Translation of Sacred Chants
Beause many of us are more and more are committed to being multicultural in our respect for and participation in the sacred in every tradition, [...]
Quotation: On Wholeness and Being, Stephen Levine GalleryQuotation: On Wholeness and Being, Stephen Levine
Mysticism, Hinduism, Consciousness, Energy, and Matter: Quotations, Buddhism, Doubt, Certainty, and Humility: Quotations, Individualism: Quotations, Intuition: Quotations, Mysticism: Quotations, Oneness and Unity: Quotations, Spiritual Diversity: Quotations, Transformation: Quotes
Quotation: On Wholeness and Being, Stephen Levine
"…This vastness at the center beckons us yet deeper into wisdom, and compassion is the Unnamable to which so many mystics throughout the ages have [...]
Dancing With a Tornado: An Easter Story, by Glenda Taylor
Today, a week after the occasion of my 80th birthday celebration, which was a Dances of Universal Peace Four Day Camp at Earthsprings Retreat [...]
Translations of Sacred Chant
The syllables or sounds in sacred chant cannot be translated literally for several reasons. The simplest is the familiar one: much is always “lost in [...]
Spiritual Diversity: Quotations
From The World's Religions, by Huston Smith: “Muslims point out that Muhammad incorporated into his charter for Medina the principle of religious toleration that these [...]
Andrew Harvey on “Chanting Om” GalleryAndrew Harvey on “Chanting Om”
Mysticism, Hinduism, Compassion: Quotations, Cross-Cultural Mythology, Consciousness, Energy, and Matter: Quotations, Buddhism, Healing: Quotations, Oneness and Unity: Quotations, Prayer: Quotations, Spiritual Diversity: Quotations, Transformation: Quotes
Andrew Harvey on “Chanting Om”
"Lama Govinda tells us in his Foundations of Tibetan Mysticism" “the sound values of om and their symbolic interpretation (in the Upanishads) are described in [...]
Intuition: Quotations
“The word intuition is derived from the Latin intueri—which has been translated “to look upon," "to see within,” and “to consider and contemplate.” The [...]
The Four Great Vows of Zen Buddhism
The Four Great Vows of Zen Buddhism: However [...]
Intention and Expectation: Quotations
“In caring for others and serving heaven, there is nothing like using restraint. Restraint begins with giving up one’s own ideas. This depends on [...]
Dependent Arising, A Quotation
Quotation by Thomas J. McFarlane from Process and Emptiness: A Comparison of Whitehead’s Process Philosophy and Mahayana Buddhist Philosophy “…One of the core doctrines in [...]
