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Forgiveness is a virtue, forgiveness is a sacrifice, forgiveness is the Vedas, forgiveness is the Shruti.
Kashyapa
HinduScriptureForgivenessMoralitySanskrit
Mahabharata, p. 891
Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you give away, and whatever austerity you practice, do it all as an offering to me.
Ramakrishna Paramhamsa
HinduScriptureDisciplineOffering
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, p. 585
The root cause of a person's suffering is their pride. Even if someone makes a sacrifice, they can still get caught up in their own pride. What is the point of such a sacrifice? It is pride, or ego, that should be sacrificed. That is where true happiness and bliss are found.
Baba Hardev Singh Ji
UniversalTeachingAbiding HappinessEgo
Gurdev Hardev Part 2, p. 135
Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer in sacrifice, whatever you give, whatever austerity you practise — O son of Kuntī, do all that as an offering to Me.
Krishna
HinduTeachingActionDedicationSanskrit
Bhagavad Gita 9.27
Whoever offers Me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water — that offering of love from the pure-hearted one, I accept and receive.
Krishna
HinduTeachingDevotionDivine LoveSanskrit
Bhagavad Gita 9.26
The Guru is Brahma, the Guru is Vishnu, the Guru is the great Lord Shiva. The Guru alone is the supreme Absolute — to that Guru I offer my reverent salutations.
HinduScriptureGuruWorshipSanskrit
Guru Gita 32
The ladle is Brahman, the oblation is Brahman, offered by Brahman into the fire of Brahman — to Brahman alone must that person go, who is absorbed in the act that is Brahman.
Krishna
HinduPoetryOnenessGodSanskrit
Bhagavad Gita 4.24
The soul is eternal, indestructible, and present in every creature. It is the cause of the mind.
Vyasa
HinduTeachingMindSoulSanskrit
Mahabharata, p. 4240
Be merciful and don't let your anger destroy all living things. Through your mercy, let the entire universe, including the past, present, and future, continue to exist.
Rudra
HinduTeachingForgivenessAngerSanskrit
Mahabharata, p. 2677
The person who bathes at the confluence of the Ganga and the Saraswati earns the merit of the horse-sacrifice and also ascends to heaven.
Vyasa
HinduTeachingSacrificeOfferingSanskrit
Mahabharata, p. 1026
If something does not exist at the beginning or the end, it must not exist in the present. The things we see are like illusions, yet they are considered real.
Vedic Sages
HinduTeachingTruthVisionSanskrit
The Upanishads, p. 73
Sacrifice and self-giving are indeed a fundamental principle and a spiritual necessity. We cannot affirm our true being without them.
Sri Aurobindo
HinduTeachingSacrificeSoul
The Life Divine, p. 666
Whoever offers a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or even water with devotion, I accept it, as it is offered with a loving heart.
Lord
HinduScriptureDevotionLove
All About Hinduism, p. 106
This is not Karma Yoga, but rather a self-promotional attempt to gain fame. In contrast, a common laborer who earns a meager living through hard work may choose to donate their earnings to feed the hungry or sick, even if it means they themselves go without food that day. This is true self-sacrifice and genuine Karma Yoga.
Swami Sivananda
HinduTeachingAltruismAttainment
Practice of Karma Yoga, p. 60
God sees the inner love of a devotee and accepts his offering.
Surendra
HinduTeachingDevoteeLove
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, p. 829
When God is present in one's mind and life, only love flows from it.
Baba Gurbachan Singh Ji
UniversalTeachingLoveMind
Stream of Thoughts, p. 60
If one reads or hears this with an attitude of devotion, or copies it and gives it to another, all of it bears fruit.
HinduScriptureDevotionGuruSanskrit
Guru Gita 131
O beloved! Every single day, with heartfelt devotion, one should bow reverently in the direction where the holy feet of the blessed Guru reside.
HinduScriptureDevotionGuruSanskrit
Guru Gita 50
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
Inbreath and outbreath are the two oblations which Samana carries evenly. Mind is the sacrificer. Udana is the fruit of the sacrifice. It leads this sacrificer — mind — to Brahman day by day.
HinduPoetryMeditationMindSanskrit
Prashna Upanishad 4.4