Pearls of Wisdom
001
Be still to listen to the music of experience
002
Let everyday be a good day, a God’s Day
003
Let your smile ripple, generating multiple ripples.
004
While gazing at the moon, do not forget our Earth mother, our birth mother.
005
Remember: The evening is born in the womb of the morning. And the morning is born in the womb of the evening.
006
We need to feel in order to heal.
007
There are times when we need to walk alone. And there are times when we need to hold each other’s hand.
008
When we live in harmony, we create the Rainbow of Life.
009
The universe is multiverse. There is oneness in manyness.
010
Birth and death are twins like sound and silence.
011
You cannot climb up on a smooth surface of a mountain.
012
Love = I + You = We = One
In a loving relationship, You are Me, I am You and We are One.
013
To say hello to the present, we need to say good bye to the past and to the future.
014
Consider everyday an invitation to live mindfully and fully.
015
Father and Mother are the archetypes of firmness and tenderness,toughness and gentleness. We need both to be a whole person.
016
Non Judgemental, existential awareness makes us fully present to the present.
017
Inner peace is the key that unlocks the door of the outer peace.
018
When the voice of the intellect stifles the voice of the heart, there is nothing but noise.
019
We all need to keep the mirror of our consciousness clear to see the world as it is.
020
Love without attachment brings joy and peace. With attachment it turns into disappointment and hurt.
021
Toxic thoughts give rise to toxic emotions, toxic cells in the body,and toxic actions and reactions.
022
Remember the Zen saying: Eat when you are hungry, drink when you are thirsty, and sleep when you are tired.
023
It is so simple to be happy but it is so difficult to be simple.
024
Think upon these words: What is Mind? doesn’t matter.What is matter? Never Mind.
025
Let us mind our mind. It is the cause of freedom or bondage; war or peace.
026
Happiness blossoms in the flower of love.
027
Form exists in the background of formlessness.
028
How do I know the other when I do not know myself?
029
Self-fullness is the out breath of the in breath of selflessness.
030
Let us join our hand with the hand of the ever giving nature.
031
How can we be separated as long as we are connected by our heart-thread?
032
We do not need to remember those whom we have not forgotten in our heart.
033
We look for a master key to open the outward treasure-money, recognition, status, approval, happiness and the like We tend to forget to use the master key to open the inner treasure filled with boundless abundance.
034
Unless we learn how to celebrate our aloneness-positive emptiness, we will feel loneliness- negative emptiness, looking to be filled by outside sources.
035
When our eyes are clear, we see Sat-Existence and Satya-Truth as the two sides of the same coin. When we realize this, life becomes a celebration.
036
An act done with love and kindness is light like a feather. An act done for just the sake of doing is heavy like a mountain.
037
Words unspoken with love are louder than words spoken with sheer obligation.
038
Do not overlook the quiet beauty of the flower right in front of you to see the grandeur of the far away peak of the Himalayas.
039
My mother used to say everyday: Appreciate everyday what you have and be grateful for everyday blessings. Do not take for granted even the smallest gifts you have. Counting blessings
everyday has made my life blissful.
040
I deeply cherish what Saint Kabir has sung in his poem, Kasturi Kundal Base— Fragrance lies within you.
041
When you do something right, right things happen to you almost effortlessly.
042
When you are on the right path, you run into the right people.
043
The universe echoes our voice. It is also called the Law of Karma.
044
In meditation, we listen to God, In prayer, we talk to God. Both are spiritual ways for receiving the Divine blessings.
045
We are the pilgrims of light.
046
When I hold a hand with love and compassion, I feel God holding my hand.
047
I have learned a very good lesson from living mindfully: Don’t hit your head against the wall of the past. Our head just keeps on bleeding.
048
By using my senses, I explore the surface of the outer lake.By meditating, I see the depth and clarity of my inner lake.
049
By saying Namasté, I bow to the divine light within you.
050
By doing a simple act of kindness, I make my day a good day, a God’s day.
051
When my head touches the sky, let me not forget the little dust particles of Mother Earth.
052
Meditation helps us to be aware of the space-time bound changing world and the world beyond the space and time the presence of here and now consciousness.
053
Dharma or Dhamma is living according to the awakened state of being.
054
When we live according to Dharma or Dhamma, we live like a lotus in the water, connected byt not bound. It is by remaining connected without getting attached, we blossom fully.
055
Science raises questions(?) Spirituality offers wonderment! Wows!
056
When our heart throbs with unselfish love, it becomes a prayer to the Divine.
057
How well we live is as important or perhaps more important than how long we live.
058
We need to keep our eyes open to see the face of God and the ears clear to hear the footsteps of God.
059
It is how we view the things that disturb us, not the things by themselves.
060
When we focus on what we do not have, we surely miss noticing what we have.
061
Love, compassion, connecting with others and contentment are the basic ingredients of happiness.
062
Life is a tale told by idiots, full of furies, signifying nothing as Shakespeare said. Or it could be a tale told by enlightened ones, full of bliss and signifying everything.
063
There are two ways of looking at the cup of life: half full or half empty. By what if there is no cup to look at?
064
Life offers to deny or life offers to celebrate. What is your choice?
065
Devotional practice without break lays the firm foundation of growth and wellness.
066
Love is like fragrance. We smell it though we don’t see it. Love is like the sound of silence. We hear its whispers in the ears of our heart.
067
To be happy, we need to align our work and activities with our heart’s desires. We need to follow our bliss.
068
Our desire and ability to follow the path of our heart is stifled by negative messages we have scripted in our subconscious mind.
069
Not-being is the mirror of being. Emptiness is the ground of fullness.
070
Unconditional love is the only way for receiving unconditional love. It is also a way of accepting what is rather than demanding and expecting how it should be.
071
When I was 16 years old, this is what I learned from my Sanskrit teacher. I am translating what he used to say in Sanskrit. There was a time when we as a couple used to think, feel and
say: mine is yours and yours is mine. What has happened lately makes us think, feel and say: mine is mine and yours is yours.
072
An act done with loving kindness does not need to be broadcast. It is felt like fragrance permeating in the air.
073
When someone says “absolutely”, I feel nervous and disconnected. For every wrong, there is a right and for every right, there is a wrong. For every this, there is every that. In Jainism, it is called
syadvada. Existence is multidimensional. It all depends on which lens we use.
074
When we react to what someone is thinking, feeling or saying, we are on a bumpy ride. When we respond, we are on a smooth sailing ride.
075
I will never forget what my Farsi Professor Dawar (in my college-Gujarat College) used to say: Energy can be widely used but it should be wisely used. This wise advice can be used for
any kind of energy-physical, mental emotional, spiritual including nuclear.
076
Let us nourish the plant of our relationship with love and compassion. Love and compassion beget love and compassion.
077
When our eyes are filled with love and compassion, we see auspiciousness. When our ears are filled with love and compassion, we hear auspicious sounds. Love and compassion
fill our lives with joy and bliss.
078
Nature offers us a feast to our senses, mind and heart if we let ourselves be open to nature.
079
Loving and kind words create harmonious structures-holograms in our being.
080
We need to be grounded and centered to create and sustain our growth promoting relationship.
081
What we resist may need our firm and focused attention to heal.
082
Silence opens up the doors of perception that were closed by too much noise of repetitive thoughts and actions.
083
Stand for a while silently and mindfully to experience the depth of richness of the moment.
084
We need to keep our eyes open to see the changing beauty of nature and our ears open to listen to the symphony of nature.
085
We reflect outside what is inside of us.
086
Transformation takes place not by believing in truth but by knowing and living it.
087
My dad often used to say: When you know something is good, do it right away. And when you know something is not good, count to ten and take deep breaths.
088
What is Mindfulness? It is very simple: Walk while you walk. Talk while you talk. Eat while you eat. Rest while you rest and sleep while you sleep. So simple!
089
What is enlightenment? Zen master’s answer. I eat when I am hungry. I drink when I am thirsty. I sleep when I am tired. So simple!
090
We let go of the ego to discover our true self-the self that mirrors the face of selfless love.
091
Seeds of bitterness stored in the soil of our subconscious mind grow into bitterness and hurt none but ourselves.
092
Blaming others for our own shortcomings is a guaranteed way for stopping our own growth and development.
093
Words for deep contemplation. “When I love him, I am hearing through which he hears, his sight through which he sees, his hands through which he grasps, and his foot through which he
walks.” —A Sufi Poem
094
Roses bloom in the garden of love. It is the power of love that helps us go through thorns on the way.
095
Nature, like love, speaks to us in utter silence.
096
Words to contemplate: “Each day well-lived makes yesterday a dream of happiness and each tomorrow a vision of hope. Live therefore this day. For it alone is life.” —Kalidas, an Indian poet
097
We need to invest our full attention in the process that is here and now rather than the outcome that is there and then.
098
Real forgiveness is for our own healing. We cannot be free from our pain as long as we hold onto the non-forgiving the other. It is like licking our old wounds. Forgiveness is for the forgiver.
099
When we focus on the core values of a religion, not its outer trappings, we see the common ground and the real possibility for harmony.
100
A new force or energy, a tertium quid, is generated from the dancing of opposites.
Dr. Jagdish P. Davé
Be still to listen to the music of experience
002
Let everyday be a good day, a God’s Day
003
Let your smile ripple, generating multiple ripples.
004
While gazing at the moon, do not forget our Earth mother, our birth mother.
005
Remember: The evening is born in the womb of the morning. And the morning is born in the womb of the evening.
006
We need to feel in order to heal.
007
There are times when we need to walk alone. And there are times when we need to hold each other’s hand.
008
When we live in harmony, we create the Rainbow of Life.
009
The universe is multiverse. There is oneness in manyness.
010
Birth and death are twins like sound and silence.
011
You cannot climb up on a smooth surface of a mountain.
012
Love = I + You = We = One
In a loving relationship, You are Me, I am You and We are One.
013
To say hello to the present, we need to say good bye to the past and to the future.
014
Consider everyday an invitation to live mindfully and fully.
015
Father and Mother are the archetypes of firmness and tenderness,toughness and gentleness. We need both to be a whole person.
016
Non Judgemental, existential awareness makes us fully present to the present.
017
Inner peace is the key that unlocks the door of the outer peace.
018
When the voice of the intellect stifles the voice of the heart, there is nothing but noise.
019
We all need to keep the mirror of our consciousness clear to see the world as it is.
020
Love without attachment brings joy and peace. With attachment it turns into disappointment and hurt.
021
Toxic thoughts give rise to toxic emotions, toxic cells in the body,and toxic actions and reactions.
022
Remember the Zen saying: Eat when you are hungry, drink when you are thirsty, and sleep when you are tired.
023
It is so simple to be happy but it is so difficult to be simple.
024
Think upon these words: What is Mind? doesn’t matter.What is matter? Never Mind.
025
Let us mind our mind. It is the cause of freedom or bondage; war or peace.
026
Happiness blossoms in the flower of love.
027
Form exists in the background of formlessness.
028
How do I know the other when I do not know myself?
029
Self-fullness is the out breath of the in breath of selflessness.
030
Let us join our hand with the hand of the ever giving nature.
031
How can we be separated as long as we are connected by our heart-thread?
032
We do not need to remember those whom we have not forgotten in our heart.
033
We look for a master key to open the outward treasure-money, recognition, status, approval, happiness and the like We tend to forget to use the master key to open the inner treasure filled with boundless abundance.
034
Unless we learn how to celebrate our aloneness-positive emptiness, we will feel loneliness- negative emptiness, looking to be filled by outside sources.
035
When our eyes are clear, we see Sat-Existence and Satya-Truth as the two sides of the same coin. When we realize this, life becomes a celebration.
036
An act done with love and kindness is light like a feather. An act done for just the sake of doing is heavy like a mountain.
037
Words unspoken with love are louder than words spoken with sheer obligation.
038
Do not overlook the quiet beauty of the flower right in front of you to see the grandeur of the far away peak of the Himalayas.
039
My mother used to say everyday: Appreciate everyday what you have and be grateful for everyday blessings. Do not take for granted even the smallest gifts you have. Counting blessings
everyday has made my life blissful.
040
I deeply cherish what Saint Kabir has sung in his poem, Kasturi Kundal Base— Fragrance lies within you.
041
When you do something right, right things happen to you almost effortlessly.
042
When you are on the right path, you run into the right people.
043
The universe echoes our voice. It is also called the Law of Karma.
044
In meditation, we listen to God, In prayer, we talk to God. Both are spiritual ways for receiving the Divine blessings.
045
We are the pilgrims of light.
046
When I hold a hand with love and compassion, I feel God holding my hand.
047
I have learned a very good lesson from living mindfully: Don’t hit your head against the wall of the past. Our head just keeps on bleeding.
048
By using my senses, I explore the surface of the outer lake.By meditating, I see the depth and clarity of my inner lake.
049
By saying Namasté, I bow to the divine light within you.
050
By doing a simple act of kindness, I make my day a good day, a God’s day.
051
When my head touches the sky, let me not forget the little dust particles of Mother Earth.
052
Meditation helps us to be aware of the space-time bound changing world and the world beyond the space and time the presence of here and now consciousness.
053
Dharma or Dhamma is living according to the awakened state of being.
054
When we live according to Dharma or Dhamma, we live like a lotus in the water, connected byt not bound. It is by remaining connected without getting attached, we blossom fully.
055
Science raises questions(?) Spirituality offers wonderment! Wows!
056
When our heart throbs with unselfish love, it becomes a prayer to the Divine.
057
How well we live is as important or perhaps more important than how long we live.
058
We need to keep our eyes open to see the face of God and the ears clear to hear the footsteps of God.
059
It is how we view the things that disturb us, not the things by themselves.
060
When we focus on what we do not have, we surely miss noticing what we have.
061
Love, compassion, connecting with others and contentment are the basic ingredients of happiness.
062
Life is a tale told by idiots, full of furies, signifying nothing as Shakespeare said. Or it could be a tale told by enlightened ones, full of bliss and signifying everything.
063
There are two ways of looking at the cup of life: half full or half empty. By what if there is no cup to look at?
064
Life offers to deny or life offers to celebrate. What is your choice?
065
Devotional practice without break lays the firm foundation of growth and wellness.
066
Love is like fragrance. We smell it though we don’t see it. Love is like the sound of silence. We hear its whispers in the ears of our heart.
067
To be happy, we need to align our work and activities with our heart’s desires. We need to follow our bliss.
068
Our desire and ability to follow the path of our heart is stifled by negative messages we have scripted in our subconscious mind.
069
Not-being is the mirror of being. Emptiness is the ground of fullness.
070
Unconditional love is the only way for receiving unconditional love. It is also a way of accepting what is rather than demanding and expecting how it should be.
071
When I was 16 years old, this is what I learned from my Sanskrit teacher. I am translating what he used to say in Sanskrit. There was a time when we as a couple used to think, feel and
say: mine is yours and yours is mine. What has happened lately makes us think, feel and say: mine is mine and yours is yours.
072
An act done with loving kindness does not need to be broadcast. It is felt like fragrance permeating in the air.
073
When someone says “absolutely”, I feel nervous and disconnected. For every wrong, there is a right and for every right, there is a wrong. For every this, there is every that. In Jainism, it is called
syadvada. Existence is multidimensional. It all depends on which lens we use.
074
When we react to what someone is thinking, feeling or saying, we are on a bumpy ride. When we respond, we are on a smooth sailing ride.
075
I will never forget what my Farsi Professor Dawar (in my college-Gujarat College) used to say: Energy can be widely used but it should be wisely used. This wise advice can be used for
any kind of energy-physical, mental emotional, spiritual including nuclear.
076
Let us nourish the plant of our relationship with love and compassion. Love and compassion beget love and compassion.
077
When our eyes are filled with love and compassion, we see auspiciousness. When our ears are filled with love and compassion, we hear auspicious sounds. Love and compassion
fill our lives with joy and bliss.
078
Nature offers us a feast to our senses, mind and heart if we let ourselves be open to nature.
079
Loving and kind words create harmonious structures-holograms in our being.
080
We need to be grounded and centered to create and sustain our growth promoting relationship.
081
What we resist may need our firm and focused attention to heal.
082
Silence opens up the doors of perception that were closed by too much noise of repetitive thoughts and actions.
083
Stand for a while silently and mindfully to experience the depth of richness of the moment.
084
We need to keep our eyes open to see the changing beauty of nature and our ears open to listen to the symphony of nature.
085
We reflect outside what is inside of us.
086
Transformation takes place not by believing in truth but by knowing and living it.
087
My dad often used to say: When you know something is good, do it right away. And when you know something is not good, count to ten and take deep breaths.
088
What is Mindfulness? It is very simple: Walk while you walk. Talk while you talk. Eat while you eat. Rest while you rest and sleep while you sleep. So simple!
089
What is enlightenment? Zen master’s answer. I eat when I am hungry. I drink when I am thirsty. I sleep when I am tired. So simple!
090
We let go of the ego to discover our true self-the self that mirrors the face of selfless love.
091
Seeds of bitterness stored in the soil of our subconscious mind grow into bitterness and hurt none but ourselves.
092
Blaming others for our own shortcomings is a guaranteed way for stopping our own growth and development.
093
Words for deep contemplation. “When I love him, I am hearing through which he hears, his sight through which he sees, his hands through which he grasps, and his foot through which he
walks.” —A Sufi Poem
094
Roses bloom in the garden of love. It is the power of love that helps us go through thorns on the way.
095
Nature, like love, speaks to us in utter silence.
096
Words to contemplate: “Each day well-lived makes yesterday a dream of happiness and each tomorrow a vision of hope. Live therefore this day. For it alone is life.” —Kalidas, an Indian poet
097
We need to invest our full attention in the process that is here and now rather than the outcome that is there and then.
098
Real forgiveness is for our own healing. We cannot be free from our pain as long as we hold onto the non-forgiving the other. It is like licking our old wounds. Forgiveness is for the forgiver.
099
When we focus on the core values of a religion, not its outer trappings, we see the common ground and the real possibility for harmony.
100
A new force or energy, a tertium quid, is generated from the dancing of opposites.
Dr. Jagdish P. Davé
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