Keep a spiritual diary...

You injure another man on account of ignorance. If you always bear in mind that you see God in every man and animal, and that God is sealed in the hearts of all living beings, you will not injure anybody. 

You begin to injure others the moment you forget to see God in others.

Keep a spiritual diary. Note down in the diary when you become angry towards others, and when you hurt the feelings of others. 

This is very, very important. 

If you exhibit anger or hurt others, impose punishment on yourself. Give up meals at night. Do Japa, 50 Malas more. 

If you proceed in this way for one or two years, you will doubtless achieve remarkable Shanti (peace), wonderful spiritual progress and strong will-power. Many kinds of miseries, troubles and mental worries will come to an end. 

Devotion will develop. You will evolve rapidly.

Cited from "Kalyana-Kalpataru", 1935 issue

"Secrets of Bhakti-Yoga" article by Swami ShivAnanda

Transmigratory world...

"Throughout the Gita Bhagavan Sri Krishna emphasises the need of disinterested work. 

Actions springing from selfish motives are regarded as the root of all evil. 

They bind one down to the transmigratory world, leading from one life to another. 

Actions performed without attachment are, on the other hand, described as the purifiers of soul. They lead ultimately to Jnana and thereby to Moksha".

Cited from "Kalyana-Kalpataru", 1935 issue

Godward aspiration...

Great speech, it is just one massive sentence (!!!) and it occupied half-a-page in "Kalyana-Kalpataru":

"The attainment of Divinity (with all the five concomitant parts thereof hereinbefore described) being - consciously or unconsciously - our heart’s one and only real Lakshya (लक्ष्य - Goal and Aspiration), this alone being the Ideal which our heart always keeps hungering, thirsting and panting after the realization of, and Sanatana Dharma being the only system of thought which has ever postulated that Ideal and places that ideal before us to aspire and seek to attain, teleological and ontological considerations make it incontrovertibly clear — and it stands to reason and is in the fitness of things, nay, perfectly, naturally and absolutely inevitable for us to infer herefrom — that Sanatana Dharma is the only path which can possibly fulfil and satisfy this Godward aspiration of our heads and our hearts".

Cited from "Kalyana-Kalpataru", 1935, 

"The secret of India's Greatness" article 

by Jagadguru Shri Shankaracharya of Puri

The Avatar of Love and dark cells of our heart...

"Glory to the Avatars of Aryavarta! Glory to Krishna, The Avatar of Love!

The music of the Murali liberated the prisoners of Mathura. The music of the Murali set free the parents of Krishna. 

The music of the Murali saved the Gopis of Vrindavan from the tyranny of their husbands. The musical note of the Flute freed the people from the tyranny of their king. 

The heavenly music saved the soul from slavery’s bonds.

Would the Murali send its song of freedom again? 

Would Krishna take His birth again in the dark cells of our heart? 

Would the prison-doors open wide once more and set free our souls?"

Cited from "Kalyana-Kalpataru", 1935

"The Lord of The Flute. Flute, The Symbol of Freedom" article

by Brahmachari Mahadev

Cosmic Temple...

"Every activity, however insignificant or small, can be sublimated into worship, provided it is performed in a true spirit of prayerfulness, self-dedication and self-surrender. 

The whole Universe, then, transforms into the Cosmic Temple and God, the Omnipresent Supreme Lord, accepts all our actions, physical and mental, like consecrated offerings. 

It is not the flowers or fruits which are accepted by the Lord, but the genuine sincerity, devotion, faith and self-surrender, which are more valuable to Him than all the materials of worship. 

Therefore the Lord advises us to surrender ourselves with all our actions completely at His sacred feet and cross the ocean of Samsara by elevating work into worship, treading the path of Dedication and Consecration:

यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत् ।

यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम् ॥ ९-२७॥

yatkaroShi yadashnAsi yajjuhoShi dadAsi yat |

yattapasyasi kaunteya tatkuruShva madarpaNam || 9-27|| 

“Whatever thou doest, whatever thou eatest, whatever thou offerest in sacrifice, whatever thou givest away, whatever austerity thou practisest, О son of Kunti, do thou as an offering unto Me." shrImadbhagavadgItA, 9.27

Cited from "Kalyana-Kalpataru", 1935 issue 

"KarmaYoga and The Bhagavad-Gita" article by Swami AsangaAnanda

How to conquer Disease and Death?

INTERESTING ARTICLE BY JAYADAYAL GOYANDKA. APART FROM USING UPAYAS AGAINST DEATH (SUCH AS "SHREE NARAYANA-KAVACHA", FOR EXAMPLE) THE ARTICLE OFFERS JNANA-MARG, PATIENCE, THE CHANGE OF MENTAL ATTITUDE AND SIDDHANTA BASED ON "SHREE BRIHAD-ARANYAKA-UPANISHAD". 

"How to conquer Disease and Death?" By Jayadayal Goyandka.

The entire universe is but a manifestation of God and there is nothing good or bad in it. It is one’s attitude towards it that determines how it will affect him. 

When a person falls ill, he feels