Perennial Philosophy Quotes

The doctrine that God can be incarnated in human form is found in most of the principal historic expositions of the Perennial Philosophy - in Hinduism, in Mahayana Buddhism, in Christianity and in the Mohammedanism of the Sufis, by whom the Prophet was equated with the eternal Logos. When goodness grows weak, When evil increases, I make myself a body. In every age I come back To deliver the holy, To destroy the sin of the sinner, To establish righteousness. He who knows the nature Of my task and my holy birth Is not reborn When he leaves this body; He comes to Me. Flying from fear, From lust and anger, He hides in Me, His refuge and safety. Burnt clean in the blaze of my being, In Me many find home. Bhagavad Gita ~ Aldous Huxley

Beauty always represents an inward and inexhaustible equilibrium of forces; and this overwhelms our soul, since it can neither be calculated nor mechanically produced. A sense of beauty can therefore permit us the direct experience of relationships before we can perceive them, in a differentiated manner, with our discursive reason; in this, incidentally, there is a defence for our own physical and psychic well-being, something that we cannot neglect with impunity. ~ Titus Burckhardt

Hinduism the perennial philosophy that is at the core of all religions. ~ Aldous Huxley

The Bhagavad-Gita is the most systematic statement of spiritual evolution of endowing value to mankind. It is one of the most clear and comprehensive summaries of perennial philosophy ever revealed; hence its enduring value is subject not only to India but to all of humanity. ~ Aldous Huxley

The esoteric finds the Absolute within the traditions, as poets find poetry within the poems. ~ Frithjof Schuon

The order of the Universe is identified with the Divine Mind, and the scientist is said to be discovering the mind of God in his scientific pursuits. Scientific method itself has been called a Christian method of discovering God's mind. ~ Seyyed Hossein Nasr

The Perennial Philosophy is expressed most succinctly in the Sanskrit formula, tat tvam asi ('That art thou'); the Atman, or immanent eternal Self, is one with Brahman, the Absolute Principle of all existence; and the last end of every human being, is to discover the fact for himself, to find out who he really is. ~ Aldous Huxley

The integral approach is committed to the full spectrum of consciousness as it manifests in all its extraordinary diversity. This allows the integral approach to recognize and honor the Great Holarchy of Being first elucidated by the perennial philosophy and the great wisdom traditions in general ... The integral vision embodies an attempt to take the best of both worlds, ancient and modern. But that demands a critical stance willing to reject unflinchingly the worst of both as well. ~ Ken Wilber

To be fully human is to fulfill our spiritual destiny. ~ Kabir Edmund Helminski

Spiritual realization is theoretically the easiest thing and in practice the most difficult thing there is. It is the easiest because it is enough to think of God. It is the most difficult because human nature is forgetfulness of God. ~ Frithjof Schuon

The world is order or cosmos rather than chaos, one that is alive as an organism and at the same time governed by law. ~ Seyyed Hossein Nasr

The topic of disinterested, non-calculating, and purposeless love for the sake of love is central to mysticism as such. To love God, not because of powerful institutions, or even because God commands it, but to do so in an act of unencumbered freedom, is the very source of mystical relation. To love God is all the reason there needs to be . . . The orthodoxies that have been handed down to us in the monotheistic religions called for obedience to the commanding God. They threatened with punishment and enticed with rewards - images of hell and heaven resting on that authority. In technologically advanced centers of the world, authoritarian religious systems are in sharp decline. Mystical perceptions and approaches to God, however, are entirely different: "God, if I worship Thee in fear of hell, burn me in hell. And if I worship Thee in hope of Paradise, exclude me from Paradise; but if I worship Thee for Thine own sake, withhold not Thine everlasting Beauty" (Aldous Huxley, in The Perennial Philosophy). Mysticism may he regarded as the anti-authoritarian religion per se. In it, the commanding lord becomes the beloved; what is to come later becomes the now; and naked or even enlightened self-interest that is oriented by reward and punishment becomes mystical freedom. ~ Dorothee Solle

Be simple and kind with a loving heart. These attributes make you more beautiful and attractive than any make up. ~ Debasish Mridha

It is not something we often find out; but most of the specially-gifted have a deep desire to be ordinary. ~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

The moment when someone attaches you to a philosophy or a movement, then they assign all the baggage and all the rest of the philosophy that goes with it to you. And when you want to have a conversation, they will assert that they already know everything important there is to know about you because of that association. And that's not the way to have a conversation. ~ Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Every moment that we live our life, we live for the moment and then the moment dies. ~ Debasish Mridha

Honor your seeing ... digest your seeing ... otherw ise it becomes just another thing you file away in the mind's department of philosophy ... yo u're here for much more than knowledge ... you are here for Self-discovery.. ~ Mooji

I am deeply in love with you but you are so ethereal. I may not know how to touch your heart. ~ Debasish Mridha

Kindness is the greatest gift for the humanity. Nothing is more important than to be kind to each other. ~ Debasish Mridha

The church has never been asked to explain anything, our speciality, along with ballistics, has always been the neutralisation of the overly curious mind through faith. ~ Jose Saramago

Richness does not exist in being wealthy, richness exists in having abundance in life. ~ Debasish Mridha

Somaaesthetics can be provisionally defined a the critical meliorative study of one's experience and use of one's body as a locus of sensory-aesthetic appreciation (aesthesis) and creative self-fashioning. It is therefore also devoted to the knowledge, discourses, and disciplines that structure such somatic care or can improve it. ~ Richard Shusterman

You know what music is? God's little reminder that there's something else besides us in this universe; harmonic connection between all living beings, every where, even the stars. ~ Robin Williams

You need bravery for compassion. In the picture of your soul, the bravery points are the most beautiful. ~ Amit Ray

If you want to see philosophy in action, pay a visit to a robo-rat laboratory. A robo-rat is a run-ofthe-mill rat with a twist: scientists have implanted electrodes into the sensory and reward areas in the rat's brain. This enables the scientists to manoeuvre the rat by remote control. After short training sessions, researchers have managed not only to make the rats turn left or right, but also to climb ladders, sniff around garbage piles, and do things that rats normally dislike, such as jumping from great heights. Armies and corporations show keen interest in the robo-rats, hoping they could prove useful in many tasks and situations. For example, robo-rats could help detect survivors trapped under collapsed buildings, locate bombs and booby traps, and map underground tunnels and caves. Animal-welfare activists have voiced concern about the suffering such experiments inflict on the rats. Professor Sanjiv Talwar of the State University of New York, one of the leading robo-rat researchers, has dismissed these concerns, arguing that the rats actually enjoy the experiments. After all, explains Talwar, the rats 'work for pleasure' and when the electrodes stimulate the reward centre in their brain, 'the rat feels Nirvana'.

To the best of our understanding, the rat doesn't feel that somebody else controls her, and she doesn't feel that she is being coerced to do something against her will. When Professor Talwar presses the remote control, the rat wants to move to the lef ~ Yuval Noah Harari

Do not become self-absorbed, but become self-aware. ~ Abhijit Naskar

By becoming forgiving, fill yourself with love, and then, with profound kindness, give it away. ~ Debasish Mridha

Everyone burns, as the Buddha says, in their own way. Some burn with anger, some with lust, some with a desire for vengeance, some with fear. But inside us burn many fires, not just one. We are legion, we contain a multitude. ~ John Dolan

There might be a lot of physical chemistry within a couple, but without the compatibility of life philosophy and interests then the relationship will likely not be long-lasting. ~ John Friend

Problems are always there for those who are looking for them
So look for the solution, not the road block or the problem. ~ Debasish Mridha

Failure is often our best teacher not the success. ~ Debasish Mridha

I don't believe in solipsism, but I also believe that if I am not existing - nothing exists for me. ~ Debasish Mridha

You don't experience life by drinking coffee fast. You experience life by savoring every last drop. ~ Anthony T. Hincks

A person is neither right or wrong-- there is only a right attitude and a right interaction. ~ Debasish Mridha

I see that you have come to the last stage of human life; you are close upon your hundreth year, or even beyond: come now, hold an audit of your life. Reckon how much of your time has been taken up by a money-lender, how much by a mistress, a patron, a client, quarreling with your wife, punishing your slaves, dashing about the city on your social obligations. Consider also the diseases which we have brought on ourselves, and the time too which has been unused. You will find that you have fewer years than you reckon. Call to mind when you ever had a fixed purpose; how few days have passed as you had planned; when you were ever at your own disposal; when your face wore its natural expression; when your mind was undisturbed; what work you have achieved in such a long life; how many have plundered your life when you were unaware of your losses; how much you have lost through groundless sorrow, foolish joy, greedy desire, the seductions of society; how little of your own was left to you. You will realize that you are dying prematurely. ~ Seneca

The best revenge is kind forgiveness. ~ Debasish Mridha

Be wild and boundless. Why are you crawling when you have wings of imagination? ~ Debasish Mridha

Every flower has a poetry of love in her heart, every tree has a story of struggle in his mind. ~ Debasish Mridha

Real beauty is not in your face; it is in your soul. ~ Debasish Mridha

The past, to repeat the words of Proust, is hidden in some material object. To wander about in the world, then, is also to wander about in ourselves. ~ Paul Auster

In silence we are loving and kind; in a crowd we become blind. ~ Debasish Mridha

A spark of divinity ignited a flame of fire within our spirit, our soul and our hearts. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Love speaks of beauty only heart can see. ~ Debasish Mridha

Your level of consciousness depends on your love and understanding of this universe and all its contents. ~ Debasish Mridha

Men of Athens, I honor and I love you, but I will obey the god rather than you and as long as I draw breath and am able, I shall not cease to practice philosophy, to exhort you and in my usual way to point out to any one of you whom I happen to meet. ~ Plato

It is true that the modern Christian is less robust, but that is not thanks to Christianity; it is thanks to the generations of freethinkers, who from the Renaissance to the present day, have made Christians ashamed of many of their traditional beliefs. It is amusing to hear the modern Christian telling you how mild and rationalistic Christianity really is and ignoring the fact that all its mildness and rationalism is due to the teaching of men who in their own day were persecuted by all orthodox Christians. ~ Bertrand Russell

A fairy-tale life exists only in fairy tales. ~ Eraldo Banovac

Be grateful because you are blessed with life. ~ Debasish Mridha

We really are All One ... this is the very philosophy that has kept me virtually anonymous in America for fifteen years. ~ Bill Hicks

It used to be said that God could create anything except what would be contrary to the laws of logic. The truth is that we could not say what an "illogical" world would look like. ~ Ludwig Wittgenstein

My philosophy in life, where I was trying to get, could have been a little bit different. ~ Joe Namath

A woman is the symbol of love, beauty, harmony, nature, and care. ~ Debasish Mridha

Some journeys don't have endings, they lead to new beginnings. These are the journeys that lead to great adventures! ~ Alex Haditaghi

They grew; they did not talk about growing. ~ Dejan Stojanovic

Today-be the sunshine in someone's life. ~ Debasish Mridha

The journey through life is important, but what you learn during your journey is more important. ~ Debasish Mridha

When creativity is seen as more important than facts, we will find ourselves in a world where problems are solved more often than spoken of. ~ Tarryn Tomlinson

As long as hope is alive happiness will be there. ~ Debasish Mridha

An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher. The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water. ~ John W. Gardner

For a leader, courage, love, and passion for service are the virtues of life. ~ Debasish Mridha