3,815 Quotes About Suffering

When artadhyan (mournful contemplation that hurts the self) or raudradhyan (wrathful contemplation that hurts the self and others) does not occur; that is called sayyam (one’s strength without any inner weaknesses).

That which blocks circumstances is artadhyan (mournful contemplation that hurts the self) and that which pushes away circumstances is also artadhyan. To push way unhappiness and to prevent happiness from leaving is all artadhyan.

How do you wipe away pain? You don’t. You put in tenderness, compassion and joy. You cling to hope and then you offer everything to God. And you wait, with faith you see all things anew – light shines out from darkness, happiness grows through every pain, and all things become indeed so very beautiful in His time.

It is considered as artadhyan (adverse internal state that results in hurting the self) only when the mind and the Self (Soul) become engrossed with one another; and also when one does not realize that artadhyan has occurred. And if one realizes that artadhyan has occurred, then it is not called artadhyan; then it is the mind.

When life gives you pain, accept it. When life gives you happiness, reject it.

I want to see beauty. In the ugly, in the sink, in the suffering, in the daily, in all the days before I die, the moments before I sleep.

Suffering is imposed on us time and again so that one day we would become brave wise masters. That is, a strong being who is confidently aware of their intended direction in life, and fearlessly adding value to the world and their future.

when you are earning money by doing what you don’t particularly like, there will be an urgent need to buy pleasure and happiness, from the acquired money to justify the pain and suffering you are going through in your work. The more is the suffering in earning the wealth, the greater is the desire of enjoying pleasure from the money so earned.

Simply put, meditation is the path to clarity, compassion, and a path of wisdom leading to the eradication of suffering.