Tallapaka Annamacharya (Annamayya) (1408-1503), Andhra Pradesh, India
Meaning: How many places did a living being move during his previous births? What is this relation ship? How long the relationship exists? Who knows when and where this life goes?
Meaning: If you understand the true meaning of life, it is salvation. If you are ignorant of it, life is bondage. The wise know that life is dream.
Meaning: Who is this living being? Who does he belong to? How is this living being related to others?
Meaning: Was not this living being the offspring of many others in his previous lives? Was he not the sibbling of many? How many people did he fascinate? Did he not cause sorrow to many others?
Meaning: Soul is never ruined. Does not this life move to different bodies? Does he not occupy a number of leadership positions? Is it not just the delusion caused by lord Venkatesa?
Rabindranath Tagore (1861 -1941)
“This is the ultimate end of man, to find the One which is in him; which is his truth, which is his soul; the key with which he opens the gate of the spiritual life, the heavenly kingdom.”
Rabindranath Tagore
“Music fills the infinite between two Souls.” Rabindranath Tagore
Sufi Quotes
Quotes from Rumi
“If you want the moon, Do not hide from the night. If you want a rose, Do not run away from the thorns. If you want to love, Do not hide from yourself.” Rumi
“We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.” Rumi
“One of the marvels of the world is the sight of a soul sitting in a prison with the key in it’s hand” Rumi
Vemana Satakam by Kumaragiri Vema Reddy aka Yogi Vemana (1652-1730)
Tanalo sarvambundaga
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Tanalopala vedukaleka dhara vedakedi ee
Tanuvula mosedi yeddula
Manamula delpanga vasame mahilo Vema||
We have everything inside us but we ignore that and search for fulfillment everywhere else. Given that, is it possible to explain what the bulls that carry our bodies think of us?
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DEsadesamulanu tiruganga tiruganga
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Atmayandu dhyanamantukonune?
KAsulaku tiruga galgunA mokshamby?!
Viswadabhirama vinura Vema||
How can you attain enlightenment when you are always running after money?
Sumati Satakam by Baddena Bhupaludu (1220-1280)
Tanakopame tana satruvu
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Tana sAntame tanaku Raksha daya chuttambou
Tana santoshame swargamu
Tana duhkhame narakamandru tadhyamu Sumati||
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Vinadagu nevvaru cheppina
Vininantane vEgapadaka vivarimpatagun
Kanikalla nijamu telisina
Manujude pO nEetiparudu mahilo Sumati||
Your anger is your enemy; your calmness is your protection; your compassion is your relative. It is true that your happiness is your heaven and your sorrow is your hell.
One should listen to whatever anyone says. But we should not immediately jump to conclusions without thinking through. One who can distinguish between truth and falsehood is a virtuous person in this world