False ego begets conceit

The spirit soul bewildered by the influence of false ego thinks himself the doer of activities that are actually carried out by the three modes of material nature........Bhagwat Gita

Learning

Learning is a treasure, which accompanies its owner everywhere.....Chinese Proverb

Knowledge, like religion, must be experienced in order to be known.....Edwin P. Whipple

Poverty

The greatest of evils and the worst of enemies is poverty...George Barnard Shaw

Postal Service

Someone, somewhere wants a letter from you...... British Post Office slogan

It is curious that the letter we desire to write the most should often get delayed. The casual note, the routine letter is sent off and yet the letter which we are thinking of most remains unwritten......Jawahar Lal Nehru

Dwelling

In front and behind thy house, let flowery durna grass grow. Let there be a spring or a tank with lotuses in bloom. Let us construct a beautiful well designed commodious dwelling.....Atharveda

Adapt or Perish, now as ever is nature's inexorable imperative...H. G. Wells

Board Room Battles

Love of the right, gold, pleasure and fear of life, these four are the tests of a man, give they confidence therefore to men that satisfy all the tests.
Never trust men without trying them; and after trying them, give each one of them the work for which he is fit. ....Tiruvalluvar, The kural

Wisemen

The wiseman overcomes anger through mind control, lust through the renunciation of desire. Through conduct he should protect mind and speech. Through constant vigilance, he should shed fear and through the service of the wise, he should overcome pride.....Brahma Purana

Spiritual Spring Board

DAMA or self restraint
DANA or self sacrifice and
DAYA or compassion

help us free ourselves from the sway of craving, greed and anger.

When the Buddha asks us to put out in our hearts the monstrous flies of infatuation, greed and anger, he is emphasizing the three virtues enforced by the Upanishads.....S. Radhakrishnan

Fragrance within and Faith

Musk forms in the naval of the dear. Being fascinated with its smell, the dear roam hither and thither. They do not know where the fragrance comes from. Likewise God resides in the human body but man does not know it. Therefore, he searches everywhere for bliss, not knowing that it is already in him....Shri Ramakrishna

The Heart of the Matter

The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone's heart and directs the wanderings of all living entities.....Bhagwat Gita

Now if asked "what is the spirit of Meditation?" I reply that it is to have a sincerely benevolent and sympathetic heart at all times, whether one is moving or resting, whether one's luck is good or bad, whether one is in honor or in shame, or in gain or in loss, in right or in wrong.....Hakuin

Love is Deficit

The master said : A man who is not humane, what can he have to do with rituals....?

The believer, who participates in human life, exposing himself to its torments and sufferings is worth more than the one who distances himself from its sufferings....Hadith of Ibu Majah

Giving money to the poor is much easier than giving them love.....dispensing love to the sick and dying requires a phenomenal inner drive...Poverty is trifling ailment compared with lovelessness....Swaminathan S A Ayer

The Root of Misery

Oh! the root of misery is duality. There is no other remedy for it except the realization that all objects of experience are unreal and that I am Pure, One, Consciousness and Bliss....Astavakra Samhita

The suffering of each depends not upon the factual happenings but upon the texture of each one's mind....Swami Chinmayananada

Prosperity

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshiped.....Calvin Coolidge

Home Truths

He whose mother and father are not properly served and honoured meet with worries and woes; while he whose moth and father are held in high esteem receives bliss and wins admiration among his friends and virtuous people.....Rig Veda

In the kingdom of heaven, true love is fulfilled and centered on parental love...The family is the original base of true love and the foundation of eternity....Sun Myung Moon

Rushing to Nowhere

Too great haste leads us to error......Moliere

Those that are intent on conquests will be quietly watching their opportunity, they will know neither confusion nor hurry.....The Kural

Haste makes waste......Proverb

The Temple of Nature

Nature's beauty is an art of GOD. Let us feel the touch of GOD's invisible hands in everything beautiful, by the first touch of his hands winds throb and ripple. When He smiles the Sun shines, the moon glimmers, the stars twinkle, the flowers bloom by the first rays of the rising Sun, the universe is stirred; the shining gold is sprinkled on the smiling buds of rose; the fragrant air is filled with sweet melodies of singing birds, the dawn is the dream of GOD's creative fancy.......Rig Veda