“The ancients used to go to jungle to do Sadhana i.e. to face hardships, danger and uncertainly with nothing but faith. Now people want to escape to jungle for peace. If you want to do Sadhana, society is the new jungle. All kinds of animals are roaming here in human clothes.” PeaceSocietyBuddhismEnlightenmentHinduismAsceticism Author:Shunya
“You don't react to the sounds coming from waves of water. Then why do you react to the sounds coming from waves of five elements (human beings)?” SpiritualityPeacePerspectiveBuddhismAngerZenHinduism Author:Shunya
“Why there is so much violence and suffering in the world? This question burns in the hearts of all kind and peace loving people. But most people satisfy themselves with the readymade answers given by opinion makers, social activists, Karma theorists and so on. Prince Siddhartha Gautama went deeper to find answers and found the absolute truth.” SufferingPeaceViolenceBuddhismSocial JusticeMiseryActivismHinduism Author:Shunya
“Body-mind seems like a movie character and life becomes enjoyable like a movie when you (soul) slightly detach from body-mind. That detachment can't be forced. It happens like a ripe fruit detaching from tree. To become ripe, surrender and let the universe take you through certain life experiences.” PeaceBuddhismEnlightenmentAwakeningHinduismVedanta Author:Shunya
“When you see something, your mind rushes to put labels on it: table, chair, good, bad etc. Sacred space is a space where your mind doesn't feel need to label anything. It relaxes, allowing you to go inward. That space can be sea shore, forest, mountain, beloved's arms or a temple. For awakened ones, every inch is sacred.” ReligionPeaceBuddhismSacredHinduismTemple Author:Shunya
“Yogic gestures or Mudras create very subtle ripples in your body. You can't feel them if there is already a storm going on in your body-mind.” PeaceHealingYogaHinduismTantraHatha YogaMudra Author:Shunya
“If you take spirituality/religion as a classroom, the syllabus is infinite. There is no end to symbolism, concepts, explanations, definitions. But you have to let go of all this if you wish to experience that which can't be symbolized, conceptualized, explained or defined.” SpiritualityPeaceBuddhismOnenessHinduism Author:Shunya
“People often think, "The day I become free from everything, I will take the spiritual path." That day never comes in their life. First take the spiritual path. Then and only then you will become free from everything one by one.” SpiritualityPeaceFreedomHinduismNirvanaBondages Author:Shunya