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Serve, love, give, purify, meditate, and realize
Swami Sivananda
HinduTeachingCleansing HeartsHelpfulness
All About Hinduism, p. 1
I remember the glorious Guru who is the Supreme Brahman. I speak of the glorious Guru who is the Supreme Brahman. I bow to the glorious Guru who is the Supreme Brahman. I worship the glorious Guru who is the Supreme Brahman.
HinduScriptureGuruHelpfulnessSanskrit
Guru Gita 88
The Lord said: O Goddess, you are my very Self. Out of my love for you I shall speak. This question of yours, which benefits all the world, has never been asked by anyone before.
HinduScriptureHelpfulnessLoveSanskrit
Guru Gita 4
The wise, with the help of the Vedas and knowledge, having ascertained that the visible universe is an illusion, instantly realizes the Supreme Spirit as the sole existing independent essence.
Vyasa
HinduTeachingHelpfulnessKnowledgeSanskrit
Mahabharata, p. 314
Regardless of their inherent nature, these things cannot help him love God as much as the smallest act of living faith and hope, which is done with selflessness and detachment from all things.
St. John of the Cross
ChristianTeachingAltruismFaith
Ascent of Mount Carmel, p. 266
One gets liberated either due to their karma or with the help of saints
Guru Nanak
SikhScriptureHelpfulnessKarmaPunjabi
Japji Sahib (Gurmukhi and English), p. 19
Music is spiritual; it's not meant to merely stimulate the senses or provide sensual pleasure. Instead, it's a yogic practice that helps you achieve Self-realization or Atma-sakshatkara.
Swami Sivananda
HinduTeachingAttainmentHelpfulness
Bliss Divine, p. 326
The life of a householder is not about indulging in lust and loose living. Instead, it's a life of selfless service, focused on Dharma, charity, goodness, kindness, and self-help, which benefits all of humanity.
Swami Sivananda
HinduTeachingAltruismBenevolence
Bliss Divine, p. 302
God's grace is the ultimate help. You may try thousands of times, but nothing can be achieved without God's grace. One cannot see God without His grace. It's not easy to receive God's grace; one must renounce egotism completely, as one cannot see God as long as they feel they are the doer.
Ramakrishna Paramhamsa
HinduTeachingAttainmentEgo
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, p. 142
My Lord is the Lord of the universe; my Guru is the Guru of all three worlds; my Self is the Self of all beings. Salutations to the Guru.
HinduScriptureGuruHelpfulnessSanskrit
Guru Gita 75
Even a single tiny particle of dust from the Guru's feet serves as a bridge across the vast ocean of worldly existence. That supreme Guru, our Lord and Teacher, we worship and revere.
HinduScriptureContentmentDevotionSanskrit
Guru Gita 55
O Goddess, devotion to the Guru is the supreme place of pilgrimage; all other sacred sites are meaningless without it. All places of pilgrimage find their refuge in the big toe of the Guru's foot.
HinduScriptureAttainmentDevotionSanskrit
Guru Gita 174
O beautiful One, those who, even possessing the strength of learning and austerity, do not serve the Guru are truly unfortunate. This is truth — utterly truth.
HinduScriptureAttainmentGuruSanskrit
Guru Gita 172
You should cultivate to a high degree the qualities of discernment, alertness, and expertise, which will help you make the right decisions during challenging situations.
Swami Sivananda
HinduTeachingHelpfulnessService
Practice of Karma Yoga, p. 68
The greatest service you can provide to the world is sharing spiritual knowledge. Spiritual help is the most significant assistance you can offer to humanity.
Swami Sivananda
HinduTeachingGood DeedsHelpfulness
Practice of Karma Yoga, p. 12
May the divine glance of the blessed Guru abide in me always — that glance which is the central pillar supporting the stage of all the worlds, which showers the rain of compassion, which is the totality of all the garlands of truth, which creates past, present, and future, and which bestows the vision of Being, Consciousness, and Bliss.
HinduScriptureGraceGuruSanskrit
Guru Gita 60
What is laboriously sought through hundreds of long, arduous, and illness-provoking breath-control practices — painful and hard to master — is spontaneously achieved the very instant the Guru's grace dawns, as the powerful vital force settles on its own. To attain that natural state effortlessly, serve the Guru alone, always.
HinduScriptureAttainmentGuruSanskrit
Guru Gita 53
Because he has taken complete refuge in the guru, with a tranquil heart and a peaceful spirit, the knowledgeable person explains the principles of the Brahman. This knowledge helps one understand the Immutable Spirit, the True, and the Real.
Vedic Sages
HinduTeachingGuruHarmony
The Upanishads — Texts, Translations and Commentaries, p. 182
The greatest help of all is to be a human center of the Light, the Glory, the Bliss, the Strength, the Knowledge of the Divine Existence, one through whom it will communicate itself abundantly to other people and attract their souls to the Highest with its magnet of delight.
Vedic Sages
HinduTeachingHappinessHelpfulness
The Upanishads — Texts, Translations and Commentaries, p. 175
The connection with the universe is preserved for the reason that supremely justifies it; it must exist not for personal earthly joy, as with those who are still bound, but to help all creatures.
Vedic Sages
HinduTeachingHelpfulnessJoy
The Upanishads — Texts, Translations and Commentaries, p. 174