I once renounced my home in Calcutta, and roamed around the villages of Bengal as a monk. But after I attained the Absolute Divine state of Unification with the Universe, I realized that the purpose of life is not renunciation of anything, but the realization of the purpose itself.

Living a secluded life in a monastery, separated from society, is not holiness, it's hysteria. Seclusion doesn't make you holy, kindness does.

It's my love for the people that made me a scientist and a monk (a poet even), not my intellect.

My Name is Human (The Sonnet)You asked, what's my nation,I say it's humanity.You asked, what's my language,I say it's magnanimity.You asked, what's my culture,I say it's humaneness.You asked, what's my tradition,I say it's humbleness.You asked, what's my gender,I say it's fortitude.You asked, what's my religion,I say it's servitude.You asked everything except my purpose.I tell you now, it's to unite the universe.

I have not come to teach you, I have come to love you.

The divinity that you keep seeking in the mountains, in the jungles, in the deserts, lies dormant within yourself.

Defying evidence and blabbering mystical mumbo-jumbo don't make a person a sage or a monk, what does is a person's practical understanding of the world we live in, accompanied by a burning urge to bring that understanding into practice to lift humanity from the darkest pit of degradation.

A Monk's life has to do with simplicity, curiosity and compassion - contrary to the popular notion, it has no direct relation to poverty and seclusion.

Curiosity, humility and compassion, these are the fundamental pillars of monkhood, if you have these in your life, then you are a monk, regardless of your financial status and relationship status.