Cleansing Hearts

Serve, love, give, purify, meditate, and realize

Blessed are those who have pure hearts, for they will see God.

First, purify your heart. When the mind is pure, God Himself takes residence. No divine image can be established in a dirty place.

One should purify the mind by walking the path the Guru has shown, and should negate everything transient that appears to be part of the Self.

This glorious, holy, purifying, and blessed lake of Rama's exploits brings happiness, bestows wisdom and devotion, and wipes out delusion, infatuation, and impurity, filled with the water of love.

My naturally pure heart is agitated by the sight of her transcendent beauty.

Glory to the Lord of Raghus, who can be reached through spiritual knowledge. I am an impure woman, but the Lord is capable of purifying the entire world and is the delight of His servants.

Only those will be saved who come to God with a pure heart.

The goal of moral discipline is to purify the heart from the corrosion of passion and resentment, until it reflects the light of God like a clear mirror.

The bath taken after completing the Horse Sacrifice is highly purifying and yields great merit.

The person who, with devotion and perseverance, recites the thousand names of Vasudeva daily, after purifying themselves, will attain great fame, prominence among their family, lasting prosperity, and ultimately, the highest benefit - liberation.

Indeed, the person who wishes to obtain what is beneficial for them should worship Mahadeva with a pure heart.

By living a life of goodness, renouncing everything, and purifying both body and mind, one can attain a path reserved for heroes. They will experience eternal happiness and freedom from calamity, dwelling in a state of joy.

During the bright fortnight of the month of Pausha, when the constellation Rohini is in conjunction, one can acquire the merits of performing great sacrifices by purifying oneself, lying under the open sky, clad in a single piece of raiment, with faith and concentrated attention, and drinking the rays of the moon.

The gift of gold is very purifying.

Giving away the earth is known to cleanse and purify the giver, even if they have committed grave sins such as killing a Brahmin or speaking falsehood.

One should serve the Brahmanas, as this behavior is purifying and excellent.

To those who attain you after purifying themselves through devotion, you reveal yourself of your own accord, O one who dwells in all hearts.

Any action taken by a person with a pure heart, faith, and dedication, using the right methods, without pride, and with wisdom, will never be in vain.

Kapila said, 'Acts only purify the body, but knowledge is the ultimate goal that one strives for.'