About Edwin Arnold: Sir Edwin Arnold is most known for his work, The Light of Asia.
Some perceive God in the heart by the intellect through meditation; others by the yoga of knowledge; and others by the yoga of work. Some, however, do not understand Brahman, but having heard from others, take to worship. They also transcend death by...
I am Sama Veda among the Vedas; I am Indra among the Devas; I am the mind among the senses; I am the consciousness in living beings.
You have control over doing your respective duty, but no control or claim over the result. Fear of failure, from being emotionally attached to the fruit of work, is the greatest impediment to success because it robs efficiency by constantly disturbin...
A gift is pure when it is given from the heart to the right person at the right time and at the right place, and when we expect nothing in return
Anyone who is steady in his determination for the advanced stage of spiritual realization and can equally tolerate the onslaughts of distress and happiness is certainly a person eligible for liberation.
It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection.
The nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons.They arise from sense perception,and one must learn to tolerate them without being di...
The peace of God is with them whose mind and soul are in harmony, who are free from desire and wrath, who know their own soul.
I am the Atma abiding in the heart of all beings. I am also the beginning, the middle, and the end of all beings.
Then, O King! the God, so saying, Stood, to Pritha's Son displaying All the splendour, wonder, dread Of His vast Almighty-head. Out of countless eyes beholding, Out of countless mouths commanding, Countless mystic forms enfolding In one Form: supreme...
Perform all thy actions with mind concentrated on the Divine, renouncing attachment and looking upon success and failure with an equal eye. Spirituality implies equanimity. [Trans. Purohit Swami]
For the senses wander, and when one lets the mind follow them, it carries wisdom away like a windblown ship on the waters.
You have the right to work, but never to the fruit of work. You should never engage in action for the sake of reward, nor should you long for inaction. Perform work in this world, Arjuna, as a man established within himself - without selfish attachme...
Shall any gazer see with mortal eyes, Or any searcher know by mortal mind, Veil after veil will lift--but there must be Veil upon veil behind.
Sleep - death without dying - living, but not life.
There is no caste in blood.
Within yourself deliverance must be searched for, because each man makes his own prison.
Sweetest smile is made saddest tear-drop!
