Spiritual Quotes On Sufferings

Rotla (bread) and vegetables (food) are to be eaten for the purpose of putting out hunger, not for taste. If you eat for taste, then you will not like to eat. It will become a thing to suffer (ved). This world is rotting due to the three sufferings (due to the 3 veds (genders)).

‘Gnani’ [the englightened one] gives freedom from all sufferings. Outside [world] reigns the cycle of antagonistic [painful] times, Kaliyug. On the contrary, it will even take away whatever happiness you may have.

Worries and sufferings are helpful for (one’s) spiritual development.

What is saiyam? It is a state in which One remains unaffected by the effects of both, upsarga (externally induced suffering) and parishaha (internally induced affliction). And if one were to get affected, then One would simply continue to Know the effect but would not suffer (vedey) the effect. And even if he were to suffer the effect, He would still simply Know it; that is known as saiyam.

Where there is kashay, there is no samadhi (blissful state that arises when one becomes free from mental, physical, and externally-induced suffering). Where there is samadhi, there is no kashay. The entire world is subject to kashay; one himself (pote) is not subservient to the Self. If one were subservient to the Self, then he would not do such a thing. Why did kashay arise? It is due to ignorance (agnanta)! Why did ignorance arise? Due to the pressure of circumstances!

The restlessness (chanchalata) of sexuality is itself the root cause of suffering for infinite lifetimes.