"Bring the elephant-like mind under control..."

& Shrimadji said..."A man can bring an elephant under control by exercising his intelligence. How much benefit would he get if he brings the elephant-like mind under control..."

"This rare human life..."

& Shrimadji said..."Since true discernment does not arise in any other species, it is not possible to tread on the path of liberation except in human life. It is therefore necessary to make fruitful use of this rare human life..."

"A householder becomes praiseworthy..."

& Shrimadji said..."Even while dwelling in his worldly householder's life the best Shrawaka (who has contacted best teachers, hears their teaching carefully, is discriminitive and modest) is successfully under going spiritual disciipline; his order of a householder becomes praiseworthy..."

"Human life is very hard to be obtained..."

& Shrimadji said..."The Enlightened ones state that human life is very hard to be obtained. One obtains it by virtue of much wholesome Karma. As such, we should earnestly use it for wellbeing of soul..."

"In the boat of religion..."

& Shrimadji said... "The topmost Guru is a sailor, who can give seat in the boat of religion and can help in crossing over the worldly sea..."

"The ultimate dharma..."

& Shrimadji said... "To look upon an Enlightened One as the Supreme Soul is called the ultimate dharma by the wise..."

"Medicine for a troubled soul..."

& Shrimadji said..."Saintly contact (Satsang) is a supreme beneficial medicine for a troubled soul..."

"Definitely a bad contact..."

 & Shrimadji said..."Take it for certain that a contact advocating attachment, enticement to pleasures like music, dance and encouraging sweet or tasty food, howsoever you live in such contact, is definitely a bad contact and it must be avoided at all cost..." 

"Highly praiseworthy..."

& Shrimadji said..."Joy derived from contact with the Saints is highly praiseworthy..." 

"Remove all binding Karmas of our soul..."

& Shrimadji said..."As the dirt and dust of a cloth is washed out by a good detergent or a soap and clean water, so the teachings of religious works and those of Saintly persons in our contact, help us to remove all binding Karmas of our soul so as to purify and liberate it..." 

"Mind solely engaged in reading..."

& Shrimadji said..."To keep our mind solely engaged in reading and thinking about the best religious books is also a Saintly contact..."

"Really good friendship..."

& Shrimadji said..."That which shows us the path to liberation is really good friendship..."

"Right path of self-realization..."

& Shrimadji said..."Satsang or contact with a Saint always puts us on the right path of self-realization..." 

"In the absence of contact with the Saints..."

& Shrimadji said..."Where there is no pure and clean air, there is the breeding ground of diseases; similarly in the absence of contact with the Saints, the soul's diseases are on the increase..." 

"Few minutes of contact with a Saint..."

& Shrimadji said..."What we gain by a few minutes of contact with a Saint, cannot be achieved by many years of bad contacts, on the contrary such bad contact prompts us to incur many sinful deeds, and defiles our soul..."