“We're human beings trying to understand and cultivate what it means to feel divine love. We have to start with small, realistic goals.” FeelsTryingHumansMeanSpiritualGoalHuman BeingsDivineRealisticDivine LoveRealistic Goals Book:Awakening To The Sacred Source: Awakening To The Sacred
“When the sunset of life arrives, and its twilight shadows fade away; while dreams of the next begin to appear more vividly; may the inner-light essence of the Buddha, and all the radiant awakened ones, continuously guide us onwards and upwards, on the path of spiritual enlightment.” MayDreamLightSpiritualNextPathShadowEssenceGuidesSunsetFadesTwilightAwakenedRadiantFade AwayInner Light Author:Surya Das
“Well neither of us were "Buddhists" then because it was new to us. We were 60's people. Psychedelic relics, you know... whatever, right on, radicals and world changers, social peaceniks perhaps, with a Buddhist spiritual veneer.” PeopleKnowsWorldWellsSpiritualSocialBuddhistRadicalPsychedelicRelicsVeneer Author:Surya Das
“Spiritual joy is devotion, it's like a virus you know? It's a benevolent virus, but it spreads. It's infectious. Ram Dass was like a mentor in those days.” KnowsSpiritualJoySpreadDevotionMentorVirusesBenevolentRamsSpiritual Joy Author:Surya Das
“It's not like we're all animalistic people trying to become more spiritual. We're really living spirit, trying to find out how to live embodied in this nitty gritty world, these corporeal forms, in these fleeting bodies in the material world where everything's changing and we're not in control.” PeopleWorldTryingBodySpiritualFormSpiritMaterialsFleetingMaterial WorldReally LivingAnimalistic Author:Surya Das
“However, we need to participate and manage skillfully, helpfully, and harmoniously, for a better world, family and society to be possible. So everybody's spiritual by nature I believe, not that they necessarily have to be religious. Everybody wants, or cares about, and has values even if they don't talk about them all the time explicitly, like some noisy preachers do with their foghorn voices and dogmatic views.” IfsWorldWantNeedsBelieveCareSpiritualValuesI BelieveVoiceReligiousViewsManagePreacherNoisyDogmatic Author:Surya Das
“Everybody has similar values. You travel around the world and everybody is different, but everybody is also the same in those ways. There's so much difference but there's so much similarity. Nobody wants to be harmed, or have their children, or their mates, or their relatives, or their families harmed, exploited, bombed, starved, dislocated, or become homeless refugees. So we're all similar in that way and spiritual life and religion is supposed to be part of the solution not part of the problem.” WorldWayWantChildrenDifferentProblemSpiritualValuesDifferencesSolutionsAround The WorldSupposed To BeMatesSpiritual LifeHomelessRefugeeSimilarity Author:Surya Das
“Sex, creativity, music, art, family, love, beauty, and creative imagination are all part of the spiritual path in the tantric traditions. So I think that for today that has a lot to say to us about not dividing ourselves from ourselves.” ThinkingArtTodaySpiritualSexImaginationLove IsCreativityCreativePathTraditionFamily LoveSpiritual PathDividingCreative Imagination Author:Surya Das
“Embracing our environment is a good direction, a very spiritual direction. It's too Aristotelian to separate man from the animals and man; humans from the environment.” MenHumansSpiritualAnimalEnvironmentOur EnvironmentSpiritual Direction Author:Surya Das
“We cannot expect miracles of mindfulness in our own lives without preparation, commitment & continuing to energetically progress along our spiritual way.” WaySpiritualProgressAwarenessMindfulnessCommitmentMiraclePreparationContinuing Author:Surya Das
“Spiritual seekers particularly are on a quest to understand life; we want to examine our own lives and find meaning in what we do and who we are. ... We find meaning in the seeking itself. Every step along the way is the Way.” WayWantSpiritualSpiritSpiritualityStepsSeekingWho We AreQuestsSeekersFind MeEvery Step Book:Letting Go Of The Person You Used To Be Source: Letting Go Of The Person You Used To Be
“May all beings everywhere with whom we are inseparably connected, be fulfilled, awakened, liberated and free. May there be peace in this world and throughout the entire universe, and may we all together complete the spiritual journey.” WorldMayTogetherSpiritualUniverseJourneyThis WorldConnectedFulfilledAwakenedLiberatedSpiritual Journey Author:Surya Das
“Learning how to love is the goal and the purpose of spiritual life - not learning how to develop psychic powers, not learning how to bow, chant, do yoga, or even meditate, but learning to love. Love is the truth. Love is the light.” LightSpiritualPurposeSpiritualityGoalLove IsYogaSpiritual LifeBowsPsychicsHow To LoveTruth LoveLearning To LoveLearning How To Love Author:Surya Das
“We all have spiritual DNA; wisdom and truth are part of our genetic structure even if we don't always access it.” IfsSpiritualStructureIntuitionAccessDna Author:Surya Das
