13 Quotes & Sayings By Rashmit Kalra

Rashmit Kalra is an Indian writer, editor, translator and the Chief Editor of the Hindi publishing house, Laxmikant & sons. He is well known for his work in the field of Hindi literature. He has edited several well-known books like ‘The Golden Book of Hindi Memoirs’ (1985) and ‘Maharana Pratap Aur Sapna’ (1999), besides translating key works of renowned writers like Bertrand Russell, Will Durant, Henry Miller, Albert Camus and others into Hindi. Some of his best known works are ‘Bombay Ki Chitrakatha’ (1961), ‘Neelkanth Mahima’ (1966), ‘Nishalekh’ (1970), ‘Nehru aur Gandhiji ki Chitrakatha’ (1975), ‘Shudhi Ke Phoolon Ki Koshish Ke’ (1977) and ‘Pallavi Ke Paas’ (1980) Read more

He has also published several collections of poetry.

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There is no mystery. Truth is here - always present. Mystery is in the mind and mind is a myth. Rashmit Kalra
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You cannot still your mind - it is the nature of mind to keep moving. You can only be the stillness that is beyond the mind and be free from thoughts, yet watch the mind experiencing the true essence of life. Transcending the mind is Sanyasa (detachment or renunciation) and freedom that comes with it is Nirvana (liberation). Rashmit Kalra
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â€â€¹The purpose of religion was to help humans lead a peaceful life, not to take away life. God/Allah/Ishvar or Hindu/Muslim/Christian are just words - words created by different human minds. Instead of blindly following the outdated ideologies, use your own mind to realize the truth that you are not just a label. You are a living entity - the very manifestation of the energy you call God. Energy has no form or gender, but different languages have created different images, thus leading to discrimination and conflict to an extent that people can kill on name of religion. If a religion causes one to take innocent life, then we don't need a religion. we just need human beings on earth. . Rashmit Kalra
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Action is the only truth. Truth is the only reality. Rest is all thought - philosophy, fantasy or imagination. But, universe is not a thought. Universe is action. How does it matter what the world, society or I think what I am meant to do or what I am born to do? The truth is what I am doing and that's what makes the difference to the world; thats the only reality and that's what reflects the self that I am. Rashmit Kalra
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An amber sunset, a flowing river, a snow capped mountain, a beautiful heart, a calm mind, deep eyes, the moon, the earth and the sky - they are all silent. It's the words that give them meaning, decipher their essence and share their message. Rashmit Kalra
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The one who has found inner silence, stops pondering over the meaning of life and starts living it. That's the journey from "going with the flow" to "being the flow. Rashmit Kalra
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Life can only be experienced in myriad of intricate forms, but can be understood only in abstract. Here/ Now/ Present is the doorway to abstract - the divine nothingness Rashmit Kalra
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Love is the state of being; it is not a personal feeling directed to a particular someone. Love is beyond romance and attraction. Love is when it doesn't matter when you get that person or not because you have met your own self through that person and that self will always be with you..within you. Love is not your loftiest fantasy you always thought will happen to you. Love is not wanting someone at any cost and cursing them if you do not "get" them. Love is who you are - your very essence felt and experienced by all that come into your vicinity . Rashmit Kalra
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Worship is invoking the divinity within. Meditation is awareness of divinity within. Enlightenment is realization of divinity within. Nirvana is being the divinity Rashmit Kalra
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Spirituality is not about being God, but about being your self. God is an imagination. Self is already that - one with all and within all. Self is the essence l, the source and the manifestation too. What else is God? Rashmit Kalra
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Equality is humanity. Rashmit Kalra
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â€â€¹Equality is not sameness. We all are born different — we look different and we have different circumstances. But, we all are born out of the same universe — the matter that makes our bodies comes from this magnificent universe. I have been a science student but I never heard of black matter used for black bodies, white matter for white bodies, and brown matter for brown bodies and so on. . Rashmit Kalra