When you are joyful, how can you have desires? And how can you be joyful right now when you have desires? Desire appears to lead you to happiness. In fact, it cannot. And that is why it is maya.

Devotion is like a diamond; don’t trade it for any material desires. A diamond should never be traded for a cup of mud.

Misery is moving away from knowledge and holding on to desires.

3 things obscure our being: 1. The ego 2. Desires 3. The intellect So freeze these things for a little while and then see how meditation happens. Even just this intention, “I want to freeze these three things”, immediately makes a difference.

The most fortunate are those who have no desires because there is fulfillment before a desire can arise.

You can have desires but don't become the desire. Be a witness to everything.

Marriage means sacrifice. Sacrificing your desires for the good of the other and for the sake of the whole family.

Spiritual desires are very essential otherwise life will be very dull.

Our energy is getting dissipated in the form of fears and desires. And it is the desire that makes you weak.

When one who becomes free from desires, cravings and aversions, that (state) is called Enlightenment.

A Yogi works 100%, without desires or attachments. This is Karma Yoga.

Sometimes you need to sacrifice your desires for others but those acts of sacrifice will definitely pay you back.

How to drop desires? Meditation is the art of letting go your desires.

What is the significance of the Guru Disciple Tradition? It is for the Disciple to realize that desires are endless.

Life is not a struggle. It is your attachment to your desires that makes life a struggle.

Be busy in fulfilling the desires of others, not your own desires.

Whatever desires you have, fulfill those and those which are not to be fulfilled, drop those and be happy.

Happiness is being in knowledge, desires get fulfilled on their own

The lesser your cravings for your desires to get fulfilled, the more your desires get fulfilled.

Work doesn't tire you as much as your desires and attachments.