This kind of renunciation, in fact, has often been the strength, born of necessity, of the world's disinherited, of those who do not fit in with their surroundings or with their own body or with their own race or tradition and who hope, by means of renunciation, to assure for themselves a future world where, to use a Nietzschean expression, the inversion of all values will occur.
Julius EvolaTags: buddhism christianity religion nietzsche tradition judaism asceticism occident
But, the true reason for the success of such new expositions [translated Eastern religious texts] is to be found where they are the most accommodating, least rigid, least severe, most vague, and ready to come to easy terms with the prejudices and weaknesses of the modern world. Let everyone have the courage to look deeply into himself and to see what it is that he really wants.
Julius EvolaTags: buddhism religion spirituality tradition orientalism
From the Buddhist perspective, the only lasting way to bring about change is for people themselves to change.
Pat AllwrightAn outrageous instinct to love and be loved blinded your arms to lines of propriety––Women and Men, Christians and Jews, Muslims and Buddhists, white, black, red, brown. An outrageous instinct to love and be loved executed your brain every hour on the hour.
AberjhaniTags: love buddhism humanity christianity religion human-nature prejudice suicide spirituality intolerance tolerance islam multiculturalism world-suicide-prevention-day unconditonal-love conquering-depression defeating-depression depression-recovery
To know yourself you must know the transience of your self.
Ilyas KassamTags: buddhism self evolution impermanence transience quantum
When all that’s left of us is the pure untainted consciousness without form, we’ll know what it means when the last human breath expires.
Zeena SchreckTags: buddhism death religion buddha tantra left-hand-path beatdom
Only those few who are able to surpass their fear of death completely can fully experience the highest forms of life; not the mundane life of the mortal, but the godly life of the resurrected.
Zeena SchreckTags: strength buddhism animals self-esteem death magic parenting tantra left-hand-path zeena-schreck religion-religious
It is the nature of the Kali Yuga that most human beings are now held back from spiritual liberation due to the gravity of inertia, apathy and laziness, (known in Sankrit as the quality of tapas) that overwhelms this age. Despite this seemingly gloomy prognosis, there is a way out of this predicament for those with the will and stamina to awaken from the rampant lethargy, within and outside of themselves, to take action.
Zeena SchreckTags: strength buddhism religion tantra left-hand-path zeena-schreck
Two ideas are psychologically deep-rooted in man: self-protection and self-preservation. For self-protection man has created God, on whom he depends for his own protection, safety and security, just as a child depends on its parent. For self-preservation man has conceived the idea of an immortal Soul or Atman, which will live eternally. In his ignorance, weakness, fear, and desire, man needs these two things to console himself. Hence he clings to them deeply and fanatically.
Walpola RahulaTags: buddhism religion spirituality buddha
The Three Kinds of Pride are: (1) thinking I am better than the other(s); (2) thinking I am worse than the other(s); and (3) thinking I am just as good as the other(s).
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