“Man should possess dignity and alertness. Only he whose spiritual consciousness is awakened, possesses this dignity and alertness and can be called a man. Futile is the human birth without the awakening of spiritual consciousness.” — Sri Ramakrishna
Prayers for Peace before meditation
सर्वेऽत्र सुखिनः सन्तु सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः। सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु, मा कश्चित् दुःखमाप्नुयात्।।
दुर्जनो सज्जनो भूयात्, सज्जनो शान्तिमाप्नुयात्। शान्तो मुच्येत बन्धेभ्यो, मुक्तश्चान्यान् विमोचयेत्।।
May all be happy, may all be cured of diseases. May all see auspiciousness everywhere, none may be tormented by sufferings. May bad person be good and good person may get peace. The person who attained peace, may he/she liberate others from bondage.
“Unselfishness is God. All ethics, all human action and all human thought hang upon this one idea of unselfishness.”
“All power is within you; you can do anything and everything. Believe in that, do not believe that you are weak. Stand up and express the divinity within you.”
“My ideal indeed can be put into a few words and that is: to preach unto mankind their divinity, and how to manifest in every movement of life.”
“Teach yourselves, teach everyone his real nature, call upon the sleeping soul and see how it awakes. Power will come, glory will come, goodness will come, purity will come and everything that is excellent will come when this sleeping soul is roused to self-conscious activity.” — Swami Vivekananda
