Quotes & Sayings About Sati

Shared secrets have a way of creating bonds. Sati — Amish Tripathi

Sati was a custom religiously followed by a few, toed halfheartedly by rather more, sidestepped by many and ignored by most — Tim Mackintosh-Smith

Time creates history. Meditation creates the moment. — Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

Compassion is the religion of the heart. — Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

The more you listen to your breath, the more you can hear the voice of your soul. — Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

Be it so. This burning of widows is your custom; prepare the funeral pile. But my nation has also a custom. When men burn women alive we hang them, and confiscate all their property. My carpenters shall therefore erect gibbets on which to hang all concerned when the widow is consumed. Let us all act according to national customs.[To Hindu priests complaining to him about the prohibition of Sati religious funeral practice of burning widows alive on her husband's funeral pyre.] — Charles James Napier

It takes a lot of courage to be happy. — Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

There is no prayer greater than service. — Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

If what you call 'god' means [Shiva, Jesus, Allah or Buddha] then I say he doesn't exist at all...
But if you meant [love, truth and kindness] I reply : "That is what 'god' is — Vedang Sati

Spiritual yearning is the homesickness of the soul. — Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

Take three grains of sand and put them in the middle of a vast cathedral. Now the cathedral is as full with sand as the universe is with stars...Most of the universe is empty space! — Vedang Sati

When you plant a seed of love, it is you that blossoms. — Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

Apparently the earth sometimes thinks of the possibility of coming closer to the sun,' said Sati. 'But she can't do that. She is so base and his brilliance so searing, that she will cause destruction if she draws him closer. — Anonymous

Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak. — Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

Breath with awareness is prana. Breath without awareness is just air. — Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

It is not important how successful you are, the only thing that matters is how good a person you are... — Vedang Sati

Sati - sampajanna ("Mindfulness and clear comprehension") should be examined carefully from the point of view of the centipede who could not walk when she thought about how she moved her limbs. And also from the point of view of absorption in, say artistic creation and detached observation of it. Absorption in piano playing or painting seems to be "successful" but detached observation or enjoyment of "my playing" or "my painting" seems to have the centipede effect. What are the facts here and what is the lesson to be drawn? — Nanamoli Thera

Anapana means breath and sati means mindfulness. Tang Hoi translated it as "Guarding the Mind." The Anapanasati Sutra, that is, is the sutra on using one's breath to maintain mindfulness. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Don't let the cruel world seize you, you know you are different-a jewel in the crowd, let your work do the talking for you — Vedang Sati

The universe is not more beautiful than your pure thoughts-enlighten the world around you, the rest is complementary... — Vedang Sati