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- Read on →: sukhaṁ me sarvadā bhūyāt dukhaṁ mā bhūt kadācana
sukhaṁ me sarvadā bhūyāt dukhaṁ mā bhūt kadācana |
itīcchā sarva-sāmānyā jñānād eva tat siddhyate ||
(Unknown source)“May I always be happy. May I never suffer. This desire is common to all, and it is fulfilled only through knowledge.”
- Read on →: sukham eva sadā me syāt duḥkhaṁ mā bhūt kadācana
sukham eva sadā me syāt duḥkhaṁ mā bhūt kadācana |
(Bhaviṣyottara Purāṇa: 1.10)“May I always be happy. May I never suffer.”
- Read on →: Prema-bhakti-candrikā
Moonlight on Prema-bhakti
By Śrīman Narottama Dāsa Ṭhākura Mahāśaya/p>
- Read on →: yadā vai sukhaṁ labhate’tha karoti
yadā vai sukhaṁ labhate’tha karoti, nāsukhaṁ labdhvā karoti, sukham eva labdhvā karoti |
sukhaṁ tv eva vijijñāsitavyam iti sukhaṁ bhagavo vijijñāsa iti ||
(Chāndogya Upaniṣad: 7.22.1)[Sanat Kumāra:] “Certainly when one attains happiness, then one acts. Upon attaining unhappiness, one does not act. Only upon attaining happiness does one act. Indeed happiness is to be desired to be known in depth.” [Nārada:] “O venerable one, I desire to know happiness in depth.”
- Read on →: deva-drohād guru-drohaḥ koṭi-koṭi-guṇādhikaḥ
deva-drohād guru-drohaḥ koṭi-koṭi-guṇādhikaḥ |
jñānāpavādo nāstikyaṁ tasmād koṭi-guṇādhikam ||
(Kūrma Purāṇa; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 11.751; Bhakti Sandarbha: 265)“Offence to guru is tens of millions of times worse than offence to the Deity. But denial of knowledge and disbelief are ten millions times worse than that [i.e., than offence to guru].”