Famous Quotes from Vedic Lietrature

It is stated in Hari-bhakti-sudhodaya [quoted in Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, Purva 2.2.291]: “Hiranyakasipu said to Prahlada: 'My dear son, association is very influential upon people. Like a crystal takes on the qualities of the one with whom it associates, for this reason intelligent persons should seek the company of high class and like-minded individuals in order to increase the prestige of their families."' ( Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.26.26 ). Sri Krishna has said: “A truly intelligent person should shun evil company but seek the association of holy saints who, with their instructions, gnaw away the knot of our mind’s worldly attachments”

These verses are from Bhakti Vinod Thakurs Book " Dusta Mana" Oh mind, What is the value of contemplating day and night your plans for enjoying wealth and women? All these things are only temporary. Oh mind,When you claim wealth as your own, it creates in you ever-increasing desires for material enjoyment. Your riches should be used for serving Mädhava, the Lord of all wealth. Neither is it your proper place to indulge in lust for women, whose only true proprietor is Lord Yädava. The demon Rävana (lust-incarnate) fought with Lord Rämachandra (love-incarnate) in order to gain the tree of worldly reputation-but that oasis turned out to be but a mirage cast in the desert wasteland of the Lord's illusory material potency. Oh mind,please cultivate fixed determination to attain only the steady and solid platform whereupon a Vaishnava ever stands. If you neglect worshiping the Lord from this position, then you will ultimately attain a hellish existence. Oh mind,Why do you needle...