Category Archives: Compassion and devotion

loving kindness and devotion as main means on a spiritual path

Brother Lawrence : The Practice Of The Presence Of God

Convince yoursel that God is often nearer to us and more effectually present with us, in sickness than in health.  Rely upon no other physician. He reserves your cure to Himself. Put then all your trust in Him, and you … Continue reading

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Edward salim Michael : When a human being starts to pray

Thus, when, at one of the most dramatic moments of his life, a human being starts to pray, the more his prayer is sincere and intense, the more his ordinary self gives way within him – without his even being … Continue reading

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Ta-hui’s prayer which is recited daily in Zen monasteries.

My only prayer is to be firm in my determination to give myself completely to the Buddha’sWay, so that no doubts arise however long the road seems to be. To be light and easy in the four parts of my … Continue reading

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Ayya Khema : Loving- Kindness Meditation

Please put the attention on the breath for just a moment to become centred.  Take a look into your heart and see whether there is any worry, fear, grief, dislike, resentment, rejection, uneasiness, anxiety. If you find any of those, … Continue reading

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Gandhi and the Bhagavad Gita

«  When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and when I see not one ray of light on the horizon, I turn to the Bhagavad Gita, and find a verse to comfort me; and I immediately … Continue reading

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Swami Ramdas and Mataji Krishnabai

Swami Ramdas and Mataji Krishnabai Surrender to God The aim of all religions is to point out the path that leads to perfect freedom, peace, and joy. This blessed state can be realized only by the eradication of the ego-sense … Continue reading

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Swami Ramdas : Perfect Union with God

Yoga is the path by traversing which the individual soul realizes its real nature of immortality, omnipresence, peace, and bliss. The essential condition for the attainment of this supreme goal is the complete absence of the ego-sense. Self-control and self-discipline … Continue reading

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