have to be looked up. | Flowers of Love ~ 15 | 45 | 45 | Shree Anupchand Shah, Surendranagar, Gujarat |
68.10.02 | You must be tired of waiting for the reply. | Flowers of Love ~ 40 | 46 | 46 | Sushree Kanchan Behu, Bulsar, Gujarat |
68.06.18 | 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 |
68.07.18 | Your letter and your inquiry. | Flowers of Love ~ 42 | 48 | 48 | Sushree Kanchan, Bulsar, Gujarat |
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 |
68.09.29 | I know very well the thirst of your soul. | Flowers of Love ~ 16 | 50 | 50 | Sushree Jayavanti Shukla, Junagadh, Gujarat |
*68 | About death I have remained quiet on purpose, because I want to awaken inquiry about life. | A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 051 | 51 | ||
68.09.10 | I am always with you. | Flowers of Love ~ 13 | 51 | 52 | Sushree Om Prakash Agarwal, Jullundur, Punjab |
69.08.18 | Love has not to be asked for. | Flowers of Love ~ 26 | 52 | 53 | 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 |
69.12.20 | I am one with ALL. | Flowers of Love ~ 92 | 54 | 55 | Sushree Laxmi, Bombay |
69.12.07 | More so because you have sent an unwritten blank paper. | Flowers of Love ~ 43 | 55 | 56 | Sushree Darshan Valia, 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 | Your letter has filled the heart with joy. | Flowers of Love ~ 38 | 57 | 58 | Sushree Ansuya, Bombay |
69.09.09 | Be aware in the waking state. | Flowers of Love ~ 23 | 58 | 59 | Shree Ghanashyamdas Janmejai, Gwalior, M.P. |
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 |
69.12.07 | 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. |
69.08.01 | Where is Truth? | Flowers of Love ~ 96 | 61 | 62 | Swami Kriyananda (Swami Yoga Chinmaya), Bombay |
69.04.24 | The drop has not to become the Ocean. | Flowers of Love ~ 22 | 62 | 63 | Shree Pushkar Gokani, Dwarka, Gujarat |
69.11.03 | Life is an infinite mystery. | Flowers of Love ~ 84 | 63 | 64 | Shree Narendra (Swami Narendra Bodhisatva), Jabalpur |
69.08.15 | Do not seek liberation in opposition to life. | Flowers of Love ~ 97 | 64 | 65 | Swami Kriyananda (Swami Yoga Chinmaya), Bombay |
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 |
69.10.25 | I say: "Die, so that you can be." | Flowers of Love ~ 83 | 66 | 67 | Shree Shiv, Jabalpur |
69.07.01 | Leave the old track. | Flowers of Love ~ 88 | 67 | 68 | Sushree Bhagavati Advani, Bombay |
69.08.20 | Truth is like the sky—eternal everlasting, boundless. | Flowers of Love ~ 86 | 68 | 69 | Sushree Jayati, Junagadh |
69.11.15 | Where is one to seek for Truth. | Flowers of Love ~ 87 | 69 | 70 | Sushree Jayati, Junagadh |
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 |
69.08.19 | Man is a slave. | Flowers of Love ~ 89 | 71 | 72 | Sushree Bhagavati Advani, Bombay |
70.04.11 | Be not in haste. | Flowers of Love ~ 60 | 72 | 73 | Shree Babu Bhai Shah, Ajol, 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 |
70.01.02 | Repose is the supreme goal. | Flowers of Love ~ 49 | 74 | 75 | Shree Yashwant Mehta, Ahmedabad, Gujarat |
70.05.13 | There is a music—which has no sound. | Flowers of Love ~ 52 | 75 | 76 | Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana |
70.11.06 | God alone is our wealth. | Flowers of Love ~ 91 | 76 | 77 | Ma Yoga Bhagavati, Bombay |
70.11.17 | The mundane world is the Ultimate Liberation. | Flowers of Love ~ 79 | 77 | 78 | Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana |
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 |
*62 ~ 71 | Do not fight with yourself. | Flowers of Love ~ 57 | 79 | 80 | Swami Mohan Chaitanya, Moga, Punjab |
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 |
70.10.15 | I am very happy on your having taken Sannyas. | Flowers of Love ~ 146 | 81 | 82 | Ma Yoga Priya, Ajol |
*62 ~ 71 | Thought is the power of man. | Flowers of Love ~ 72 | 82 | 83 | Sushree Premshanker Panday, Manmad, Maharashtra |
70.05.13 | All crutches are barriers. | Flowers of Love ~ 51 | 83 | 84 | Shree Ramakant Upadhyaya, Kathmandu, Nepal |
70.04.08 | The “I” has not to be given up. | Flowers of Love ~ 63 | 84 | 85 | Mrs. Mayadevi Jain, Chandigarh, Punjab |
70.05.01 | Why is there so much suffering in man's life? | Flowers of Love ~ 81 | 85 | 86 | Shree Shiv, Jabalpur |
70.11.26 | The time is ripe. | Flowers of Love ~ 127 | 86 | 87 | Ma Ananda Madhu, Ajol, Gujarat |
70.09.11 | Detachment is not related with objects, but with thoughts. | Flowers of Love ~ 103 | 87 | 88 | Sushree Maunoo (Ma Yoga Kranti), Jabalpur |
70.11.16 | 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 | Do not expect results in meditation. | Flowers of Love ~ 80 | 89 | 90 | Dr. Savitri C. Patel, Bulsar, Gujarat |
70.11.26 | How long is the energy to be left asleep? | Flowers of Love ~ 128 | 90 | 91 | Swami Krishna Chaitanya, Ajol, Gujarat |
70.02.16 | Do not fall into the turmoil of quietening the mind. | Flowers of Love ~ 56 | 91 | 92 | Dr. M. R. Gautam, Benares, U.P. |
70.04.08 | Seek—seek—and seek. | Flowers of Love ~ 64 | 92 | 93 | Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana |
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. |
70.11.26 | It is not enough even to float in the current of thoughts. | Flowers of Love ~ 135 | 94 | 95 | Shree Labhshankar Pandya, Ahmedabad |
70.10.25 | The beginning of struggle is auspicious. | Flowers of Love ~ 140 | 95 | 96 | Ma Ananda Madhu, Ajol |
70.11.22 | I was travelling. | Flowers of Love ~ 53 | 96 | 97 | Shree Dinesh Shahi. Indore, M.P. |
70.11.16 | God’s work alone is my work. | Flowers of Love ~ 76 | 97 | 98 | Shree Kedar Sehgal, Neemuch, M.P. |
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 |
70.11.19 | The impossible too is not impossible—if resolve is there. | Flowers of Love ~ 113 | 99 | 100 | Kumari Hasumati, Bombay |
70.10.22 | Power is within your own Self. | Flowers of Love ~ 143 | 100 | 101 | Swami Krishna Chaitanya, Ajol |
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 |
70.04.11 | 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 |
70.04.08 | You have asked so many questions! | Flowers of Love ~ 67 | 103 | 104 | Kumari Rekha, Rajkot, Gujarat |
70.02.17 | Do not desire bliss. | Flowers of Love ~ 46 | 104 | 105 | Shree Jayant Bhatt, Nargol, Bulsar, Gujarat |
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 |
70.11.12 | That which the heart seeks, it always attains. | Flowers of Love ~ 74 | 106 | 107 | Kumari Lalita Rathor, Fatehabad, M.P. |
70.11.11 | My good wishes on your new life. | Flowers of Love ~ 147 | 107 | 108 | Ma Yoga Yasha, 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 |
70.03.27 | The moment of self-revolution is near. | Flowers of Love ~ 141 | 109 | 110 | Babubai (Swami Krishna Chaitanya), Ajol, Gujarat |
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 |
*62 ~ 71 | The feeling of separation is auspicious. | Flowers of Love ~ 58 | 111 | 112 | Shree Sunderlal Sehgal, Amritsar, Punjab |
70.11.26 | What is Truth? | Flowers of Love ~ 138 | 112 | 113 | Sushree Kusum, Ludhiana |
70.11.01 | The resolve of Sannyas is an auspicious beginning. | Flowers of Love ~ 102 | 113 | 114 | Sushree Maunoo (Ma Yoga Kranti), Jabalpur |
70.10.20 | Man does not live in realities; he lives in dreams. | Flowers of Love ~ 98 | 114 | 115 | Swami Yoga Chinmaya, Bombay |
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 |
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 |
70.10.25 | Love also is fire. | Flowers of Love ~ 115 | 117 | 118 | Shree Sardarilal Sehgal, Amritsar |
70.05.07 | Truth is attained not by swimming, but by drowning. | Flowers of Love ~ 85 | 118 | 119 | Shree Arvind Kumar, Jabalpur |
70.04.08 | The quest for meaning is absurd. | Flowers of Love ~ 62 | 119 | 120 | Pushparaj Sharma, Simla |
70.02.16 | You say you feel as if you are "broken". | Flowers of Love ~ 47 | 120 | 121 | Sushree Ansuya, Bombay |
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 |
70.11.16 | Do not look for a purpose in life. | Flowers of Love ~ 77 | 122 | 123 | Sushree Neelam Amarjeet, Ludhiana |
70.04.08 | You have asked for my Ten Commandments. | Flowers of Love ~ 59 | 123 | 124 | Dr. Ramchandra Prasad, Patna University, Patna, Bihar |
70.10.15 | The news of the commune thrills my heart. | Flowers of Love ~ 139 | 124 | 125 | Ma Ananda Madhu, Ajol |
70.11.13 | Everything changes except for change. | Flowers of Love ~ 104 | 125 | 126 | Sushree Maunoo (Ma Yoga Kranti), Jabalpur |
70.02.16 | Do not be afraid of sexual desire. | Flowers of Love ~ 45 | 126 | 127 | Shree Jayantilal, Bhavnagar, Gujarat |
70.10.15 | Be of steel—it will not do now to be of clay. | Flowers of Love ~ 149 | 127 | 128 | Swami Anandamurti, Ahmedabad |
70.11.26 | In Sannyas, the mundane world is a drama. | Flowers of Love ~ 130 | 128 | 129 | Ma Yoga Priya, Ajol, Gujarat |
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. |
70.06.10 | Do not ever be worried about me. | Flowers of Love ~ 68 | 130 | 131 | Sushree Jayati, Junagadh |
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 | Security is nowhere—except in death. | Flowers of Love ~ 136 | 132 | 133 | Dr. Savitri C. Patel, Bulsar, Gujarat |
70.10.14 | Infinite hope is theism. | Flowers of Love ~ 90 | 133 | 134 | Ma Yoga Bhagavati, Bombay |
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 |
70.10.15 | Sannyas is the journey to Mount "Gaurishanker". | Flowers of Love ~ 150 | 135 | 136 | Ma Yoga Samadhi, Rajkot, Gujarat |
70.11.25 | Love does not differentiate, even in dreams. | Flowers of Love ~ 133 | 136 | 137 | Shree Chandrakant U. Patel, Baroda, Gujarat |
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 |
70.06.10 | The springs of meditation are nearby. | Flowers of Love ~ 69 | 138 | 139 | Lala Sunderlal, Delhi |
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 |
70.11.13 | God purifies in every way. | Flowers of Love ~ 71 | 140 | 141 | Sushree Jayati, Junagadh, Gujarat |
70.10.01 | Suppression becomes attractive. | Flowers of Love ~ 95 | 141 | 142 | Ma Yoga Laxmi, Bombay |
*62 ~ 71 | Live in Truth—there is no other way of knowing Truth. | Flowers of Love ~ 73 | 142 | 143 | Yogi Satyanand, Tikamgadh, M.P. |
70.02.17 | So much sufferiug has to be undergone. | Flowers of Love ~ 54 | 143 | 144 | Sushree Jayati, Junagadh |
70.11.26 | Atheism is the first step toward belief in God. | Flowers of Love ~ 134 | 144 | 145 | Shree Bhavani Sinh, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh |
70.04.08 | Dreams also are true. | Flowers of Love ~ 66 | 145 | 146 | Sushree Guna Shah, Bombay |
70.09.22 | It is not that only a seed is a seed. | Flowers of Love ~ 94 | 146 | 147 | Ma Yoga Laxmi, Bombay |
70.09.15 | Without doubt, how will the search begin? | Flowers of Love ~ 82 | 147 | 148 | Shree Shiv, Jabalpur |
70.10.25 | Love alone is now your prayer. | Flowers of Love ~ 145 | 148 | 149 | Ma Yoga Prem, Ajol |
70.11.26 | God tests every moment. | Flowers of Love ~ 132 | 149 | 150 | Swami Pragyananda Saraswati, Haridwar |
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 | 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 | ||
*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 | ||
*62 ~ 71 | The word is not the thing. | What Is Meditation? ~ 13 | 151 | 165 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
*71 ~ 73 | Always see WHAT IS. | The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 29 | 152 | 166 | Ma Yoga Tao |
*62 ~ 71 | 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 |
71.04.17 | 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 ~ 73 | Things go on changing without. | The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 05 | 155 | 169 | Ma Yoga Tao |
*71 ~ 73 | Do you want to ask questions? | The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 01 | 156 | 170 | Ma Yoga Tao |
70.10.25 | I hope you will be in deep meditation. | The Gateless Gate ~ 02 | 157 | 171 | Ma Saraswati, Paris |
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) |
71.05.03 | Ask for nothing and you will never be frustrated. | Turning In ~ 13 | 159 | 173 | Ma Yoga Mukta, New York |
*62 ~ 71 | Man is an everlack. | What Is Meditation? ~ 05 | 160 | 174 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
71.05.15 | Fear cripples consciousness. | The Gateless Gate ~ 26 | 161 | 175 | Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York |
*62 ~ 71 | Thinking is necessary, but not enough. | What Is Meditation? ~ 04 | 162 | 176 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
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 |
71.05.19 | The world itself is a punishment enough. | Turning In ~ 26 | 164 | 178 | Ma Yoga Mukta, New York |
*62 ~ 71 | I have no special doctrine or philosophy. | What Is Meditation? ~ 32 | 165 | 179 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
71.05.19 | Meditation is a mirror. | The Silent Music ~ 14 | 166 | 180 | Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York |
*62 ~ 71 | There is tension. | What Is Meditation? ~ 34 | 167 | 181 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
71.05.22 | God is when you are not. | The Silent Music ~ 20 | 168 | 182 | Swami Chaitanya Veetaraga, Raipur, India |
71.05.07 | There are three forms of knowledge. | Turning In ~ 17 | 169 | 183 | Ma Yoga Mukta, New York |
71.05.20 | The journey is long. | The Silent Music ~ 16 | 170 | 184 | Ma Dhyana Siddhi, 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 ~ 73 | Religion is not a promise for the future. | The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 19 | 172 | 186 | Ma Yoga Tao |
*71 ~ 73 | Wherever there are words, there is no real meaning. | The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 10 | 173 | 187 | Ma Yoga Tao |
71.04.22 | Reason is not enough. | The Eternal Message ~ 04 | 174 | 188 | Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima) |
71.05.02 | With thought the mind has boundaries. | The Eternal Message ~ 08 | 175 | 189 | Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima) |
71.05.29 | The will to wholeness is inherent in everything. | Turning In ~ 29 | 176 | 190 | Ma Yoga Mukta, New York |
*62 ~ 71 | The new world revealed in meditation is not something added from the outside. | What Is Meditation? ~ 28 | 177 | 191 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
71.05.13 | Do not think of others and waste your time. | Turning In ~ 20 | 178 | 192 | Ma Yoga Mukta, New York |
*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 | The problem of life is not philosophical. | The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 04 | 180 | 194 | Ma Yoga Tao |
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 ~ 73 | Mulla Nasrudin was searching for something on the ground. | The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 33 | 182 | 196 | Ma Yoga Tao |
71.05.24 | There is no end to man's self-deception. | The Silent Music ~ 26 | 183 | 197 | Swami Yoga Chinmaya, Bombay |
*62 ~ 71 | The way of meditation is above the self. | What Is Meditation? ~ 14 | 184 | 198 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
*62 ~ 71 | There is conflict in the mind. | What Is Meditation? ~ 33 | 185 | 199 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
*71 ~ 73 | In meditation enjoy doing nothing. | The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 06 | 186 | 200 | Ma Yoga Tao |
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 |
71.04.20 | Only God Is — that is why it is so difficult to find Him. | Turning In ~ 01 | 188 | 202 | Ma Yoga Mukta, New York |
71.05.04 | Live in the body intimately. | The Silent Music ~ 04 | 189 | 203 | Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris |
*62 ~ 71 | 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 |
71.04.30 | 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 |
71.05.22 | Begin to live positively. | The Eternal Message ~ 25 | 193 | 207 | Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima) |
*62 ~ 71 | The forms of existence are finite. | What Is Meditation? ~ 29 | 194 | 208 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
71.05.13 | The attitude is everything. | The Eternal Message ~ 11 | 195 | 209 | Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima) |
*62 ~ 71 | There is no security in life. | What Is Meditation? ~ 22 | 196 | 210 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
*62 ~ 71 | The Universe cares for little but play. | What Is Meditation? ~ 30 | 197 | 211 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
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 |
71.04.28 | The secret of meditation is the art of unlearning. | Turning In ~ 07 | 199 | 213 | Ma Yoga Mukta, New York |
*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 |
71.05.18 | Always remember the golden rule: One step at a time. | The Silent Music ~ 12 | 201 | 215 | Swami Krishna Kabeer, Ahmedabad, India |
71.05.15 | Knowledge is accumulation. | The Eternal Message ~ 18 | 202 | 216 | 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 |
71.01.27 | 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 |
71.05.22 | 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) |
71.04.17 | Moment to moment life passes into death. | The Gateless Gate ~ 18 | 206 | 220 | Mrs. Kusum, Ludhiana, India |
71.05.17 | Be a stranger to yourself. | The Silent Music ~ 10 | 207 | 221 | Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York |
*71 ~ 73 | Be always positive in each and every situation. | The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 15 | 208 | 222 | Ma Yoga Tao |
*71 ~ 73 | Philosophy cannot cure you of questions. | The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 21 | 209 | 223 | 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 |
*62 ~ 71 | Man can only know what God is not. | What Is Meditation? ~ 39 | 211 | 225 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
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) |
*62 ~ 71 | Do not believe in thinking. | What Is Meditation? ~ 27 | 213 | 227 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
71.05.20 | Man goes on dreaming and desiring. | The Silent Music ~ 17 | 214 | 228 | Swami Krishna Kabeer, Ahmedabad, India |
71.04.19 | Go on discarding—Not this, Not this (Neti— Neti). | The Gateless Gate ~ 23 | 215 | 229 | Ma Khishna Karuna, Bombay |
71.05.13 | Thought is divisive. | The Eternal Message ~ 15 | 216 | 230 | Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima) |
71.05.18 | Emptiness is all. | Turning In ~ 24 | 217 | 231 | Ma Yoga Mukta, New York |
71.05.17 | Man asks questions and then answers them himself. | Turning In ~ 22 | 218 | 232 | 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 ~ 73 | A monk asked Hyakujo Yekai: "What is the most miraculous event in the world?" | The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 02 | 220 | 234 | Ma Yoga Tao |
71.01.07 | Freedom from becoming means freedom for BEING. | The Gateless Gate ~ 06 | 221 | 235 | Shree Dharmendra Tukaram Dhokhe, Poona, India |
71.05.20 | No more principles are needed. | Turning In ~ 27 | 222 | 236 | 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) |
71.01.27 | 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 ~ 73 | One day a man came to the Sufi teacher Bahaudin. | The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 25 | 225 | 239 | 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 |
*62 ~ 71 | Mind is localization of consciousness. | What Is Meditation? ~ 35 | 227 | 241 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
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) |
71.05.22 | Life is a dream. | The Silent Music ~ 23 | 229 | 243 | Swami Ananda Paramhansa, Jabalpur, India |
*71 ~ 73 | The Divine is that from which one cannot depart. | The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 28 | 230 | 244 | Ma Yoga Tao |
71.05.18 | Why does man suffer? | The Silent Music ~ 13 | 231 | 245 | Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York |
71.04.27 | The self can never be free. | Turning In ~ 06 | 232 | 246 | Ma Yoga Mukta, New York |
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 |
71.05.22 | Logic is not all. | The Silent Music ~ 21 | 234 | 248 | Swami Krishna Saraswati, Bombay |
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) |
71.05.04 | 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 ~ 73 | Be like a dead one. | The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 32 | 237 | 251 | Ma Yoga Tao |
*62 ~ 71 | Existence exists in order to exist. | What Is Meditation? ~ 20 | 238 | 252 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
71.04.26 | Do not continue circling in the old rut. | The Gateless Gate ~ 24 | 239 | 253 | Mr. Michael Graham, London |
*62 ~ 71 | Life is movement. | What Is Meditation? ~ 10 | 240 | 254 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
*62 ~ 71 | Mind means consciousness somewhere. | What Is Meditation? ~ 45 | 241 | 255 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
71.05.24 | Yes—man learns by experience! | Turning In ~ 28 | 242 | 256 | Ma Yoga Mukta, New York |
*71 ~ 73 | Do not imitate anyone. | The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 03 | 243 | 257 | Ma Yoga Tao |
*71 ~ 73 | The real religious experience cannot be organized, taught or transmitted. | The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 30 | 244 | 258 | Ma Yoga Tao |
*62 ~ 71 | Life becomes more authentic in encountering death directly. | What Is Meditation? ~ 36 | 245 | 259 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
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) |
71.05.20 | Are you really aware of what anger is? | The Silent Music ~ 18 | 247 | 261 | Swami Chaitanya Veetaraga, Raipur, India |
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 ~ 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 |
71.04.28 | The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. | The Eternal Message ~ 09 | 250 | 264 | Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima) |
71.04.19 | Be empty and you will know. | The Silent Music ~ 01 | 251 | 265 | Swami Krishna Saraswati, Bombay |
*62 ~ 71 | One day Lin-chi was asked: “What is the essence of meditation?” | What Is Meditation? ~ 12 | 252 | 266 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
*71 ~ 73 | The sun is rising high in the sky. | The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 16 | 253 | 267 | Ma Yoga Tao |
*62 ~ 71 | The mind is to raise questions. | What Is Meditation? ~ 01 | 254 | 268 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
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) |
71.04.16 | To me meditation means: be playful and transcend all seriousness. | The Gateless Gate ~ 16 | 256 | 270 | Ma Yoga Mukta, New York |
71.05.12 | There are things which cannot be proved. | The Silent Music ~ 09 | 257 | 271 | Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris |
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 |
*62 ~ 71 | The past is not. | What Is Meditation? ~ 40 | 259 | 273 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
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) |
*62 ~ 71 | A disciple of Rinzai met a party of three men on a river-bridge. | What Is Meditation? ~ 17 | 261 | 275 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
71.05.03 | You possess only that which will not be lost in death. | Turning In ~ 14 | 262 | 276 | Ma Yoga Mukta, New York |
*62 ~ 71 | Nothing great is ever accomplished without going mad. | What Is Meditation? ~ 42 | 263 | 277 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
71.05.03 | Detach yourself from all fixed ideas. | Turning In ~ 12 | 264 | 278 | Ma Yoga Mukta, New York |
71.05.05 | Meditation is disciplined opening of the self to God. | The Silent Music ~ 05 | 265 | 279 | Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris |
71.05.21 | Truth is never second-hand. | The Eternal Message ~ 19 | 266 | 280 | Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima) |
71.05.24 | Man is not a rational animal—but only a rationalizing one. | The Silent Music ~ 27 | 267 | 281 | Swami Yoga Chinmaya, Bombay |
*62 ~ 71 | Life is a sermon. | What Is Meditation? ~ 09 | 268 | 282 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
70.10.27 | I know your inner condition more than you know yourself. | The Gateless Gate ~ 04 | 269 | 283 | 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 |
71.05.03 | Just drop yourself into the Divine and be purified. | The Eternal Message ~ 10 | 271 | 285 | Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima) |
*62 ~ 71 | See: this is a white paper—it contains a drawing. | What Is Meditation? ~ 03 | 272 | 286 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
71.05.22 | From sound to soundlessness is the path. | The Silent Music ~ 30 | 273 | 287 | Swami Yoga Chinmaya, Bombay |
70.08.17 | I am thrilled with great expectations about you. | The Gateless Gate ~ 01 | 274 | 288 | Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York |
*62 ~ 71 | Takuan says: you cannot bathe in solid ice. | What Is Meditation? ~ 24 | 275 | 289 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
71.05.15 | We kneel down to ourselves. | The Gateless Gate ~ 27 | 276 | 290 | Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York |
*62 ~ 71 | You cannot run away from the self. | What Is Meditation? ~ 15 | 277 | 291 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
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) |
71.05.27 | Knowledge is through experiencing. | The Eternal Message ~ 21 | 279 | 293 | Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima) |
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 |
*62 ~ 71 | Choice is the root-cause of all anguish. | What Is Meditation? ~ 38 | 282 | 296 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
71.05.23 | Silence is benediction. | The Silent Music ~ 24 | 283 | 297 | Swami Chaitanya Veetaraga, Raipur, India |
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 ~ 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 |
71.04.16 | Be ordinary—so ordinary that virtually you come to be no-body. | The Gateless Gate ~ 17 | 286 | 300 | Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York |
71.05.05 | Man is unaware of himself. | Turning In ~ 15 | 287 | 301 | Ma Yoga Mukta, New York |
*71 ~ 73 | In life everything is whole and organically whole. | The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 13 | 288 | 302 | Ma Yoga Tao |
*71 ~ 73 | There is no use for artificial and outward discipline. | The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 09 | 289 | 303 | Ma Yoga Tao |
*62 ~ 71 | “How can a man learn to know himself?” enquires Goethe. | What Is Meditation? ~ 18 | 290 | 304 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
71.05.18 | There is no answer to man's ultimate questions. | Turning In ~ 23 | 291 | 305 | Ma Yoga Mukta, New York |
*62 ~ 71 | The mind lives in a logical somnambulism. | What Is Meditation? ~ 26 | 292 | 306 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
*62 ~ 71 | Meditation cannot be taught directly. | What Is Meditation? ~ 02 | 293 | 307 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
71.05.06 | Meditate, Pray and Wait. | The Silent Music ~ 06 | 294 | 308 | Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris |
71.05.02 | Be free at the centre. | Turning In ~ 11 | 295 | 309 | Ma Yoga Mukta, New York |
71.05.14 | Do you hear me? | The Gateless Gate ~ 25 | 296 | 310 | Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York |
71.01.15 | Be in the crowd as if you are alone. | The Gateless Gate ~ 07 | 297 | 311 | Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York |
71.05.19 | Emptiness is not really emptiness. | Turning In ~ 25 | 298 | 312 | Ma Yoga Mukta, New York |
70.10.25 | Come here. | The Gateless Gate ~ 03 | 299 | 313 | Dr. Jean Georges Henrotte, Paris |
71.05.21 | Life is non-fragmentary. | The Eternal Message ~ 02 | 300 | 314 | Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima) |
*62 ~ 71 | Mind means duality. | What Is Meditation? ~ 37 | 301 | 315 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
*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 |
71.02.25 | Everything has happened, as it should happen. | The Gateless Gate ~ 12 | 303 | 317 | Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York |
71.05.20 | I know that the apprenticeship is very hard but WORTH. | The Silent Music ~ 15 | 304 | 318 | Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York |
71.04.16 | I know what is happening to you. | The Gateless Gate ~ 14 | 305 | 319 | Ma Yoga Tao, North Carolina, U.S.A. |
*71 ~ 73 | What is meditation? | The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 24 | 306 | 320 | Ma Yoga Tao |
*71 ~ 73 | Leave grasping things and thoughts. | The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 14 | 307 | 321 | Ma Yoga Tao |
*62 ~ 71 | Love to be alone. | What Is Meditation? ~ 31 | 308 | 322 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
*62 ~ 71 | Do not be closed to the Universe. | What Is Meditation? ~ 41 | 309 | 323 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
71.05.23 | Ego plays a subtle role everywhere. | The Silent Music ~ 25 | 310 | 324 | Swami Krishna Saraswati, Bombay |
71.05.15 | The whole yoga has gone dead because of imitation. | Turning In ~ 21 | 311 | 325 | Ma Yoga Mukta, New York |
*62 ~ 71 | We settle down where no settling is possible. | What Is Meditation? ~ 21 | 312 | 326 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
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 |
71.05.24 | Information is not knowledge. | The Silent Music ~ 28 | 314 | 328 | Swami Krishna Kabeer, Ahmedabad, India |
71.04.25 | Yes, there is a WAY. | Turning In ~ 04 | 315 | 329 | Ma Yoga Mukta, New York |
*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 |
71.01.28 | Do not forget the search for the Divine for even a single moment. | The Gateless Gate ~ 11 | 317 | 331 | Ma Ananda Prema, New York |
71.05.30 | Metaphysics is born out of childish curiosity. | The Eternal Message ~ 29 | 318 | 332 | Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima) |
*62 ~ 71 | Do not cling to anything or any idea. | What Is Meditation? ~ 25 | 319 | 333 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
*62 ~ 71 | A life without meditation is like a winter landscape. | What Is Meditation? ~ 11 | 320 | 334 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
*62 ~ 71 | Meditation is beyond knowledge. | What Is Meditation? ~ 44 | 321 | 335 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
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) |
71.05.10 | Whatever I say is nothing new, neither is it anything old. | The Silent Music ~ 07 | 323 | 337 | Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris |
71.04.25 | That which is never lost cannot be found. | The Gateless Gate ~ 30 | 324 | 338 | Shree Inderraj Anand., Bombay |
*62 ~ 71 | Meditation requires understanding and not effort. | What Is Meditation? ~ 43 | 325 | 339 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
70.11.27 | I was waiting for it daily, since you left. | The Gateless Gate ~ 05 | 326 | 340 | Ma Ananda Prema, New York |
71.04.14 | Don't take life so seriously! | The Gateless Gate ~ 13 | 327 | 341 | Swami Krishna Christ, 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 ~ 73 | A traveller stops at an inn. | The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 34 | 329 | 343 | Ma Yoga Tao |
*62 ~ 71 | Meditation is the master-key. | What Is Meditation? ~ 19 | 330 | 344 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
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) |
71.04.18 | Begin the following meditation from tomorrow. | The Gateless Gate ~ 20 | 332 | 346 | Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York |
71.05.01 | Everything belongs to the man who wants nothing. | Turning In ~ 10 | 333 | 347 | Ma Yoga Mukta, New York |
71.05.11 | Live humbly and in wonder. | The Silent Music ~ 08 | 334 | 348 | Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris |
*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 | Buddha says: "If the mind does not arise, all things are blameless." | The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 22 | 336 | 350 | Ma Yoga Tao |
71.05.03 | The eyes are blind—one must look with the heart. | The Silent Music ~ 03 | 337 | 351 | Ma Ananda Sadhana, Paris |
71.05.22 | Remember always the ONE who is inside the body. | The Silent Music ~ 22 | 338 | 352 | Swami Krishna Kabeer, Ahmedabad, India |
*62 ~ 71 | A monk asked Daishu Ekai: “What is nirvana (absolute freedom)?” | What Is Meditation? ~ 16 | 339 | 353 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
*62 ~ 71 | In this world everything is upside down. | What Is Meditation? ~ 23 | 340 | 354 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
71.04.20 | Materialistic societies produce hollow men. | The Eternal Message ~ 01 | 341 | 355 | Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York (now Ma Ananda Pratima) |
*71 ~ 73 | Never suppress any thought. | The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 17 | 342 | 356 | Ma Yoga Tao |
71.05.06 | It is impossible to conceive the Divine intellectually. | Turning In ~ 16 | 343 | 357 | Ma Yoga Mukta, New York |
*71 ~ 73 | Life is not a detective story. | The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 11 | 344 | 358 | Ma Yoga Tao |
*62 ~ 71 | Life goes on flowing. | What Is Meditation? ~ 08 | 345 | 359 | Ma Veet Sandeh, Rome |
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 |
71.04.24 | Man is not the end. | Turning In ~ 03 | 347 | 361 | Ma Yoga Mukta, New York |
71.05.16 | Use dreaming consciously as meditation. | The Gateless Gate ~ 28 | 348 | 362 | Ma Dhyana Siddhi, New York |
71.04.19 | 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 ~ 73 | Walk as if you are not walking. | The Dimensionless Dimension ~ 08 | 350 | 364 | Ma Yoga Tao |
*62 ~ 71 | You will become more deeply tied to whatever you desire to become free from. | A Cup of Tea (1996) ~ 365 | 365 |