“I never really wanted to have a Guru, I was more interested in Buddhist philosophy and meditation, and had a psychological background in college, but he had so much love. To be with him, there was nowhere else to be and nothing else to do. Nothing he taught, philosophy or meditation, are the things I went to India to look for, or was interested in, but he sort of jumped into my heart and then pulled, he pried it open.” LooksHeartPhilosophyWantedMeditationTaughtCollegeMy HeartIndiaBackgroundsPsychologicalBuddhistGuruMuch LoveBuddhist Philosophy Author:Surya Das
“But you know, eventually that does kind of veneer, chemical veneers that you apply, they sink in. For better or for worse, so it's good to think about what kind of veneer you shellac yourself with. How superficial it may seep into your skin and into your blood stream and totally take over your heart, your brain, everything.” ThinkingKnowsHeartKindMayDoeBrainBloodSkinsStreamsOver YouChemicalsSuperficialVeneer Author:Surya Das
“So we're all living spirit. It's not about isms and schims or religions. Religions are almost like political institutions, but the heart of it is the spirituality.” HeartPoliticalSpiritSpiritualityInstitutionsIsmsPolitical Institutions Author:Surya Das
“The religions are the buildings or the institutions, the groups, but inside of that is what moves, is what's alive, is the beating heart of spirituality, and really, the heart's blood is the mystical experience. Not airy fairy vague mystical experience, but transformative, intimate experience that really touches your heart with love, and not just sex.” HeartMovingSpiritualitySexAliveGroupsBloodBuildingInstitutionsIntimateFairyVagueMysticalAiryMystical Experiences Author:Surya Das
“But you know the difference between sex and love. And sex can be part of love, but what moves your heart, what's really intimate, that's the real spirit. And that's very personal, it's also transpersonal. It's not impersonal, it's beyond any of us, it's transcendent of any of us, yet imminent in dwelling, imminent to each of us.” KnowsHeartRealMovingSpiritSexDifferencesAnd LoveIntimateDwellingTranscendentSex And Love Author:Surya Das
“There is false of Aristotelian logic, which is so much the basis of Christianity, and to some extent, Judaism in the west. Too rational, too logical, too masculine, chauvinistic, male dominated, head over heart, mind over body, heaven different than earth and so on, rather than yin/yang, inter-being, interwoven, inseparably.” MindHeartDifferentBodyEarthHeavenChristianityLogicBasesWestMalesRationalLogicalJudaismMasculineYang Author:Surya Das
