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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Happiness Quotes from the Truly Happy Ones

To remain ever cheerful and equanimous is the greatest devotion to God. -Asaramji Bapu

Inner Contentment is the destroyer of all three - desires, anger and greed. -Swami Ramsukhdasji

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. -Gautam Budha


Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars… and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful. Everything is simply happy. Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or presidents and they are not going to become rich and they will never have any bank balance.Look at the flowers - for no reason. It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are.  -Osho

Whoever is happy will make others happy, too. -Mark Twain


When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky. -Gautam Buddha


The highest form of service to the mankind is to realize the True Self and remain immersed in the bliss. -Asaramji Bapu


The moment you stop seeking pleasure in worldly things and become a true master of yourself, you will experience the essential reality of the Self. Then you will no longer have to seek God. God himself will come to you. This is the Divine law. -Asaramji Bapu


This happiness comes when you simply reside as yourself. The trees are not only not trying to become prime ministers, they are also not trying to become the stars and the stars are not trying to become flowers. They are all residing as themselves. Thus, there is freedom from comparison and freedom from chasing "the other". There is no sense of feeling "less" or something lacking, which is brought about through the insanity of measuring against some fictitious ideal, or another. This means that you don’t have to try to become something other than who you are. In Zen speak - the frog becomes the frog. -Osho

The moment you realize yourself as the dreamer and the world as your own dream, you will attain salvation or true Self or eternal bliss. -Asaramji Bapu


"Whatever my mind wishes, that should happen," is Desire. Desire is the root cause of sorrow. Without giving up desires, one cannot be happy. -Swami Ramsukhdasji



A man is not enslaved by objects and things, but by desire for them. Desiring anything is slavery and not desiring it is liberation. -Swami Ramsukhdasji

It is only due to desires that there is a feeling of deficiency. On becoming desireless, no shortages or deficiencies will remain. -Swami Ramsukhdasji


Desire for happiness, wishing for it and indulging in sense pleasures – these three are the root causes of all sorrows. -Swami Ramsukhdasji


By giving up wanting perishable things, the imperishable element is attained. -Swami Ramsukhdasji


Liberation comes from giving up of desires, not from giving up things. -Swami Ramsukhdasji


It is important here to differentiate between pleasure and happiness. Pleasure being something derived through some cause, and by happiness here meaning a state of joy without any cause. This joyfulness naturally emerges. It starts to flow from deep within and in it you simply rejoice and celebrate life. -Osho

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