Eknath Easwaran
Eknath Easwaran
Eknath Easwaranwas a spiritual teacher, an author of books on meditation and ways to lead a fulfilling life, as well as a translator and interpreter of Indian literature...
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Eknath Easwaran quotes about
self shining ego
Do not feed your ego and your problems, with your attention. ...Slowly, surely, the ego will lose weight, until one fine day it will be nothing but a thin ghost of its former self. You will be able to see right through it, to the divine presence that shines in each of us.
god spring self
As the web issues out of the spider, As plants sprout from the earth, As hair grows from the body, even so, The sages say, this universe springs from, The deathless Self (the Supreme Soul), the source of life.
spiritual teacher use
Like Gandhi, like the Buddha, like all great spiritual teachers, Easwaran had no use for beliefs unless they generated actions. Doing, not saying, is what counts.
meditation principles
This is the central principle of meditation: we become what we meditate on.
moving diversity people
As we get deeper, we move closer and closer to other people; we feel closer to life as a whole.
practice drawing hatred
We can all learn to conquer hatred through love -drawing on the power released through the practice of meditation to throw all our weight, all our energy, and all our will on the side of what is patient, forgiving, and selfless in ourselves and others.
passion forgiving unshakable
To be secure everywhere is the mark of sophistication, to be unshakable is the mark of courage, to be permanently in love with every person is the mark of masculinity or femininity, to forgive is the mark of strength, to govern our senses and passions is the mark of freedom.
bears patient capacity
The capacity to be patient, to bear with others through thick and thin, is within the reach of anyone.
character home heart
In the Confucian tradition is a simple formula that appeals to me deeply: 'If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character. If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.' I urge everyone to reflect deeply on these words, as simple as they are profound.
mind instruments stills
When the mind is still, we can become an instrument of peace.
self work-out effort
It is not action or effort that we must surrender; it is self-will, and this is terribly difficult. You must do your best constantly, yet never allow yourself to become involved in whether things work out the way you want.
home world and-love
When we are at home with ourselves, we are at home everywhere in the world. When we have found peace within ourselves, peace and love follow us wherever we go.
opportunity our-love deprivation
Instead of looking at difficulties as deprivations, we can learn to recognize them as opportunities for deepening and widening our love.
senses
We become in part what our senses take in.