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Eknath Easwaran was an Indian-American author known for his profound understanding of Eastern philosophy and spiritual life. His works blend the teachings of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity, aiming to help readers achieve spiritual growth in their daily lives. Easwaran's works include 'The Power of Silence' and 'The Art of Living', which have a wide readership around the world.

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Famous Eknath Easwaran Quotes

“Windmills put the wind to work. Similarly, you can set up an anger mill, which will put your an- ger to work, drawing the living waters of compas- sion and creativity from the depths of your heart to help all those around you.”

Compassion Creativity Anger Transmute

Book:Renewal: A Little Book of Courage and Hope

Source: Renewal: A Little Book of Courage and Hope

“The real essentials of life - compassion, kindness, good will, forgiveness - are what is fundamental to living as a true human being.”

Humans Real Human Beings Compassion Kindness Essentials Fundamentals Good Will

Book:Take Your Time: The Wisdom of Slowing Down

Source: Take Your Time: The Wisdom of Slowing Down

“My grandmother lived in a universe filled with life. It was impossible for her to conceive of any creature - even the smallest insect, let alone a human being - as insignificant. In every leaf, flower, animal, and star she saw an expression of a compassionate universe, whose laws were not competition and survival of the fittest but cooperation, artistry and thrift. . . .”

“The earth was our home, she would have said, but no less was it home to the oxen that pulled our plows or the elephants that roamed in the forest and worked for us. They lived with us as partners whose well-being was inseparable from our own.”

Wells Said Home Earth Compassion Partners Forests Well Being Elephants Inseparable Oxen

Book:The Compassionate Universe: The Power of the Individual to Heal the Environment

Source: The Compassionate Universe: The Power of the Individual to Heal the Environment

“A calm mind releases the most precious capacity a human being can have: the capacity to turn anger into compassion, fear into fearlessness, and hatred into love.”

Mind Humans Turns Human Beings Compassion Capacity Hatred Grateful Calm Release Fearlessness Calm Mind

Author:Eknath Easwaran

About the Author

Born: December 17, 1910
Died: October 26, 1999
Known for: Author
Quotes: 94

Books & Sources

Words to Live By: Short Readings of Daily WisdomRelated source material

The End of SorrowRelated source material

Take Your Time: The Wisdom of Slowing DownRelated source material

Conquest of Mind: Take Charge of Your Thoughts & Reshape Your Life Through MeditationRelated source material

Nonviolent Soldier of Islam: Badshah Khan: A Man to Match His MountainsRelated source material

Original Goodness: Elknath Easwaran on the Beatitudes of the Sermon on the MountRelated source material

The Compassionate Universe: The Power of the Individual to Heal the EnvironmentRelated source material

The End of Sorrow: The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living, Vol IRelated source material

A More Ardent FireRelated source material

Essence of the Upanishads: A Key to Indian SpiritualityRelated source material

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