O MAN! Offer Thy labyrinthine longings into a monotheistic bonfire consecrated to the unparalleled God.Burn desire for human affection in the fire of aspiration for GOD alone, a love solitary because omnipresent! Throw faggot of ignorance to incandesce the blaze of insight! Devour all sorrows in the sorrow for God's absence. Consume all regrets in meditative bliss!Paramahamsa Yogananda
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"O Man! Offer Thy labyrinthine longings into a monotheistic bonfire consecrated to the unparalleled God.Burn desire for human affection in the fire of aspiration for GOD alone, a love solitary because omnipresent! Throw faggot of ignorance to incandesce the blaze of insight! Devour all sorrows in the sorrow for God's absence. Consume all regrets in meditative bliss!" This quote is from Saint Kabir, a poet who lived in the 17th century. The first half is about how to throw away our desires and instead devote our lives for God. As I mentioned before, there are two parts to this quote.
The first part is about how to throw away our desires and instead devote our lives for God. I think this is a very important theme in Hinduism, and it’s something that we should all work towards. It’s especially important when you look at Hinduism from a Western perspective, where many people think that Hinduism is all about making money and being wealthy.
That’s not true at all! Hinduism is a religion that teaches us that we should live a life that is meaningful and enjoyable while helping others around us. To do this, we have to stop thinking selfishly and start thinking more generously towards others, especially towards God. The second part of the quote is about how to burn desire for human affection in the fire of desire for GOD alone.
If you want to live the life of a Hindu, then you have to give up on things like wanting love from other people or seeking acceptance from other people. It was only after she died that Buddha began his journey down the path that led him to enlightenment. After he reached enlightenment he said “He who loves me loves himself, and he who does not love me does not love himself; he who hates me hates himself, and he who does not hate me does not hate himself; he who knows me knows himself; and he who knows himself knows me," (Analects 4:9).
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