Month: February 2015

“Self-realization is the knowing – in body, mind, and soul – that we are one with the omnipresence of God; that we do not have to pray that it come to us, that we are not merely near it at all times, but that God’s omnipresence is our omnipresence; that we are just as much…

“There is no path to peace. Peace is the path.” – Mahatma Gandhi   Kabir – The couplet आपा तजे और हरि भजे, नख सीख ताजे विकार । सब जीवन से निरबैर रहे, साधु मति है सार || Transliterated: Apa Taje Aur Hari Bhaje, Nakh Seekh Taje Vikaar | Sab Jeevan Se Nirbair Rahe, Sadhu…

“When you connect to the silence within you, that is when you can make sense of the disturbance going on around you.” – Stephen Richards   Kabir – The couplet सुमिरन किया तब जानिया, तन मन रहा समाय । आदि अंत मध्य एक रस, भुला कबहु न जाय || Transliterated: Sumiran Kiya Tab Jaaniya, Tan…

“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” – Marcus Aurelius   Kabir – The couplet सुमिरन थोर ही भला, जो करी जाने कोई । सूत न लागि बनवानी, सहज सेवा सुख होइ|| Transliterated: Sumiran Thor Hi Bhala, Jo Kari Jane Koi | Soot Na…

“The saints, too, had wandering minds. The saints, too, had constantly to recall their constantly wandering mind-child home. They became saints because they continued to go after the little wanderer, like the Good Shepherd.” – Peter Kreeft   Kabir – The couplet सुमिरन की सुधि यूँ करो, ज्यों सुरभि सुतचहि । कहहि कबीर चर चरि,सुरभि…

“Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.” – Brian Tracy   Kabir – The couplet ज्ञान कथे बक बक मरे, काहे करे उपाधि । सद्गुरु हमसे एनु कहे, सुमिरन करे समाधि || Transliterated: Gyan Kathe Bak Bak Mare, Kaahe Kare Upaadhi | Sadguru Hamse Enu Kahe, Sumiran Kare Samadhi||…

“If someone corrects you, and you feel offended, then you have an EGO problem.” – Nouman Ali Khan   Kabir – The couplet अहंग अग्नि ह्रदय दहे, गुरुते चाहे मन । तिन्हो को यम न्योता देहि, तुम हो मेरे मेजमन|| Transliterated: Ahang Agni Hriday Dahe, Gurute Chahe Man | Tinho Ko Yam Nyota Dehi, Tum…

“Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.” – Thích Nhất Hạnh   Kabir – The couplet तू तू करता तू भया, मुझमे रहा नु हू । बरी फेरी बलि गई, जीत देखूं तित तू || Transliterated: Tu Tu Karta Tu Bhayaa, Mujhme Raha Na Hoo | Bari…

“True love is when you will do anything and everything that you can just to make your love happy.” -Anurag Prakash Ray   Kabir – The couplet प्रेम गली अति संकरी, तामे दोउ न समाई । जब मई था तब हरि नहीं, अब हरि हा मई नाही || Transliterated: Prem Gali Ati Sankari, Tame Dou…

“We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as for certain and which has as its highest goal one’s own ego and one’s own desires.” – Pope Benedict XVI   Kabir – The couplet पिया चाहे प्रेम आस, रखा चाहे मन । दोउ खड़ग एक मयान में, देखा सुना न…

“When you stop living your life based on what others think of you real life begins. At that moment, you will finally see the door of self acceptance opened.” – Shannon L. Alder   Kabir – The couplet ह्रदय भीतर आरसी, मुख देखा नहीं जाय । मुख तो तबही देखिलो, जब दिल की दुविधा जाय||…

“Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it.” – Ray Bradbury   Kabir – The couplet जो तू चाहे मुक्ति को, छोड़ दे सबकी आस । मुक्त ही जैसा हो…

“I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.” – William Penn   Kabir – The couplet…

“Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain. – Joseph Campbell   Kabir – The couplet हंसी हंसी कांत न पायी, जिन पाया तीन रोये । जो हंसी ही हरी मिले, तो कौन दोहागिन होए॥ Transliterated: Hansi Hansi Kant Na Paayi, Jin Paaya Tin Roye | Jo Hansi…

“Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.” – Kahlil Gibran   Kabir – The couplet केसों कहा बिगाडिया, जे मुंडे सौ बार ।…

“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.” – Norman Maclean   Kabir – The couplet हेरत हेरत हे सखी, रहा कबीर हेराइ । बूँद समाई समुंद में, सो कत हरी जाइ || Transliterated: Herat Herat He Sakhi, Rahaa Kabir Heraai | Boond Samaai Samund Mein, So Kat Heri Jaai|| Translation:…

“Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.” – Winston Churchill   Kabir – The couplet कबीरा कलह अरु कल्पना. सत संगती से जाय । दुःख बासे भागा फिरै, सुख में रहे समाय|| Transliterated: Kabira Kalah Aru Kalpana, Sat Sangati Se Jaay…