“Do not pretend or patronize. If you simply say: "Do not talk loud" or give some blank direction, you are patronizing and treating people with disdain. They deserve to be told why. Tell them that silence is the very first rung of the ladder of sadhana; that it is the hallmark of Prasanthi Nilayam; that they must learn to make every place where they are a Prasanthi Nilayam; that loud talk disturbs those who practice Namasmarana or Dhyanam or Japam; that noise breeds further noise. This is a workshop, where damaged minds and hearts come for repair or overhaul.”
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“Demolish the wall of difference that separates you from Me; and then the road for our meeting will be clear and open.”
“Learn to speak what you feel, and act what you speak.”
“Help Ever, Hurt Never.”
“Renunciation is the power of battling against evil forces and holding the mind in check.”
“Do tomorrow's work today, and today's work now. The moment may pass in an instant; when then will you do it?”
“Be simple and sincere.”
“You can discover your own truth only when you are alone with yourself and there is silence all around you.”
“Silence is the only language of the realized. Practice moderation in speech. That will help you in many ways. It will develop Prema, for most misunderstandings and factions arise out of carelessly spoken words. When the foot slips, the wound can be healed; but when the tongue slips, the wound it causes in the heart of another will fester for life. The tongue is liable to four big errors: uttering falsehood, scandalizing, finding fault with others, and excessive speech. All these have to be avoided if there is to be santhi for the individual as well as for society.”
“There is no such thing as mind apart from thought.”
“God is all Names and all forms.”
“What is the unmistakable mark of a wise man? It is Love, Love for all humanity.”
“Let the world go topsy-turvy; you remain where you are. Standing or staying in your own place, look on calmly at the show of all things passing before you.”
“Learn the value of silence, of Namasmarana, of Bhajan, of Japa, of Dhyana, of single minded remembrance of the Lord, of the association with spiritually kin. These will stand you in good stead, when distress assails you.”
“Compassion is the root of dharma; pride is the root of sin. Says Tulsi: never abandon compassion as long as there is life in the body.”
“Love seeks no reward; Love is its own reward.”
“As close as you are to God, so close is God to you.”
“Unless there is some relationship or connection, nobody goes anywhere. If any men or creatures come to you, do not discourteously drive them away, but receive them well and treat them with due respect.”
“Be wherever you like, do whatever you choose, remember this well that all what you do is known to Me.”
“The end of knowledge is Love. The end of education is character.”
“Has even a word from You become as precious as gold, O Kodandapani?”
“There should not be any trace of dislike or distrust on the score of nationality, language, caste, economic status, scholarship, age or sex.”
“Love is selflessness, Self is lovelessness.”
“Always respect another's opinion and another's point of view.”
“The jivi (ego) experiences all that is seen, heard, and contacted by the mind in the outer world, as well as the impact of all that it could not see, hear, or contact by the mind. Besides these the jivi might construct experiences in dreams and witness such experiences undergone during previous lives.”
“Ignorance is the most important cause of sorrow.”
“Make Me the sole object of your thoughts and actions; and you will, no doubt, attain Paramartha (the spiritual goal of life).”
“You feel the presence of God when silence reigns. In the excitement and confusion of the market place, you cannot hear His Footfall. He is Sabdabrahma, resounding when all is filled with silence. That is why I insist on silence, the practice of low speech and minimum sound. Talk low, talk little, talk in whispers, sweet and true. Examine each act of yours and see that you execute it with minimum noise. Do not shout to a person standing far; go near him or beckon to him to approach you. Loud noise is sacrilege on the sky, just as there are sacrilegious uses of earth and of water.”
“Food is Brahma; it must never be wasted.”
“By eating flesh one develops violent tendencies and animal diseases.”
