- Om Mani Padme Hum
Om - I invoke the path and experience of universality so that
Mani - the luminosity of my immortal mind
Padme - may be unfolded within tbe depths of the lotus center or awakened consciousness
Hum - and I may be wafted by the ecstasy of breaking through all bonds and horizons.
National Geographic Magazine : May, 1963.
- Roots
A root going deep can break the foundations of nearby buildings. Similarly our spiritual roots must be strengthened add made to grow deeper so that the mansion of evil might be destroyed at the foundation.
- Fit In
Wherever you go, drop your behaviour pattern, leave it behind you and fit in with the customs of wherever you are.
- Creation
As the rain drops, water - pure in itself, coming into contact with various objects, is contaminated by them. The "fallen jiva" similarly is contaminated by satva, rajas, and tames - the three strands together form ing the rudimentary matter of the universe.
These are not "outside" consciousness, but an integral part of it, just as the sun, the rain and the rain-bow are all in space, as part of it.
- Influences on Man
Man is influenced by heredity, upbringing, parents, company, and so on. The word influence is important. Man is already there - birth after birth. He is the evolving soul. The others only influence him. To what extent he can be influenced or what he will accept or reject, depends upon his own samskaras, brought forward from past births.