589 Quotes About Hinduism

Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to God, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done.' We only dream this bondage. Wake up and let it go.

The river and its waves are one surf: where is the difference between the river and its waves?When the wave rises, it is the water; and when it falls, it is the same water again. Tell me, Sir, where is the distinction?Because it has been named as wave, shall it no longer be considered as water?Within the Supreme Brahma, the worlds are being told like beads:Look upon that rosary with the eyes of wisdom.

A spirtually illumined soul lives in the world, yet is never contaminated by it.

Meera loved her deity so much that she would see Him in everyone. When you see a poor beggar suffering, you may get angry at the society or God but Meera would give him food and say, “That is my deity doing drama to invoke feeling of compassion in me and to make me feel like a giver.

When gods plant a thought in your mind to guide you, it gets bullied and silenced into a corner by the other loud thoughts in your mind. We have to have a still mind to get guidance from gods. Ironically, we need their guidance the most when our mind is not still.

When true surrender happens (through supreme knowledge or devotion), you become brush in the hands of the supreme painter, and He turns your mistakes into masterpieces.

On the path of devotion, the relationship between the devotee and deity is personal and unique. Your father’s Hanuman can be different from your Hanuman. Maybe his Hanuman doesn’t allow him to cut nails on Tuesday, your Hanuman might allow. The devotee assigns characteristics to the deity out of love. There are as many deities as there are devotees.

God, the world seen through the glasses of my limited understanding no longer interests me. I surrender my questions, my answers, my theories, my opinions, my beliefs. Fill me with awe. Overwhelm me with your wonders.

A devotee reached at the door of God with nothing but a bowl full of pain and problems. She stood there holding that bowl for days with just one thought in mind. “Take away my pain, God.”Then the realization hit her: Nothing is mine so how could the bowl of pain be mine? She dropped the bowl. With that, her whole identity dropped into nothingness. What emerged out of nothingness was a new version of her, free of pain and full of bliss.