So, by all these three ways we get valid knowledge. Of course, whether it is valid or invalid, ultimately you have to set it aside to find your peace. But before we push out all thoughts, we try to analyze them and eliminate one set after another.

And there is one more way. You may not have seen anything personally and may not have anything from which to infer, but a reliable authority, or person who has really understood something, tells you.

In the same way, a part of your mind is tied to God through your mantra while the other part is engaged in worldly pursuits. You dive deep to get all the pearls you want to gather: name, fame, money, position, friends, anything you want. You need not stay away from anything as long as you do

Estimates of the date of the Sūtras range from 5,000 B.C. to 300 A.D. In

The more you serve, the more happiness you enjoy. Such a person knows the secret of life. There is a joy in losing everything, in giving everything.

You have to always be at it, not just for a few minutes a day and then allowing the mind to have its own free time all the other hours.

Yes, “As you think, so you become.” Knowingly or unknowingly, you imbibe the qualities of the thing named. That is why the right name has to be selected.

“If you can control the rising of the mind into ripples, you will experience Yoga.”

The basic mind is called ahaṁkära, or the ego, the “I” feeling. This gives rise to the intellect or discriminative faculty which is called buddhi. Another stage is called manas, the desiring part of the mind, which gets attracted to outside things through the senses.