QUOTES

"One day in Nityananda's presence, I referred to someone as a crook. Inmediately Gurudev said, 'Hey, Muktananda! Is there really any crooked person in this world? It just the crookedness of your cleverness. Everything is the pervasion of the Supreme Truth. God has created the play of the world for His own pleasure. No one in the world is crooked'. Ah, how perfect he was. What Siddhahood"

-Baba Muktananda

"THE PRINCIPAL SCRPTURE OF SHAIVISM IS THE SHIVA SUTRAS. THESE TEACHINGS WERE REVEALED BY SHIVA AND KEPT HIGLY SECRET UNTIL THE GRAT SIDDHA VASUGUPTA DISSEMINATED THEM THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. MANY SIDDHAS IN VASUGUPTA'S LINEAGE WROTE WORKS BASED ON THE SHIVA SUTRAS"

-BABA

"THE DISCUSSION OF SHAIVISM ALWAYS BRINGS JOY. BY GRANTING THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SELF, SHAIVISM DESTROYS IGNORANCE. IT TAKES ONE ACROSS THE OCEAN OF THE WORLD IN THE BOAT OF EQUIALITY"

-BABA

"THROUGH DUALISTIC KNOWLEDGE, ONE BECOMES INFATUATED WITH SUPERNATURAL POWERS. THEREFORE, ONE SHOULD ALWAYS BE CAREFUL; ONE SHOULD ALWAYS CONTEMPLATE THE ALL-PERVASIVE UNITY"

-BABA

"THE GRACE OF SHRI GURU IS THE MEANS OF ATTAINING THE POTENCY OF THE MANTRA. HERE, "GURU" REFERS TO THE FIFTH OF THE FIVE ACTIONS OF GOD, THAT ONE GRACE BESTOWAL. THE SHAKTI COMES FROM A SIDDHA GURU. GRACE MAY BE BESTOWED BY A LIVING SIDDHA OR BY ONE WHO IS NO LONGER IN THE PHYSICAL BODY"

-BABA

"THROUGH THE WISDOM OF THE SHAKTI, ACTIVATED BY SHRI GURU OR THROUGH AN INTENSE SPONTANEOUS AWAKENING, ALL THOUGHTS CEASE. SUCH AN EXPERIENCE IS CALLED SHAMBHAVA SAMAVESHA OR THE SHAMBHAVA UPAYA"

-BABA

"O FRIEND, IMPROVE YOURSELF. PURIFY YOURSELF. IN THE FIRE OF MEDITATION, WASH THE DIRT FROM THE MIRROR OF YOUR INTELLECT. SADGURU NITYANANDA DWELLS IN A PURE HEART AND A CLEAN MIND. THIS IS THE WISDOM OF THE SIDDHAS"

-BABA

"O MY BHAGAWAN NITYANANDA, YOU WERE A GREAT RENUNCIANT. ALTHOUGH COUNTLESS OBJECTS USED TO LIE AROUND YOU, YOU NEITHER TOUCHED THEM WITH YOUR HANDS NOR EVEN CAST YOUR EYES ON THEM. YOU LIVED IN A SOLITARY PLACE, IN A JUNGLE WHERE ONCE THERE WAS NOT EVEN A MEANS OF ACESS. NOW, IT HAS BECOME A SHRINE. THIS IS THE DESTINY OF SIDDHAS".

-BABA

"IN SHAKTIPĀT, THE SHAKTI FLOWS FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER EITHER WITH OR WITHOUT THE PHYSICAL TOUCH. THE SHAKTI FLOWS THROUGH THE NĀDĪS INSIDE THE BODY. WHEN SHAKTIPĀT TAKES PLACE, THE SHAKTI PERMEATES THE ENTIRE BODY, CREATING A SENSATION SIMILAR TO THE HEAT OF FIRE. THIS IS EXPERIENCED IN SIDDHA YOGA".

-BABA

"NEVER HATE ANY RELIGION, FOR ALL RELIGIONS ARE EQUAL. NEVER HATE ANY CASTES, FOR SHIVA EXISTS IN THEM ALL. NEVER HATE THE COLOR OF A PERSON'S SKIN, FOR THE SAME CONSCIOUSNESS DWELLS IN ALL COLORS. THIS IS THE WISDOM OF THE SIDDHAS".

-BABA

"SIDDHA YOGA REGARDS THE WICKED WITH COMPASSION, FOR THEIR FUTURE IS DARK. BECAUSE OF THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARD OTHERS, THEY BURN WITHIN AND ARE REDUCED TO ASHES. THIS FIRE OF NEGATIVITY IS THEIR ONLY ENEMY, AND IT PURSUES THEM RELENTLESSLY. THEREFORE, TAKE PITY ON THEM"

-BABA

"THE SUPREME BEING DWELLS IN THE SPACE OF THE INNER HEART. REMEMBER THIS. THIS IS THE TEACHING OF SIDDHA YOGA"

-BABA

"SIDDHA YOGA EXISTS BECAUSE OF THE SIDDHAS. IT MAKES ONE SWIM IN THE ECSTASY OF THE INNER SELF"

-BABA

"THIS SIDDHA YOGA REVOLUTION IS FOUNDED ON HIGH PRINCIPLES- IT IS AN INVITATION TO UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD. BECAUSE LIGHT, TRUTH, AND PEACE EXIST IN ALL, WE SHOULD LOVE ONE ANOTHER WITH RESPECT FOR THE SELF IN ALL" -BABA"WHEN YOU CHANT THE GURU GITA, YOU BECOME LIKE THE GURU, AND THE GURU REVEALS IN YOUR HEART."

-BABA

"OBEDIENCE TO THE GURU IS IN ITSELF TAPASYA, JAPA, AND SADHANA. IT IS OUR GREATEST OBLIGATION, AND FOR THE DISCIPLE, THERE IS NOTHING MORE BENEFICIAL THAN OBEYING THEIR GURU".

-BABA

"YOU CAN BE IN THE COMPANY OF MANY GURUS, BUT YOU CAN ONLY WORSHIP AND BE DEVOTED TO A SINGLE GURU".

-BABA

"THOSE WHO DO NOT SERVE THE GURU ARE UNHAPPY, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE THE POWER OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND THEIR AUSTERITIES. OH BEAUTIFUL, THIS IS THE TRUTH, THIS IS THE TRUTH".

-GURU GITA

"OH MOTHER BHAKTI, YOUR POWER IS WONDERFUL. YOU HOLD LIBERATION IN ONE HAND AND JOY IN THE OTHER".

-BABA

"UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYTHING YOU RECEIVE IS A GIFT, THAT YOU ARE VERY LUCKY".

-GURUMAYI

"ALL HAPPINESS YOU DESIRE IS WITHIN YOU. IT IS THERE IN ITS ENTIRETY, IN ITS FULL MANIFESTATION"

-BHAGAVAN NITYANANDA

"THE MURTI OF BHAGAVAN NITYANANDA IS SO ALIVE AND LIFELIKE THAT EVERY DEVOTEE WILL FEEL AS THOUGH HE WERE ACTUALLY SITTING IN THE VIBRANT PRESENCE OF NITYANANDA."

-BABA

“THE ROOT CAUSE OF YOUR PAIN AND PLEASURE IS THE MIND.”

-BABA

“LOVE IS OUR ONLY REASON FOR LIVING AND THE ONLY PURPOSE OF LIFE. WE LIVE FOR THE SAKE OF LOVE, AND WE LIVE SEEKING LOVE... IT IS NOT SURPRISING THAT WE KEEP LOOKING FOR LOVE. ALL OF US ARE NOTHING BUT VIBRATIONS OF LOVE. WE ARE SUSTAINED BY LOVE, AND IN THE END WE MERGE BACK INTO LOVE...”

-BABA

"CHANTING OPENS THE HEART AND MAKES LOVE FLOW WITHIN US". -BABA

“THE WORLD IS NOTHING BUT A SCHOOL OF LOVE; OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR HUSBAND OR WIFE, WITH OUR CHILDREN AND PARENTS, WITH OUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES ARE THE UNIVERSITY IN WHICH WE ARE MEANT TO LEARN WHAT LOVE AND DEVOTION TRULY ARE.” -BABA

"TO EXPERIENCE LOVE, WE MUST GO INSIDE. WHEN YOU EXPERIENCE REAL LOVE YOU GET INTO A STATE WHICH IS BEYOND WORDS. YOU ARE FILLED WITH A JOY THAT GOES BEYOND ALL EMOTIONS. TRUE LOVE IS THE LOVE OF THE INNER SELF".

-BABA

”MEDITATE ON YOUR HEART. UNDERSTAND NEITHER IS GOD DIFFERENT FROM YOU, NOR ARE YOU SEPARATE FROM GOD.” -BABA

“MEDITATION SHOULD BECOME A DAILY ACTION, AS ESSENTIAL AS SLEEP. IT IS 1000 TIMES MORE NECESSARY THAN SLEEP". -BABA

"YOUR GOAL IS NOT TO BATTLE WITH THE MIND, BUT TO WITNESS THE MIND".

-BABA

"CHANTING IS A SIGNIFICANT AND MYSTERIOUS PRACTICE. IT IS THE HIGHEST NECTAR, A TONIC THAT FULLY NOURISHES OUR INNER BEING. CHANTING OPENS THE HEART AND MAKES LOVE FLOW WITHIN US. IT RELEASES SUCH INTOXICATING INNER BLISS AND ENTHUSIASTIC SPLENDOR, THAT SIMPLY THROUGH THE NECTAR IT GENERATES, WE CAN ENTER THE ABODE OF THE SELF".

-BABA

"WHEN YOU BECOME A TRUE HUMAN BEING, YOU WILL BECOME GOD". -BABA

"VERY OFTEN YOU FEEL WEAK BECAUSE ENERGY HAS BEEN WASTED THROUGH THE SENSES. HOW? FOR FAILURE TO PRACTICE THE PRINCIPLES OF A PROPER DISCIPLINE".

-GURUMAYI

"THE EGO IS A WALL BETWEEN YOU AND GOD". -BABA

"SIDDHA YOGA STUDENTS HAVE TO TAKE VERY EFFORT TO AVOID BAD COMPANIES, BECAUSE THEY REDUCE THE IMPETUS OF THE INTERNAL SHAKTI".

-BABA

"YOU CAN NEVER PLEASE THE GURU BY GIVING HIM CLOTHES AND MONEY, OR BY BOWING DOWN OR PRAYING IN FRONT OF HIS FACE. THE GURU IS GLAD WHEN THE DISCIPLE FUSES IN HIM AND BECOMES THE GURU".

-BABA

"THE GURU ORDERS AND THE DISCIPLE OBEYS. THEN THE DISCIPLE BECOMES A GURU BUT DOES NOT LOSE HIS STATUS AS A DISCIPLE. THIS IS THE PERFECT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GURU AND DISCIPLE". -BABA

"WHEN THE CREATION TOOK PLACE, SIDDHA YOGA ALSO EMERGED. SINCE THEN IT HAS PREVAILED. IT'S TRUE. THIS LINEAGE IS MILLIONS OF YEARS OLD". -BABA

"MY GURUDEV USED TO SAY, 'GOD IS ONE, AND HE IS OF THE FORM OF LOVE'" -BABA

"WHEREVER YOU LIVE, YOU MUST HAVE CONTROL AND YOU MUST TAKE CARE OF YOUR SADHANA. YOU HAVE TO LOSE YOURSELF IN TOTAL DEVOTION". -BABA

"WHEN PEOPLE ARE SENT TO WORK IN THE KITCHEN OR IN THE GARDEN, TO COOK IN THE BAKERY OR HELP BUILD THE TEMPLE, THEY DON'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND THAT THE MASTER SENDS THEM THERE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY WILL LEARN AND THAT'S WHERE WISDOM WILL BE GIVEN TO THEM" -GURUMAYI

"THERE ARE MANY PROUD, SELFISH AND ARROGANT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WHO SAY: "I AM VERY SMART; I AM SUPERIOR TO OTHERS." SUCH PEOPLE ARE TOYS OF THE MAYA. THEY ARE NOT TRUE HUMAN BEINGS". -BABA

"THE AWAKENED KUNDALINI TRANSFORMS US AT EVERY LEVEL OF OUR BEING AND THIS MEANS THAT SHE WILL ALSO TAKE CARE OF OUR LIFE IN THE WORLD". -BABA

"WHEN WORDS ARE FOUNDED ON TRUTH, THEY CALL BLESSINGS, THEY CALL GRACE, THEY CALL GOOD FORTUNE". -GURUMAYI

"I WANT TO SEE THIS WORLD FULL OF SAINTS. I WANT TO SEE EVERYONE HAPPY. EVERYONE SHOULD LIVE IN CONSTANT BLISS AND SHOULD NOT EVEN DREAM ABOUT UNHAPPINESS. THIS IS MY LAST WISH TO GOD". -BABA

"WITHOUT THE POWER OF THE GURU'S GRACE, MEDITATION CANNOT OCCUR. DISCIPLINE DOES NOT COME AUTOMATICALLY TO PEOPLE'S LIVES; THE VIRTUES OF GOOD BEHAVIOR AND SPONTANEOUS CONTENT ARE ACQUIRED THROUGH THE GRACE OF THE GURU". -BABA

"WHILE A SIDDHA LIVES, HIS PRESENCE OFFERS THE WORLD AN INFINITE BENEFIT. IN THIS WORLD, SUCH A BEING IS A REFUGE OF PEACE FOR TORMENTED SOULS". -BABA

"SIDDHA YOGA IS THE YOGA OF GRACE, THE ABUNDANT GRACE OF THE MASTER. FREELY AND SPONTANEOUSLY THIS GRACE ENTERS THE LIVES OF SEEKERS. YET FOR THE GURU'S GRACE TO UNFOLD IN ITS FULLNESS, IT DEMANDS THAT SEEKERS PUT FORTH A SINCERE EFFORT TO REACH THE GOAL OF THEIR SEEKING"

-GURUMAYI

"IN ANCIENT TIMES, REALIZATION WAS ACHIEVED WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY AND HAD TO PASS THROUGH MANY TRIALS. WHO KNOWS WHY IT HAS BEEN SO EASY IN KALI YUGA?" -BABA

"JUST BY SPENDING SOME TIME WITH THE GURU OR IN ENVIRONMENTS SATURATED BY HIS SHAKTI, ONE CAN SPONTANEOUSLY RECEIVE HIS INITIATION". -BABA

"AFTER YOU FIND YOUR GURU, AFTER YOU FIND THE TRUTH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE UP ALL THOSE WORLDLY THINGS. THEY WILL NOT HURT YOU. IN FACT, THEY ARE USEFUL". -BABA

"WHEN A TRUE DISCIPLE AND A TRUE GURU COME TOGETHER, A HUGE SHAKTI IS GENERATED BETWEEN THE TWO". -BABA

"THE GURU TURNS THE DAILY LIFE OF A PERSON WITH FATHER, MOTHER AND RELATIVES INTO A SACRED EXISTENCE". -BABA

"AS LONG AS A SIDDHA LIVES, HIS PRESENCE OFFERS THE WORLD INFINITE BENEFIT. IN THIS WORLD, SUCH A BEING IS A HAVEN OF PEACE FOR TORMENTED SOULS". -BABA

"ALTHOUGH A GURU LOOKS LIKE A HUMAN BEING, HE BECOMES KUNDALINI ENERGY FROM HEAD TO TOE. HIS WHOLE BODY IS COMPOSED OF KUNDALINI PARTICLES". -BABA

"CHITI HERSELF ASSUMES A HUMAN FORM TO BECOME THE GURU AND PERFORM THE FUNCTION OF THE SHAKTIPAT". -BABA

"A TRUE DISCIPLE IS TOTALLY DEDICATED TO HIS GURU". -BABA

"THE GRACE GRANTED TO A DISCIPLE REMAINS WITH HIM UNTIL THE RIGHT MOMENT ARRIVES TO BE ACTIVATED. SO YOU MUST FOLLOW THE PRACTICES WITH PERSEVERANCE, ENTHUSIASM AND LOVE". -BABA

"JUST AS THE DIVINE MURTI, THE STATUE OF BHAGAVAN NITYANANDA, IS ALWAYS IN THE TEMPLE, SO THE PRESENCE OF GOD IS ALWAYS MANIFESTED IN YOUR HEART". -GURUMAYI

"LORD SHIVA SAID: "OH GODDESS, UNDERSTAND THAT I AM THE GURU WHO MAKES THE MANTRA ACTIVE AND THE SHAKTI WORK WITHIN." -BABA

"IF A SEEKER IS PREPARED, GOD WILL FIND A WAY TO GUIDE HIM". -BABA

“THE REALITY IS THAT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS, HAPPENS FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH. WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT YOU ARE NOT AWARE OF IT". -BABA

“WHEN YOU PUT YOUR HEART INTO WORSHIP, IT EVOKES INCREDIBLE DEVOTION. WORSHIP IS A GATEWAY THROUGH WICH GOD CAN POUR HIS LOVE FOR HIS DEVOTEES”. -GURUMAYI

"DO YOU KNOW WHAT A BLESSED THING YOU ARE DOING BY AWAKENING THIS LONGING FOR GOD IN PEOPLE'S HEARTS? IT IS THE BEST SOCIAL WORK, IT IS THE BEST HUMANITARIAN WORK". -GURUMAYI

"THE KNOWLEDGE YOU RECEIVE FROM GURU IS WITH YOU, AND WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE YOU CAN EXPERIENCE YOUR GURU ANYWHERE AND REACH PERFECTION." -BABA