The secret of karma yoga which is to perform actions without any fruitive desires is taught by Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad-Gita.

With the attraction for lust and lucre working the other way, how many long for the realisation of God?

The banyan tree does not mean awakening, nor does the hill, nor the saint, nor the European couple. The lotus is a symbol of regeneration.

Woman has suffered for eons, and that has given her infinite patience and infinite perseverance.

Nothing else is necessary but these - love, sincerity, and patience.

You have no more anger when you are all love, bliss, infinite existence. . . .

Everything progresses in waves. The march of civilization, the progression of worlds, is in waves. All human activities likewise progress in waves - art, literature, science, religion.