Sunday, April 24, 2016

Perfection is only gradual says Mirabai. A gardener might sprinkle water upon the trees and the plants, but it is only after the spring sets in that the trees and plants bear fruit.

(Chapter V, Page 65, The Bhagavadgita as a Philosophy of God-realisation, being a clue through the labyrinth of Modern Interpretations, R D Ranade)


Granted that all the preparation is made for the realisation if God, that one meets the Guru, that the Guru imparts to him the knowledge of the true path; granted that the seed that is sown is the best of its kind, yet it is only in course of time that a rich harvest can be reaped.

(Chapter V, Page 65, The Bhagavadgita as a Philosophy of God-realisation, being a clue through the labyrinth of Modern Interpretations, R D Ranade)




Wherever there is excellence, wherever there is pre-eminence, wherever there is a portion of the great power and lustre of God, there we might regard that God is present as an incarnation.

(Chapter XI, Page 128, The Bhagavadgita as a Philosophy of God-realisation, being a clue through the labyrinth of Modern Interpretations, R D Ranade)




According to Mahatma Gandhi:- He is a real devotee who is jealous of none, who is a fount of mercy, who is without egoism, who treats alike cold and heat, happiness and misery, who is ever forgiving, who is always contented, whose resolutions are firm, who has dedicated mind and soul to God, who cause no dread, who is not afraid of others, who is free from exultation, sorrow and fear, who is pure, who is versed in action and yet remains unaffected by it, who renounces all fruit, good or bad, who treats friend and foe alike, who is untouched by respect or disrespect, who is not puffed up by praise, who does not go under when people speak ill of him, who loves silence and solitude, who has a disciplined reason." Anasakti Yoga, p 126.

(Chapter XI, Page 129, The Bhagavadgita as a Philosophy of God-realisation, being a clue through the labyrinth of Modern Interpretations, R D Ranade)

Week 118

 Jnanesvara....we should worship God with the blossomed flowers of our actions.

(Chapter XIV, Page 153, The Bhagavadgita as a Philosophy of God-realisation, being a clue through the labyrinth of Modern Interpretations, R D Ranade)

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