"Self Realization cannot be achieved by learning, argument or preaching. Self Realization means a Oneness that is experienced constantly: while working, traveling, talking, just as much while praying or chanting a mantra. It is oneness with THAT entity which is illuminating the sky eternally like the Pole star. THAT divine bliss resides within you, always, and can be realized only from within."
"You must see God in your own heart. You can see Him only if you look within yourself. He is very much there as your innermost Self. There is no use of searching for Him outside. That God can be seen by searching deep within your own heart. You have to search for Him in the proper way. When you find Him there, then only can you experience true bliss.
- Bhagawan Nityananda (in Chidakashagita)
Param Poojya Swami Chetanananda Saraswati on service to one's Guru:
"Guru Smaranam (Remembrance of the Guru) and Guru Seva (Service to the Guru) can never be a matter of a certain time of the day. It should not be mistaken as just the routine pooja (prayers) in the morning, which may be for 15 minutes or 1-2 hours. Sri Gurudev is with you for every minute of the day, every day. Then how can you offer pooja in the morning and forget HIM for the rest of the day ?"
"Sri Guru Seva is a great penance and its prasad (fruit) is the sweetest of all prasadas. Sri Guru Seva must be offered by all three means Tana (body), Mana (Mind) and Dhana ( Material means). It must be clear that Seva by any one of these means is incomplete."
"Bhakti (Devotion) is not the donation of money or food or alms. True devotion is love of all living beings in this world. It is the feeling and realization of oneness, without experiencing duality, and the capacity to see God in all forms of life. A true Bhakta (Devotee) sees himself in all things around him. Redemption depends upon devotion. A good worker gets good wages, one who does not work well receives less wages. Liberation from bondage is seeing the One in All and the All in One. This is freedom from desire"
- Bhagwan Nityananda ( in Chidakashgita)
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