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It’s no fault of travelers unaware of local values; even naturally red kumkum flowers seem to admire the blue lotus due to unfamiliarity with true qua...
Even if the inner worth isn’t known, the words of a good poet pour nectar into the ears. Likewise, even a garland of jasmine steals the gaze without o...
Those ignorant of supreme bliss praise worldly pleasures, like one who calls sesame oil sweet because they’ve never tasted ghee.
The mind, unaware of another’s pain, assumes love (Manmatha) is constant bliss. But if Cupid had a body, he too would suffer the wounds he inflicts.
From the mouths of those who can’t distinguish barley from rice, speech flows indistinctly — their mouths and rears differ only by teeth. A scathing s...
One with dull intellect calls the transcendent beyond pleasure and pain "moksha". But for me, moksha is the drunken glance of my beloved’s laughing yo...
One unaware of his own power and ignorant of the enemy’s strength walks into destruction—like a moth flying into fire.
A life without knowledge is void. So is a directionless person, one without friends, a childless house, and above all, poverty renders all void.
A man without knowledge is pitiful; a barren couple is pitiful; starving people are pitiful; and a kingdom without a king is most pitiable.
No one can free another from the bondage of ignorance, desire, and action unless one has realized the Self—even in countless eons.
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