Rousseau described the man in nature as strong, agile, smaller but more organized than the animals in his environment. His body is his only...
Alex Vermeer
A key idea of Jean-Paul Sartre’s existentialism—and of the human condition—is that existence precedes essence. The essence of something is its meaning, its intended...
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
A seeker once asked me whether there is something like useless karma. If you establish that there is useless karma, the world...
Gangaji (Merle Antoinette Roberson)
When Papaji (my teacher in India) gave me the assignment to find out what comes and goes, I saw that both...
The Kabir Kasauti describes how even in his childhood Kabir offended Hindus and Mohammedans alike, refus- ing to be bound by the limitations of...
Ramesh Balsekar
What is it that gives sentience – capacity to feel sensations, to respond to stimuli – to a sentient being? What is it...
J. Krishnamurti
What we are doing is to explore into ourselves like scientists, not depending on anybody. If you trust anybody you are lost,...
Nyanatiloka
The Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sangha, are called ‘The Three Jewels’ on account of their matchless purity, and as being to the Buddhist...
Swami Chinmayananda
The three cornerstones upon which the temple of Hinduism has been built are self-control, non-injury and truthfulness. The vast amount of spiritual literature in India...
Rabindranath Tagore
Our real problem in India is not political. It is social. This is a condition not only prevailing in India, but among all...