Asrama Quotes

Giving up all notions about country, caste, blemishless community,asrama (status as a bachelor, family man, ascetic or one who has renounced the world) and associated matters, hold on to and practise always meditation upon the Self, your own natural state.

Kalau kita membaca buku yang sama dengan yang dibaca orang lain, kita cuma bisa berpikir seperti orang lain. Watanabe, kamu tahu? Di asrama ini, orang yang bisa dianggap manusia itu cuma aku dan kamu. Yang lainnya, semua kertas sampah belaka.

Family life, which is the Ashrama of the householder, can also take you in His direction, provided it is accepted as an asrama. Lived in this spirit, it helps man to progress towards Self-realization. Nevertheless, if you hanker after anything such as name, fame or position, God will bestow it on you, but you will not feel satisfied. The Kingdom of God is a whole, and unless you are admitted to the whole of it you cannot remain content. He grants you just a little, only to keep Your discontent alive, for without discontent there can be no progress. You, a scion of the Immortal, can never become reconciled to the realm of death, neither does God allow you to remain in it. He Himself kindles the sense of want in you by granting you a small thing, only to whet your appetite for a greater one. This is His method by which He urges you on. The traveller on this path finds it difficult and feels troubled, but one who has eyes to see can clearly perceive that the pilgrim is advancing. The distress that is experienced burns to ashes all pleasure derived from worldly things. This is what is called ‘tapasya’. What obstructs one on the spiritual path bears within itself seeds of future suffering. Yet the heartache, the anguish over the effects of these obstructions, are the beginning of an awakening to Consciousness.

Para ilmuwan sosial memperkirakan bahwa sekitar 70 persen dari kebahagiaan kita berasal dari hubungan kita, baik secara kuantitas, dengan teman, keluarga, rekan kerja, dan tetangga. Selama masa-masa sulit dalam kehidupan, semangat persahabatan mengurangi penderitaan kita; selama masa-masa baik, semangat tersebut meningkatkan kebahagiaan kita. Dengan demikian, sumber terbesar kebahagiaan kita adalah orang lain--dan apa yang dilakukan oleh uang? Uang mengisolasi kita dari orang lain. Dengan uang, kita dapat membangun dinding, secara harfiah dan kiasan, di sekitar diri kita. Kita pindah dari asrama mahasiswa yang padat ke apartemen, lalu ke rumah dan jika kita benar-benar makmur ke rumah mewah. Kita mengira kita mengalami kemajuan, tetapi sebenarnya kita membatasi diri kita sendiri dengan dinding.

Asmara adalah asrama dari sekumpulan drama.

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