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“According to the ancients, this was the highest form of divinity that humans were capable of understanding. For the Saakshin Vishnu was the Primal Being. Floating through time. Witnessing it all, as people lived their lives and the universe breathed its karma.” (Raavan Quotes)
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“All of us have been through times when life seemed unfair. In such situations, we can choose to see ourselves as victims and blame the rest of the world. We can drown ourselves in the false comfort of knowing we are not responsible for our difficulties and expect others to change our lives. Or, we can pick ourselves up. Be strong. And fight the world.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“Always remember why we are strong, why we are successful. Because we don’t fool ourselves that we are honorable or good. We know who we are. We accept it. We embrace it. That’s why we beat everyone. That’s why we will continue to beat everyone.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“Be clear about what you want. But hide it well. It will help you get what you want.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“But chess is a representation of real life. How you play chess says a lot about how you live as well.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“But karma should not be the centre of our lives. If we truly discover our Being, our Swatatva, and live in consonance with what we are meant to be, then everything becomes easy. We don’t have to try hard to carry out our karma. Because we will not do anything in the vain hope of something else. We will do it simply because it is in consonance with our Being. With what we were born to Be.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“But this is the way I see it: There is a lion and a deer within each of us. Only if we nurture the lion will we make something of ourselves. If we indulge the deer, we’ll be running and hiding all our lives.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“He had read somewhere that there was nothing worse than unrequited love. But they were wrong. There was something worse: Unrequited love that was not even aware of it being one-sided.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“If you spend enough time with anything, you start liking it, even sadness.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“In the field of dharma, intentions matter as much, if not more, than the act itself.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“Nine of them exhibited the navrasas, or nine major emotions, as described in the Natyashastra: love, laughter, sorrow, anger, courage, fear, disgust, wonder and tranquillity. The tenth face, in the centre, had no expression at all. A blank slate.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“Nobility without capability is limiting, it only results in good theory.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“Only an artist can understand the despair of being abandoned by his muse, his lifelong inspiration. Only someone who had loved can know the immeasurable agony of losing the object of one’s passion. Only a devout believer who has touched the Divine can know the soul-emptying misery of his Goddess being taken from him.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“People respond to stress in much the same way. Those who are soft on the inside become harder with the right amount of stress, and those who are hard on the inside become softer. If you think about it this way, then the right amount of stress becomes necessary to balance your character. Too much stress is not good—it may break you. But no stress is not good either. You need the right amount of stress to balance your character and make you grow.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“Refusing to believe the truth doesn’t make it any less true.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“That’s something for another story, another book.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“The diameter of the sun was a hundred and eight times the diameter of the earth. The average distance from the sun to the earth was a hundred and eight times the diameter of the sun. The average distance of the moon from the earth was a hundred and eight times the diameter of the moon. There were several other examples of this number appearing almost magically in the universe. Over time, it had been incorporated into many rituals. For instance, it was recommended that a mantra be chanted a hundred and eight times.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“The lotus was a flower that retained its fragrance and beauty even while growing in slush and dirty water. It posed a silent challenge to the humans who visited the temple, to be true to their dharma even if those around them were not.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“The union of the lingam and the yoni represented creation, a result of the partnership between the masculine and the feminine, an alliance between passive Space and active Time from which all life, indeed all creation, originated.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“There is a lion and a deer within each of us. Only if we nurture the lion will we make something of ourselves. If we indulge the deer, we’ll be running and hiding all our lives.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“When two elephants fight, the grass gets trampled”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“When you fill a clogged drain with more water than it can hold, it’s bound to overflow and contaminate everything around it. When grief overwhelms someone, when they are enraged at what fate has done to them, their fury often overflows and is inflicted upon the world.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“Women are welcome. Similarly, there are temples dedicated to the female sanyasi path, where adult men are not allowed, like the Kumari Amman temple. There are temples for the sanyas of transgender people too. Misunderstandings arise because you worldly people don’t know enough about our sanyasi ways.’ ‘Okay, okay, I give up,’ said Raavan, holding his hands up in mock surrender. ‘Go for your pilgrimage. When is it? In a few months?’ ‘Yes.’ Kumbhakarna smiled and murmured, ‘Swamiye Sharanam Ayyappa.’ We find refuge at the feet of Lord Ayyappa.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
“Yes. It’s very difficult to be calm and centered if your entire focus is on that. For karma is action in the hope of something in return. Like, if you give charity to someone, you expect at least respect in return. It’s a transaction. And if the result of your actions is not what you expected, you feel let down and become unhappy. Even worse, if the karma you get in return for your actions is, in fact, what you expected, you discover that the happiness you derive from it is fleeting. If dissatisfaction is guaranteed, how can you find peace of mind?’ ‘How?’ ‘Simply by being what you are meant to Be.”
Amish Tripathi
Raavan
