Verses of Bullashah
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Read MoreSources of Inner Strength
How do we gain inner strength? The first answer is that in worldly life we gain inner strength through exercising our will. The will has been described as a sort of inner muscle, and it can be strengthened by regularly using it. It can also be strained by over-use, leading to what is sometimes called…
Read MoreThe Good
‘What is good?’ asks Aristotle. ‘That which is useful to us’ is the answer. There is physical good such as food, shelter, security, a holiday; then there is mental or moral good. This consists of mental discipline, education, order in the emotions, right discernment and the unprejud-iced exercise of reason. Is that all? Our soul…
Read MoreOur Highest Potentiality
Whatever our age or position in life, we are right to believe that there are still great potentialities in us awaiting development. But there is one supreme latent capacity, which, when awakened, will free us from the need for further search. Our highest aim is to discover the eternal life that is our true nature,…
Read MoreOriginal Face
There is a saying, well known in Zen Buddhism, ‘Show me your original face, the face you had before your parents were born.’ Such propositions are called koans, and the seeker is expected to meditate on his or her koan—to live with it, so to say—until its meaning is intuitively grasped. To attempt to ‘explain’…
Read MoreAn Allegory – the Princess and the Lotus
There was a princess who lived in a stately palace and had all that was needed to please. Her youth and beauty shone like a candle flame and she attracted princes from many lands who came to live in her court. She was well educated, wrote poetry, and her charm was enhanced by her life…
Read MoreMeditation Practice: the Sun that Never Sets
A meditation practice session led by the Warden at Shanti Sadan We may find ourselves being asked why we turn to meditation practice. All who meditate regularly know that time given to meditation helps meet various needs concerned, particularly, with our inner life—the state of our mind. There is the need for relief—relief from whatever…
Read MoreMaking the Right Connection
One of the great aids for pacifying and purifying the mind is the repetition of a holy name—a name denoting ultimate reality in either personal or impersonal form. The practice is often overlooked because of its simplicity, and also due to a certain scepticism which pervades the modern mind, but its efficacy is indicated by…
Read MoreSayings of Saints Universal (One)
A selection of sayings translated by Hari Prasad Shastri, from the Hindi original compiled by his friend and fellow devotee, Hanuman Prasad Poddar (1892-1971). The original brings together 2,500 prose sayings or short teachings, under the title Sant Vānī—‘speech of the Santas’, a Santa being a person of any faith, country or tradition who is…
Read MoreA Reading of the Quran from the Non-dual Perspective
The teachings and practices of all mystical traditions involve a special relationship. It is a relationship with one that symbolizes and forms a connection with the Reality that transcends our minds and senses. This relationship develops through affinity and love towards unity and identity. Christian mysticism begins with a recognition of the special qualities of…
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