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