Travis Sherman

“only when the transcendent Self, or Being, comes to be appreciated on the level of the senses. Wrong interpretations of this and other verses have led many genuine seekers of Truth to undertake rigorous and unnatural practices in order to control the senses, thus wasting their lives and benefiting neither themselves nor others. Mastery of the senses is gained only through the state of established intellect, for in this state where man is established in awareness of the Self as separate from activity, his behaviour is quite naturally unaffected by the otherwise overpowering influence of the senses.”
― Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita: A New Translation and Commentary With Sanskrit Text -- Chapters 1 to 6

“The effect was mistaken for the cause. Right action came to be regarded as a means to gain Nirvāṇa, whereas right action is in fact the result of this state of consciousness in freedom.”
― Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita: A New Translation and Commentary With Sanskrit Text -- Chapters 1 to 6

“It's been many years since I had such an exemplary vegetable.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice