Devotion expresses itself through countless distinct channels, showing that our spiritual connection grows not through a single rigid formula, but through the unique attitude of service we bring to life. “Sri Rama…
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Irrelevance
“All questions at the public meeting that day were about life beyond the grave. The Master only laughed and did not give a single answer. To his disciples, who demanded to know…
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Gossip
A disciple confessed his bad habit of repeating gossip. Said the Master wickedly, “Repeating it wouldn’t be so bad if you did not improve on it.” Anthony de Mello More from http://www.soulwise.net/…
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Doctrine
To a visitor who claimed he had no need to search for Truth because he found it in the beliefs of his religion, the Master said: “There was once a student who…
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He sings for the Lord
When art is stripped of worldly ambition and offered purely as devotion, it reaches a sublime height that no royal patronage or technical mastery can ever replicate. “The name of Tansen is…
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Damned devotee
Radical compassion prioritises the relief of others over personal salvation, demonstrating that true spiritual mastery arises when we willingly sacrifice our own standing for the greater good. “The devotee knelt to be…
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Does the Ganges wash away our sins?
Merely immersing the body in sacred waters cannot wash away deliberate wrongdoing or replace authentic inner transformation. When outer rituals are fueled by intense faith, genuine repentance, and deep devotion, external practice…
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A true devotee’s faith
Absolute faith is never narrow or exclusive; it embraces every manifestation of the divine, finding ultimate unity beneath the multiplicity of names and forms. “Once, while going to Kamarpukur, I was overtaken…
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The faith behind miracles
Intellectual comprehension of spiritual truths remains mere theory until total, unhesitating trust transforms belief into living conviction. A milk-maid used to fetch milk daily for a brahmana priest living on the other…
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Depth of devotion
True spiritual stature is never measured by self-proclaimed closeness to the divine, but by an uncalculating love that places the comfort and honor of the beloved above all else. “Pride once entered…
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By the will of God
Absolute surrender to the divine turns every circumstance—whether comfort or adversity—into a seamless expression of a higher, unfolding reality. In a certain village, there lived a weaver. He was a very pious…
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How to see God
Realising the divine is never an intellectual pastime; it demands the same desperate, consuming urgency that a drowning person feels for a breath of air. A disciple asked his teacher, “Sir, please…