Good morning
Anandashram thought for the day

“The path of pure and simple Bhakti(Devotion) is one of the easiest means to reach the all-powerful feet of the Lord. Self-surrender is the goal. Pure aspiration and ceaseless meditation constitute the path. All else is secondary.”

— Swami Ramdas

Good morning, afternoon
Anandashram thought for the day

“God is absolute existence, knowledge and bliss. If He is an object of knowledge, He cannot be real and He cannot be eternal.

Because He is self-existent and self-luminous, He is not an object of knowledge. Every object of knowledge is perishable.

The mystics say much about Him, but whatever they say cannot be totally He. Therefore, in the Upanishads it is said that He is not what you think of, He is not what you talk about.”

— Swami Ramdas

Good morning
Anandashram thought for the day

“Mystics have a sense of beauty. Those who have got the talent for music, sculpture, art, etc., when they become mystics, express their exalted and holy emotions through art, music or sculpture. You will find great poets among mystics in India and other countries. They have revealed their spiritual genius through their particular talents. The mystics are in tune with nature, and through nature with God. When they stand before the vastness of a landscape, the greenness of a forest, the scintillating expanse of the blue water of the ocean, the golden hue of the sunrise and sunset, they go into a trance and feel the hallowed presence of the Most High. In ecstasy they pour out their hearts in celestial rhapsodies and songs. They love solitude where they converse with God.”

— Swami Ramdas