Siva's Gardens

Aum Namah Sivaya

This afternoon, Kodiswara took a walk through the Aadheenam's jungled pathways, taking photos as he went. We have many flowers in bloom right now, including orchids, naga pu, hoya vines and more. Enjoy the photos, and the wise sayings included. Aum.

\"God waits to win back his own flowers as gifts from mans hands.\" - Rabindranath Tagore

Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot. Seek the path that demands your whole being. - Rumi

We cannot live better than in seeking to become better. Socrates

Things do not grow better; they remain as they are. It is we who grow better, by the changes we make in ourselves. - Swami Vivekananda

A wise man fills his head before emptying his mouth. - Kenyan Proverb

Peace is your natural state. It is your mind that destroys it. -Sri Ramana Maharshi

The Self indeed is below. The Self is above. The Self is behind. The Self is in front. The Self is to the south. The Self is to the north. The Self, indeed, is all this. Chandogya Upanishad, 7.5

When we look at the world as providing our happiness, life is a constant series of emotional ups and down. When we derive our contentment from within, life is joyous, and we can share that joy with others. Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami

Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. - Ramana Maharshi

When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate. -Carl Jung

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. -Rumi

God can be discovered only by God. - Siva Yogaswami

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. - Albert Einstein

Important things are not things. - Swami Tejomayananda

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. -Aristotle

The devout seeker is he who mingles in his heart the double currents of love and detachment, like the mingling of the streams of Ganges and Yamuna. - Saint Kabir

United your resolve, united your hearts, may your spirits be at one, that you may long together dwell in unity and concord - The final mantra of the Rigveda

A tree is known by its fruit. - Zulu Proverb

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise. - Maya Angelou

Wisdom is knowing I am nothing, Love is knowing I am everything, and between the two my life moves. Nisargadatta Maharaj

Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains. -Ramana Maharshi

Just keep in mind: the more we value things outside our control, the less control we have. - Epictetus

Human beings have to be dwellers of the Inner Cave so that the Supreme Being who resides within may be revealed. - Anandamayi Ma

In me alone originates the All, in me the All is established, in me all things come to rest. I am that Brahman without a second! - Kaivalya Upanishad 19

Every step is on the path. - Lao Tzu

So potent is the power acquired through disciplined self-denial that those who attain it may even delay the moment of death. - Tirukural 269

Asceticism doesnt lie in mere words; He is an ascetic who treats everyone alike. Asceticism doesnt lie in visiting burial places; it lies not in wandering about nor in bathing at places of pilgrimage. Asceticism is to remain pure amidst impurities. - Guru Nanak

He who tells the truth is never wrong. - Swahili Proverb

We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move. We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want. We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner space that makes it livable. We work with being, but non-being is what we use. - Loa Tzu

We are fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. - Japanese Proverb

Joys and sorrows are time born and cannot last. Therefore, do not be perturbed by them. The greater the difficulties and obstructions, the more intense will be your endeavor to cling to His feet and the more will your prayer increase from within. -Anandamayi Ma

How can it remain so unknown? Simplicity is the answer. The Self is so simple, so uncomplicated, that the ramified external mind overlooks it. - Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

There is a voice that doesnt use words. Listen. - Rumi

One who loves God finds the object of his love everywhere. - Sri Aurobindo

Practice, not belief, is what causes spiritual progress. - Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami

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