Prem Prakash Quotes

#1. [A] practitioner of any spiritual path must have complete confidence that his adopted path is, for him, superior to all others. (57)

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#2. To the yogi, all experience is seen as one, as a means to help him cultivate devotion. All experiences have equal meaning and value. (154)

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#3. What is important is not the specific manner in which God is worshiped but the degree to which the devotee is filled with love. (48-49)

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#4. Our stresses, anxieties, pains, and problems arise because we do not see the world, others, or even ourselves as worthy of love. (9)

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#5. Relinquishing selfish wants, one is free to allow others to travel their own paths under the will of God. (18)

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#6. If one's life is so unsatisfying that an unhealthy activity brings a shred of happiness, it is nigh impossible to give it up unless something that brings greater happiness can be enjoyed in its stead. (28)

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#7. The world that we perceive is a reflection of our own states of mind and reveals our own level of consciousness.

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#8. Attempting to contain the infinite within finite symbolism of language may result in scholarship, but it will not produce devotion. (110)

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#9. Better not to plant seeds of selfishness than try to eradicate them once they have grown into giant weeds. (91)

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#10. Peace and supreme joy may seem like end-states to practitioners on more difficult spiritual paths, but the path of devotion should be filled with peace and joy from the very beginning. Their absence is an indication that something is amiss. (125)

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#11. A man who wears a fragrant flower on his collar spreads a perfume wherever he goes. (141)

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#12. At the end of our lives we hope we will look back and, like an incense stick completely burned away, will have poured forth all our fragrance into the world.

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#13. Each soul has its own note to sing in the divine chorus and no voice is more important than another. (94)

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#14. A yogi is much more disciplined in his speech. Yogic tradition has it that speech must pass before three barriers prior to being uttered aloud. These barriers come in the form of three questions: Is it kind? Is it true? Is it necessary? (112-113)

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