Through the Lens - August 22, 2021

Aum Namah Sivaya

This week our taskforcer Alexander has been working in the Media Studio with the Ganapati Kulam. Today he went on an adventure with our Fujifilm camera and documented the many little things that caught his eye.

Join Alexander on his photographic adventure today at the Aadheenam

\"To the Saivite Hindu, all of life is sacred. All of life is religion. Thus, Saivite art is sacred art, Saivite music is devotional music, and the Saivite\

s business is not only his livelihood, it is his service to man and God.\" Gurudeva'

\"Those who accomplish great things pay attention to little ones.\" Malian Proverb

\"All birds find shelter during a rain. But the eagle avoids rain by flying above the clouds.\" Abdul Kalam

\"We become wiser by adversity\" Seneca

In me alone originates the All, in me the All is established, in me all things come to rest. I am that Brahman without a second! Kaivalya Upanishad 19

\"It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.\" Epictetus

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. Rumi

\"Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. It is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment.\" Swami Vivekananda

\"Speak only if it improves upon the silence.\" Mahatma Gandhi

\"Bondage and Liberation are of the mind alone.\" Sri Ramakrishna

\"Were not trying for perfection, were trying for improvement.\" Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami

\"Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass thats twice as big as it needs to be.\" George Carlin

\"We are fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.\" Japanese Proverb

\"Practice, not belief, is what causes spiritual progress.\" Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami

\"How can it remain so unknown? Simplicity is the answer. The Self is so simple, so uncomplicated, that the ramified external mind overlooks it.\" Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

Worldly comfort is an illusion, As soon you get it, it goes. Mira Bai

\"The Holy Land is everywhere.\" Black Elk

\"A man who uses force is afraid of reasoning.\" Kenyan Proverb

\"Whatever they are here, whether a tiger or a lion or a wolf or a bear or a bird or an insect or a mosquito, they become That.\" Chandogya Upanishad VI 9: I 3

If I love myself despite my infinite faults, how can I hate anyone at the glimpse of a few faults. Swami Vivekananda

Just keep in mind: the more we value things outside our control, the less control we have. Epictetus

\"Your recognition of what is, is the way you create it to yourself.\" Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

The secret of success in life is time rightly used. Swami Sivananda

The mind creates the abyss. The heart crosses over it. Nisargadatta Maharaj

Birds sing not because they have answers but because they have songs. African proverb

The world is a drama, staged in a dream. Guru Nanak

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle

One who loves God finds the object of his love everywhere. Sri Aurobindo

Be ashamed of your hatred. Give up hatred and be quiet. Shirdi Sai Baba

Work and worship are necessary to take away the veil, to lift off the bondage and illusion. Swami Vivekananda

An empty pot makes the loudest noise. Kenyan Proverb

A man is born gentle and weak; at his death he is hard and stiff. All things, including the grass and trees, are soft and pliable in life; dry and brittle in death. Stiffness is thus a companion of death; flexibility a companion of life. An army that cannot yield will be defeated. A tree that cannot bend will crack in the wind. The hard and stiff will be broken; the soft and supple will prevail. Lao Tzu

What seems to be coming at you is really coming from you. Rabindranath Tagore

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. Thich Nhat Hanh

Be a mountain or lean on one. Somali proverb

In the end, the Great Mystery is known as one, as two, as neither one nor two. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

Devotion, devotee and God are one. At the top of devotion, there is God. Swami Avdheshanand Giriji

The question Who am I? is not really meant to get an answer. The question Who am I? is meant to dissolve the questioner. Ramana Maharishi

You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul. Swami Vivekananda

Dont think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money. Voltaire

We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom. Leo Tolstoy

Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better. Maya Angelou

As long as we react to karma, we must repeat it. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

Success or achievement is not the final goal. It is the spirit in which you act that puts the seal of beauty upon your life. Swami Chinmayananda

How many lives are frittered away, age after age, in endless coming and going. Find out who you are! Anandamayi Ma

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