Swami Rama Quotes

#1. Jealousy is an evil which grows in the womb of ego and is nourished by selfishness and attachment.

Swami Rama

#2. He is never born, never dies, without beginning or end, eternal and infinite. Through all times, past, present and future, He remains the same. The origin and dissolution of the Universe is all within him. Nothing exists without his existence. He is everything.

Rama Swami

#3. Listen more to the other players on the bandstand than you do to yourself.

Bill Kirchen

#4. And were you cornered by her,
eye to eye,
you would see that
there are still some watchful creatures
whose essence lies unbound by words.
There is still a wilderness.

Toby Barlow

#5. What good does it do to have all the riches of the world and all the world's pleasures? They will all disappear in the flash we call a human lifetime. Focusing on the pleasures of the world keeps the mind too distracted to search for the inner Self.

Rama Swami

#6. Life does not need to be changed. Only your intent and actions do.

Rama Swami

#7. I guess I've become very accustomed to playing in the 7/4, which is something we've done quite a lot.

Chris Squire

#8. As any small business owner knows, starting a business is not glamorous work.

Kevin McCarthy

#9. If you really want to examine your strength, see how many times a day you are disturbed.

Rama Swami

#10. Modern man is too impatient and wants to master the art of meditation immediately.

Rama Swami

#11. The law of life is to leave behind the ground one is standing on and then step forward.

Rama Swami

#12. The poor long for riches, the rich long for heaven, but the wise long for a state of tranquility.

Rama Swami

#13. It seemed off that anyone could live behind such a high hedge of thorns, and he began to think it would be no great surprize to discover that Mr. Wyvern had been asleep for a hundred years or so. 'Well, I shall not mind that so much,' he thought, 'so long as I am not expected to kiss him.

Susanna Clarke

#14. Jesus himself, as the gospel story goes on to its dramatic conclusion, lives out the same message of the Sermon on the Mount: he is the light of the world, he is the salt of the earth, he loves his enemies and gives his life for them, he is lifted up on a hill so that the world can see.

N. T. Wright

#15. What Jesus meant was that whoever is attached to the worldly life and this earthly body will lose them in death. But whoever lets go of attachments to this worldly life and this earthly body and identifies with the permanence or God-consciousness that Jesus represented, will never die.

Rama Swami

#16. We teach offense 5-0/5-5 (whole method) and defense by part (1-1/3-3).

Dick Bennett

#17. The sins of the fathers," I murmured to myself. "The sins of the fathers shall not be visited upon the children.

Diana Gabaldon

#18. The scriptures say to wake up from the deep sleep of ignorance, remain fully awake, remain conscious, & go on learning.

Rama Swami

#19. One has to reap the fruits of his karma. The law of karma is inevitable and is accepted by all the great philosophies of the world: 'As you sow, so shall you reap.'

Rama Swami

#20. If you learn to go beyond the jabbering of your mind, and can go to the deeper aspects of your consciousness, then body, breath, and mind will not come in your way.

Rama Swami

#21. Meditation is a journey without movement. In the external world you have to move in order to go ahead, in meditation you don't move, yet you attain.

Rama Swami

#22. If fate sends you a lemon, use it to make lemonade.

Lawrence Block

#23. My mother always tells me, 'Nathan, you're very much a geek, but your strength is that you look mainstream. So no one can tell just by looking at you.' I think this is true.

Nathan Fillion

#24. It is He who manifests as both matter and consciousness. There is no place where God is not. In every atom, in every living being He alone is present.

Rama Swami

#25. God is One. There cannot be two or more. For if there were two God's who created them? There must have been someone who came before them. Therefore God is only One - One Final Absolute Existence. Everything else is a manifestation of Him.

Rama Swami

#26. Genuine asceticism for finding one's own soul and for the good of humanity is worthy of reverence.

Rama Swami

#27. To achieve purity of mind, one should cultivate constant awareness by being mindful all the time. One should remain always aware of one's thoughts.

Rama Swami

#28. Spirituality dawns when individuality vanishes. When our ego becomes aware of something that is higher than it - the individual Spirit, or Soul; then spirituality dawns.

Rama Swami

#29. Do not allow yourself to suppress your thoughts. Instead, let the thoughts come before you and become a sort of observer. Start observing your own mind. Do not try to escape; do not be afraid of your thinking.

Rama Swami