Jagadguru Vani

An object continues to be dear as long as one derives pleasure from it and it is detested for the duration that it causes pain. The same object cannot be always liked or disliked. Sometimes, that which is not dear may become dear. Moreover, that which was loveable can turn unpleasant. The Atma, towards which affection never wanes, is always the most beloved.

– Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankara Bhagavatpada

Scientists have discovered that matter is nothing but a manifestation of cosmic energy. So there exists a single cosmic energy or force which is infinite in capacity and takes on the form of matter under certain conditions. Our holy scriptures also make the same assertion. But the universe is not mere matter which we can trace to atoms. You and I exist. Apart from our physical bodies which are, of course matter, there is the spark of intelligent consciousness in us which cannot come under the category of matter and that also has to be explained if a complete explanation of the universe is attempted.This universe is a vibration of consciousness and cosmic energy. It is created, sustained and dissolved in the infinite ocean of consciousness and cosmic energy. Scientists must concern themselves with consciousness. Only through a comprehensive study of consciousness can a complete explanation of the cosmos be found.

– Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal

The source of bliss is not something external but is one’s own true nature, the Atma. Not realizing this, the man devoid of discrimination seeks happiness in external objects. It is because of the mistaken feeling that happiness can be got from things external that the mind goes outward.

– Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamigal

Just as in this body, the embodied one passes through boyhood, youth, and old age, so does one pass into another body. With reference to this (birth, aging and death), the wise man is not disturbed.

– Bhagavan Sri Krishna