Purpose of Life

I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we desire contentment. In my own limited experience I have found that the more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of wellbeing. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It helps remove whatever fears of insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter. It is the principle source of success in life. Since we are not solely material creatures, it is a mistake to place all our hopes for happiness on external development alone. The key is to develop inner peace.

Dalai Lama

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Great Minds on the Gita

If we study the Upanishads, we notice the sudden introduction of the discussion of a great Truth. Compared with that, the Gita is like these Truths beautifully arranged together in their proper places – like a fine garland or a bouquet of the choicest flowers. The Upanishads deal elaborately with Shraddha in many places, but hardly mention bhakti. In the Gita, on the other hand, the subject of bhakti is not only again and again dealt with, but in it, the innate spirit of bhakti has attained its culmination.

Swami Vivekananda

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Happiness

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

                     Bhavan Australia, March 2011                                                                     Mahatma Gandhi

  

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Failure and Success

Failure and success seem to have been allotted to men by their stars. But they retain the power of wriggling, of fighting with their star or against it, and in the whole universe the only really interesting movement is this wriggle.

 

Tattavaloka, October 2011                                       E.M. Forester

 

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Look at Your Mind

If you expect too much, you will be frustrated. If you don’t want to be frustrated, don’t expect. Live without expectations and there will be no frustration.

Splendour, July 2011                                      Osho   

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