Baba Hari Dass quotes

Work honestly, meditate everyday, meet people without fear and play. (Baba Hari Dass)
Pleasure has desire in it. Desire is pain. There is no satisfaction. So pleasure is pain. View quote
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Anything that exists will never be destroyed; its disappearance is simply a transformation. View quote
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Teach to learn. Watch yourself before you teach. View quote
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Religion of your upbringing is like a cloak - you must know how it is made in order to take it off. View quote
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Creation is the product of bliss, and bliss is its sustainer; to bliss it returns. View quote
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The Self is beyond birth, death, gender, class, and religion - only the body wears those labels. View quote
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We cannot describe it. We cannot reveal it. And when we do, we disappear. View quote
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Greed is a sickness of the mind. The more one hoards, the more greed increases. Giving with no expectation eliminates greed. View quote
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Contentment, compassion, and tolerance are the pillars of peace. View quote
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Q: How do you define ego? A: Ego is life. To keep the body's existence is ego. It is the part of the mind which identifies a creature with the world. Ego self tells you, "This is my body,” and also tells you, "This is my Self.” It connects the two. (Baba Hari Dass)
What is mind? A heap of thoughts. View quote
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The ashram [religious hermitage] protects man from the world. Man must protect himself from the ashram. View quote
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When a person realizes peace inside by doing yoga, he will not smoke and get peace disturbed. The peace obtained by yoga is much higher than the pleasure of smoking. View quote
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God is the only lover and He loves in different forms - parents, husband, wife, friend, children, animals. All are His forms and He, Himself, has no form. View quote
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Ch. Almora District: In 1929, for the first time, I paid attention to the stories being told by older people about Sombari Maharaj and Hariakhan Maharaj. View quote
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The embodied soul has two purposes to fulfill: Experience the world, and get liberation from all experiences. If the self were not in bondage then the two purposes would not be fulfilled. View quote
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The world is an abstract art. We see it as we want to see it. It is a garden of roses and it is also a forest of thorny bushes and poison oak. View quote
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Within the physical body every human being has a subtle body made up of invisible structures and energies (kundalini, nadis, and chakras); and within the subtle is the causal body out of which the subtle and physical bodies are formed. View quote
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A wise person is one who sees the effect of an action before he acts. View quote
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Faith and devotion are the foundation on which meditation is built. (Baba Hari Dass)
All sadhanas or methods are for simply tricking the mind. The trick is to not let the mind spread out in a form of thoughts. View quote
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How many teachers did you have? A: Myself. View quote
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Q: Is life a dream or a meditation? A: Life is a meditation when you know it is a dream. View quote
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If you had only two words to say to the people of the world, what would they be? Attain Peace. View quote
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