Spiritual development is not a choice that you will work toward when you have the mood. It's a necessity, without which you are bound to suffer for life
The level of your personal development reflects not in how many women you've screwed, or how great your love life is, but in how happy you are able to keep without the both, amongst other things. How prepared you are to face the indifferent reality!
A nihilist would say: It doesn't matter in the vast universe whether you live or die. So die! An enlightened person would say: Yes, it doesn't matter in the least. That's exactly the point. Why try to change what IS!
If you want to know whether your friendship with this person (of the opposite sex) is real or hormone-induced, just ask yourself whether you would have been friends if the two of you were the same sex
Suffering of humankind is not because of not knowing what the universe is made of or how gravity works. It is because people haven't figured out their own mind. So, which knowledge is important?
Don't judge a person's greatness by his knowledge, or status, or education, or eloquence, or personality, or fan-following... The only measure of greatness is the quality of one's ideas; how useful they really are. E.g. Buddha is infinitely greater than Newtons and Einsteins
Do not go truth seeking for the sake of itself. Do it to bring ease to your life. If the truth you have discovered doesn't ease your life, it's useless. If it does, it's all there was to seek
Spiritual enlightenment does not mean knowing everything. It means knowing enough to never fall prey to suffering
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Crisis is woven in the very fabric of existence. No amount of spiritual development can rid creatures of crises. It can only make us immune to the suffering and enable us face life in its true form with utmost joy
Hormones-induced romantic love is the lowest form of love; irrational, and just meant for mating. Then there's this love as in "liking something very much"; it's a reason based love; good to go with. And the highest form of love is the unconditional love, which just means total a...
Spirituality is pure truth-seeking about your being. It has nothing to do with God, religion and mysticism
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