“Service is the highest spiritual discipline. Prayer and meditation, or knowledge of scripture and Vedanta (holy scriptures of India), cannot help you reach the goal as quickly as service can. Service has a double effect, it extinguishes the ego and gives bliss.” GivingHelpingSpiritualGoalPrayerMeditationEffectsDisciplineHolyEgoHighestIndiaScriptureBlissVedantaHoly ScripturesSpiritual Disciplines Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“So far as the government is concerned, there is only one holy book, which is the constitution of India. The unity and the integrity of the country are the topmost priorities. All religions and all communities have the same rights, and it is my responsibility to ensure their complete and total protection. My government will not tolerate or accept any discrimination based on caste, creed and religion.” BookCountryGovernmentCommunityResponsibilityAcceptingRightsIntegrityHolyConcernedIndiaConstitutionUnityProtectionPrioritiesDiscriminationCreedsTolerateCastesHoly Books Author:Narendra Modi
“Religion and faith are very personal matters. So far as the government is concerned, there is only one holy book, which is the Constitution of India.” BookMatterGovernmentHolyConcernedIndiaConstitutionHoly BooksPersonal Matter Author:Narendra Modi
“My definition of secularism is very clear. The sole religion of the Government is Nation First, the holy book is the Constitution.” FirstsBookGovernmentNationsDemocracyClearHolyIndiaConstitutionElectionDefinitionsSoleSecularismHoly Books Author:Narendra Modi
“Government has only one religion - India first! Government has one holy book - the Constitution. The Government must be immersed in only one Bhakti- Bharat Bhakti! The Government's only strength is Jan Shakti! Government's only ritual is the well being of the 125 crore Indians! The only code of conduct of the Government should be 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas!” ShouldFirstsWellsBookGovernmentPoliticsHolyIndiaConstitutionWell BeingCodeRitualHoly BooksBhaktiShaktiBharat Author:Narendra Modi
“Ram Dass, Krishna Dass, we all spoke through interpreters. There were good interpreters there, educated people in India speak English but Maharaji was the One, the Baba, Holy Man, mendicant, he didn't speak English. We talked to him and it was hard to know him, he was an ancient holy man and I was a 21 year old seeker. So I never knew what was going on, I mean I don't really know what's going on now, my guess work is a little better perhaps.” PeopleKnowsMenYearsMeanLittlesHardSpeakHolyIndiaAncientEducatedSpokesSeekersKrishnaBabaInterpreterSpeak EnglishRamsHoly Man Author:Surya Das
“I went to India and was quite taken with it. There's a feeling there that things are holy first and useful second. And in America, we have it backwards.” FirstsFeelingsAmericaTakenHolyIndiaBackwards Author:Mary Oliver
“Pakistan tries mentally challenged girl of blasphemy against the Holy Book. India arrests kids for posts on Facebook. Morbid competition?” TryingBookKidsLawGirlHolyIndiaCompetitionPostsPakistanBlasphemyMorbidHoly BooksTry Me Author:Kabir Bedi
“The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India... has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.” Has BeensEndsFatherHolyIndiaCatholicPrincipalConquestPropagationCatholic Faith Author:Ignatius of Loyola
“We the Jainists of India say every day in our prayer, I worship all perfected souls, I worship all spiritual masters, I worship all spiritual instructors, I worship all holy men and women in the world.” MenWorldSoulSpiritualPrayerMastersHolyWorshipMen And WomenIndiaOur PrayersInstructorsHoly ManSpiritual Masters Author:Virchand Gandhi
“In fact, for a period stretching over seven hundred years, the international language of science was Arabic. For this was the language of the Qur'an, the holy book of Islam, and thus the official language of the vast Islamic Empire that, by the early eighth century CE, stretched from India to Spain.” YearsBookFactsLanguageCenturyPeriodsHolyHundredIndiaIslamSevenInternationalOfficialsIslamicEmpiresSpainStretchingHoly BooksInternational Language Author:Jim Al-Khalili
“This doctrine of prenatal influence is now slowly being recognized, and science as well as religion calls out: 'Keep yourself holy, and pure.' So deeply has this been recognized in India, that there we even speak of adultery in marriage, except when marriage is consummated in prayer.” WellsSpeakPrayerMarriageInfluenceHolyPureIndiaDoctrineAdultery Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda