matri vani

  • Every moment belongs to God; endeavor to keep your mind dedicated to His feet. God, the Ocean of Mercy, whoever blesses the world, pours out His grace at all times. It is incumbent on man to consider everything that happens to be for the best. ‘For the best’ denotes what is most helpful towards the realization of the Divine, the realization of the fulfillness of Bliss.
  • Who are the truly wealthy? Those who are possessed with the Supreme Treasure —they alone are really rich and live in abundance. The poor and destitute must be called the men in whose hearts the remembrance of God abides by.. To depend solely on Him is a man’s only duty.
  • To concentrate only on Him, the remem­brance of Whom brings release from all anxiety, is real and right. At all times, endeavor to sustain the contemplation of God and the flow of His name. By His name, all disease becomes at ease.
  • Human birth: does it not ordinarily mean experiencing desire, passion, grief, suffering, old age, disease, happiness, pain, and so on? Yet man must bear in mind that he exists for God alone, for His service, and for the realization of Him. To say, “I do not know, I do not understand” is only ignorance. It is this veil of ignorance that causes agony and misfortune
  • Worldly life is no doubt a battlefield. By becoming conscious of one’s spiritual wealth, one must strive to emerge triumphant from this battle.
  • When the mind centers on what gives peace and one’s gaze dwells on, realizes ultimate enlightenment.
  • What promotes it, when one’s ears listen to what fills the heart with peace, and at all times there is a response from Him who is peace itself, then only can there be the promise of peace
  • To perform one’s worldly duties is a good thing. At the same time, one has to be mindful of a man’s real duties.
  • The Self, Self-contained, calling to itself for its own Revelation —this is happiness.
  • The intense desire for God-realisation is itself the way to it.
  • It is through the search for Truth that a man can elevate himself. This he should regard in the light of his duty.