Quotations from Swami Ramdas
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Date: 27 September 2015
Post No: 2193
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WE ARE GIVING 31 BEAUTIFUL QUOTATIONS FROM SWAMI RAMDAS’ (1922-1963) WRITINGS. HE FOUNDED ANANDASHRAM NEAR KANHANKADU IN NORTH KERALA.
Every month Quotations from Hindu sources are given in the Good Thoughts Calendar.
Important Days:
OCTOBER 2 GANDHI JAYANTHI 8 and 23 EKADASI 12 MAHALAYA AMAVASAI/NEW MOON,13 NAVARATRI BEGINS,21 SARASWATHI PUJA,22 VIJAYA DASAMI,24 MOHURAM, 27 PURNIMA /FULL MOON.
AUSPICIOUS DAYS: 19,22, 25, 26.
Jammu, Janmashtami
October 1 Thursday
Let life be like a flower – born in full bloom and given away utterly – petals, scent and all to the gardener who brought it into existence.
October 2 Friday
God works in His own mysterious ways and, wherever we turn, His hand is visible.
October 3 Saturday
You cannot dislike people and expect God’s grace to come to you.
October 4 Sunday
Contentment is a gift of God which we get through faith in and submission to Him.
October 5 Monday
To soothe the aching heart, to infuse courage into the drooping spirit, to bring upon smile the face pale with woe, to assuage sorrow by loving word are the works of a God-lover.
October 6 Tuesday
A saint is a real redeemer and a saviour of the fallen soul, for a saint is God himself manifest in flesh and blood.
October 7 Wednesday
Let the flame of life burn with the splendour that heals, uplifts and serves humanity.
October 8 Thursday
Universal love is not a thing to believed or not believed. He who possesses a universal vision spontaneously lives it.
October 9 Friday
Be a blazing flame of Truth, be a bounteous blossom of love and be a soothing balm of peace.
October 10 Saturday
We want a religion that knits man to man, irrespective of any apparent distinctions, into a common community on earth.
October 11 Sunday
Love makes life gentle, soft and sweet. Love is the crown of spiritual experience. Love embodies the highest realization of Godhead.
October 12 Monday
It is not philosophy, however high soothing, that can really sweeten life. It is simple love and joy that elevates, ennobles and liberates it.
October 13 Tuesday
Peace dawns in the soul when the tumult of passion ceases.
October 14 Wednesday
Every blade of grass, plant and tree says: “Give your all like us and make world’s life beautiful”.
October 15 Thursday
The sea speaks incessantly: “Thy heart be like my billows – Rise and fall with love and compassion.”
Picture of Bhakta Meera
October 16 Friday
Love fills the heaven above and the earth below. Love alone survives and all passes away.
October 17 Saturday
Let your eyes look with kindliness, your tongue speaks with mildness and your hand touch with softness.
October 18 Sunday
The secret of true joy lies in self-sacrifice and not in self-seeking.
October 19 Monday
When thy heart glistens with purity and peace,
That is the Temple of Lord.
October 20 Tuesday
Life is a beautiful gift of God. It is intended to be placed at His feet like a dedicated flower.
Hindu Yogi from Cambodia, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
October 21 Wednesday
You are neither a weak, nor a puny, nor a faulty creature, but you are the radiant child of a resplendent Mother whose song of power and victor resounds through worlds and space.
October 22 Thursday
The whole world is good to us if we are good.
October 23 Friday
Worshipping brass images and conceiving hatred for men is not devotion.
October 24 Saturday
To suffer calmly, act nobly and live peacefully is the purpose of life.
October 25 Sunday
Do repeat the Mantra constantly. It is the seed of everlasting peace.
Kanchi Shankaracharya (1894-1994); one of the greatest saints of our time.
October 26 Monday
Life is immortal. Life is glorious. Life is a positive expression of the Divine. Know that this is the truth about your life.
October 27 Tuesday
Love travels quicker than thought – it is invisible, mystic touch.
October 28 Wednesday
Life is sweet when it is spent in the service of saints.
October 29 Thursday
Guru and God are one. Guru is who he satisfies the spiritual hunger of the aspirant.
Tumburu and Narada with their musical instruments.
October 30 Friday
God realisation is nothing but the manifestation of one’s own divinity.
October 31 Saturday
We want a religion which brings love and joy to the heart, and light and wisdom to the head.
–Subham–
