Vinoba Bhave Quotes

Though the names karma yoga and sannyasa are different, the truth at the heart of both is the same.

The true nature of soul is right knowledge, right faith and right conduct. The soul, so long as it is subject to transmigration, is undergoing evolution and involution.

Karma, when properly understood, is just the mechanics through which consciousness manifests.

If one marries out of necessity, he will have to reincarnate to reach the point where he wants to live only for God.

In the Bhagavad Gita, there is no long discussion, nothing elaborate. The main reason for this is that everything stated in the Gita is meant to be tested in the life of every man; it is intended to be verified in practice.

Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of the world as an important part of the path to wisdom, to enlightenment.

The deeper you get into Yoga you realize it is a spiritual practice. It's a journey I'm making. I'm heading that way.

To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.

To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.

Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.

He who walks in the eightfold noble path with unswerving determination is sure to reach Nirvana.

The soul... may have many symbols with which it reaches toward God.

The Buddha is in me, the Buddha is in you. Live up to it.

I think we have to be careful about what we label as a prerequisite for spirituality. I don't think you have to know a lot to have a spiritual life, but knowing gives life richness.

Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher's help.

From a Hindu perspective, you are born as what you need to deal with, and if you just try and push it away, whatever it is, it's got you.

I went to church as a kid, but it was as much a social thing as anything going to the youth group with the other kids and whatnot. It wasn't until I got out of college that I got on my own religious trip and started finding other things out there as well as philosophies. I've kinda been on my own spiritual path since then.

The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest.

My main calling in life is to seek and achieve spiritual balance, and to express that through my instrument. Everything else is here today, gone later today.

Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.

In India, there's a way of seeing life as a cosmic play. It's called Lila. I can watch my life, and I can see my guru playing with me.

Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.

There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt. And, of course, there are Christian monks and nuns who already use Buddhist methods in order to develop their devotion, compassion, and ability to forgive.

Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.

I'm not speaking as someone who has reached satori or anything else. I'm a student.