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Miracles

Miracles represent extraordinary events across world spiritual traditions. Many traditions converge on the idea that miracles are divine interventions. They diverge in their explanations and interpretations of these events.

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Sañjaya said: Having spoken thus, O King, the great Lord of Yoga, Hari, then revealed to the son of Pṛthā His supreme sovereign form.
Sanjaya
HinduParableMiraclesVisionSanskrit
Bhagavad Gita 11.9
Behold the Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the twin Aśvins, and the Maruts; behold many wonders never seen before, O descendant of Bharata.
Krishna
HinduTeachingMiraclesVisionSanskrit
Bhagavad Gita 11.6
And as Christ says in the Gospel, they will be amazed at that time, saying, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesize in your name, cast out demons in your name, and perform many miracles in your name?'
Jesus
ChristianScriptureMiraclesTime
Ascent of Mount Carmel, p. 213
In this way, gradually and quickly, divine calm and peace will be infused into your soul, along with a wonderful and sublime knowledge of God, wrapped in divine love.
St. John of the Cross
ChristianTeachingGod KnowledgeHarmony
Ascent of Mount Carmel, p. 172
My advice is to not strive for supernatural powers or rapid Kundalini awakening. Instead, cultivate devotion to God, have complete faith in Him, and embody a spirit of service to humanity. The Kundalini will awaken naturally.
Swami Sivananda
HinduTeachingDevotionEnlightenment
Bliss Divine, p. 279
When all desires cease, the mind becomes completely pure, the senses are subdued, and the mind achieves a significant degree of one-pointedness, and egoistic ideas dissolve, the Kundalini will awaken naturally.
Swami Sivananda
HinduTeachingAttainmentEgo
Bliss Divine, p. 279
Anger is a sign of mental weakness, always starting from foolishness or weakness and ending in regret or remorse.
Swami Sivananda
HinduTeachingMindMiracles
Bliss Divine, p. 33
Gods, celestial musicians, ancestral spirits, yakṣas, kinnaras, seers, and all the perfected ones — none of them can attain liberation if they turn away from the service of the Guru.
HinduScriptureAttainmentChange of HeartSanskrit
Guru Gita 86
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
Performances of miracles such as shown by the Perfume Saint are spectacular but spiritually useless. Having little purpose beyond entertainment, they are digressions from a serious search for God.
Paramahansa Yogananda
HinduTeachingMiraclesDiscernment
Autobiography of a Yogi 10
Everything I saw had a distinctive stamp of its own universe and was exceedingly wonderful too, O Hari. But in my round of the innumerable universes, I saw no other Rāma, my lord.
Tulsidas
HinduTeachingDifferencesMiraclesSanskrit
Ramcharitmanas — Uttar Kand Part 2 (verses 1023–1101), p. 13
He sings the wonderful deeds of Lord Rama with loving reverence; the swans with pure minds, who live in that lake, all listen to the story.
Tulsidas
HinduParableDevotionLoveSanskrit
Ramcharitmanas — Uttar Kand Part 1 (verses 949–1022), p. 63
All supernatural powers become easily attainable to an ordinary individual who utters the name of Rāma, even while yawning. This is no great honor to Bharata, who was dear to Rāma as His own life.
Tulsidas
HinduTeachingAttainmentDifferencesSanskrit
Ramcharitmanas — Ayodhya Kand Part 6 (verses 601–646), p. 31
The name and the object named, though similar in significance, are ineffable and cannot be described in words.
Tulsidas
HinduTeachingMiraclesDivine NameSanskrit
Ramcharitmanas — Bal Kand Part 1 (verses 1–97), p. 30
Thus, from his own creation, man comes to know God's existence, from the wonders of his bodily frame, God's power and wisdom, and from the ample provision made for his various needs, God's love.
Al-Ghazali
SufiTeachingDifferencesGod KnowledgeArabic
Alchemy of Happiness (Al-Ghazali — scripture edition), p. 13
Know, dear one, that humans were not created without purpose or randomly, but were made wonderfully and for a great reason.
Al-Ghazali
SufiTeachingKnowledgeMiraclesArabic
Alchemy of Happiness (Al-Ghazali — scripture edition), p. 7
People with good conduct, self-restraint, and sincerity, who are free from sin and have tranquil souls, attain the highest goal by listening to this wonderful story with faith and intelligence.
Vyasa
HinduTeachingAttainmentFaithSanskrit
Mahabharata, p. 5757
Abstaining from harming any living being is considered the most important duty. It is the highest state, free from anxiety, and a sign of holiness.
Vyasa
HinduTeachingMiraclesActionSanskrit
Mahabharata, p. 5584
Abstaining from harm is the greatest duty. Causing harm is a sign of immorality.
Vyasa
HinduTeachingLustMiraclesSanskrit
Mahabharata, p. 5567
There is nothing wonderful that is unknown to you. Everything on earth and in heaven is known to you.
Vyasa
HinduTeachingKnowledgeMiraclesSanskrit
Mahabharata, p. 5387