If we read the stories of the great spiritual teachers of the past, we find that they have attained spiritual realization through a great deal of meditation, solitude and practice. They did not take any shortcuts.

Rajiv Mehrontra

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Countless words count less than the silent balance between yin and yang.

Quiet mind, quiet soul.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Looking deeply at life as it is in this very moment, the meditator dwells in stability and freedom.

Die happily and look forward to taking up a new and better form. Like the sun, only when you set in the west can you rise in the east.

Be yourself and let others be themselves and this life, this planet, can become the lotus paradise here-now.

The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge the progress.

Ramana Maharshi

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