Swami Rama Tirtha
Lecture intro: "My own Self in the form of ladies and gentlemen."
also, "He who would control nature must first obey her
laws."
and this excerpt from a poem:
Lo! the trees of the wood are my next of kin.
And the rocks alive with what beats in me.
The clay is my flesh, and the fox my skin.
I am fierce with the gadfly and sweet with the bee.
The flower is naught but the bloom of my love.
And the waters run down in the tune I dream.
The Sun is my flower, up hung above.
I cannot die, though forever death
Weave back and fro in the warp of me.
I was never born, yet my births of breath
Are as many as waves on the sleepless sea.
Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi
When asked why he didn't want to take revenge on someone who
had abused him he said: "When you bite your tongue do you
knock your teeth out?"
Mohandas Gandhi
“ You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
" Faith in one's own self, is itself, the feet of the
guru."
also "One who thinks that he knows what is best for others
is dangerous."
also "Love says: 'I am everything'. Wisdom says: 'I am
nothing.' Between the two my life flows."
Baba Bhagavandas
" I am fear to all fears and danger to all dangers."
Roshi Philip Kapleau
Q:"What is compassion?" A:"Not taking two parking
spaces."
Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati
" You are not the body and mind."
Guru M - (the eyes and mouth
are mirrors)
"Thou shalt figure it out for thyself or thou art verily
a putz."
