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Quotes by Gurus and Religious Leaders

Our youth go to convent schools and get Westernized. This is digging up the roots of our own culture.

~Mahant Machendra Puri

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To my sisters, I say do not give importance to the idea that a woman is weak. Go with confidence in life, and then no one can discourage you.

~Santoshi Ma Ji

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Hindus must seek out traditional ways of thinking, culture, medicine, etc., and question modern, watered-down versions of such things.

~Sadhak Ram Puri

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Are we ready for the final journey life has to offer? Are we prepared to endure the hardships of sadhana, to suffer the death of the ego? Or would we prefer more pleasures in the world of "I" and "mine"?

~Sat Guru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

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Different teachings have blossomed to suit different people and the needs of different times. In all religions, there are three aspects; one is values, another is practice, another is symbols. The values are common to all religions. The teaching may seem contradictory, but it's not; it's complete.

~Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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I was free and I had shrunk. I was so tiny, almost like a minute particle of dust. Everything was within me. The whole Universe was inside me. Light beings disappeared and new ones appeared. We were linked together with connecting radiating beams. We were as one. We are all connected with each other. If we only realized how closely we are connected, we would never be able to hurt each other.

~Shanti Devi,

(Recalling her experience in between births)