“In my own spiritual journey, I became a swami on the Hindu path of Bhakti. In the Hindu tradition, a swami is a monk who forgoes regular family life for the purpose of making the whole world his family and channels his full energy into spiritual practice, devotion to God and service to humanity.” WorldWholeSpiritualPurposeHumanityEnergyMy OwnPracticePathJourneyTraditionDevotionWhole WorldMonkFamily LifeSpiritual JourneySpiritual PracticeService To HumanityBhaktiDevotion To God Author:Radhanath Swami
“All the great spiritual traditions have placed major emphasis upon meditation as a path to personal growth.” SpiritualGrowthPathMeditationMajorsTraditionPersonal GrowthEmphasisGreat Spiritual Author:David Fontana
“Two angels guide The path of man, both aged and yet young. As angels are, ripening through endless years, On one he leans: some call her Memory, And some Tradition; and her voice is sweet, With deep mysterious accords: the other, Floating above, holds down a lamp with streams A light divine and searching on the earth, Compelling eyes and footsteps. Memory yields, Yet clings with loving check, and shines anew, Reflecting all the rays of that bright lamp Our angel Reason holds. We had not walked But for Tradition; we walk evermore To higher paths by brightening Reason's lamp.” MenYearsTwoReasonLightEyeEarthYoungVoiceMemoriesWalksPathDivineSweetHigherAngelTraditionShiningGuidesEndlessChecksMysteriousStreamsYieldRaysCompellingFloatingLampsReflectingAccordFootstepsEvermoreRipening Book:Complete Works Of George Eliot Source: Complete Works Of George Eliot
“The word is important in Native American tradition. You speak the path on which you walk. Your words make the trail.” ImportantSpeakWalksPathTraditionNativeNative AmericanTrailsAmerican Tradition Book:Claiming Breath Source: Claiming Breath
“It's an honor to walk in the footsteps of a legend. As host I intend to honor the tradition of The Bob Hope Classic and have a great time blazing a new path.” WalksPathHonorTraditionClassicLegendsHostBobFootstepsGreat TimesBlazingNew Paths Author:George Lopez
“This is why God created so many different religions: to be training grounds to make a path for every people, culture, custom, and tradition. Religions polish people to be qualified to enter the region of the original homeland. Because of humankind's many different cultural backgrounds, God sought and set the standard of comparison and has been leading the way toward one unified religious world.” PeopleWorldWayHas BeensDifferentCultureReligiousPathTrainingStandardsTraditionOriginalsBackgroundsComparisonRegionsCustomsHumankindQualifiedPolishHomelandUnifiedDifferent ReligionsLeading The WayCustoms And Traditions Author:Sun Myung Moon
“I am a Christian. So, I have a deep faith. So I draw from the Christian faith...So, I'm rooted in the Christian tradition. I believe that there are many paths to the same place.” BelieveChristianI BelievePathDrawsTraditionRootedChristian FaithMany Paths Author:Barack Obama
“One path I've used a lot is to deeply and thoughtfully consider a trope or a tradition, and then set about taking it apart - but only in the service of a character or story that deserves it. Another path I often employ is to put form into "play" - to set it free from its ordinary constraints and let it be free-floating and broken-apart and rearranged.” PlayCharacterStoriesFormUsedPathBrokenOrdinaryDeserveTraditionFloatingConstraintsTropes Author:Lidia Yuknavitch
“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
“If you decide to go on a Buddhist path, you have to be careful if you start mixing a lot of different traditions you are not totally familiar with - mixing this kind of meditation with that kind of practice or this kind of visualization with that kind of mantra. Then you really are concocting your own thing, and you have no idea what is going to happen.” IfsKindIdeasDifferentHappensPracticePathMeditationGoes OnTraditionCarefulFamiliarBuddhistNo IdeaBe CarefulVisualizationMantrasMixing Author:Sakyong Mipham
“In the music business I am surrounded by people who don't view music as a sacred voice. They view music as something that they can use and exploit, often times lazily. They have no sense of the tradition, they have no sense of honor about those who came before and charted the path.” PeopleUseVoiceViewsPathHonorTraditionSacredExploitsMusic Business Author:Billy Corgan
“As for "toothy kindness" - I think all traditions are full of this sort of tough kindness. If someone is on a wrong or dull path, and someone else startles them into awareness of that, then that's a blessing. And the method by which the startle is obtained might be anger, or satire, or an intentionally applied indifference. But that is, of course, a fine line.” IfsThinkingMightCoursesLinesKindnessPathAwarenessFineBlessingToughTraditionMethodIndifferenceDullSatireFine Lines Author:George Saunders
“Most of the spiritual traditions were very theistic and the idea of an external god pulling the strings didn't resonate with me. I then discovered Buddhism and found the perfect path. I felt so grateful to the Buddha for having given the path, and not just explaining the end result, but showing so clearly how to get there.” IdeasEndsSpiritualFoundGivenFeltPerfectResultsPathBuddhismTraditionGratefulStringsPullingExplainingEnd ResultsSo Grateful Author:Tenzin Palmo
“Somewhere in my early twenties I realized I was pretty constantly monitoring myself, judging how I was always falling short, whether it was about not being a good enough daughter or friend, or my appearance, or whatever. I ended up becoming involved with a spiritual path in the yogic tradition, living in an ashram, doing a very rigorous spiritual practice.” EnoughSpiritualFallPracticePathJudgingBecomingInvolvedDaughterTraditionTwentiesAppearanceI RealizedGood EnoughSpiritual PathSpiritual PracticeMonitoringBecoming Involved Author:Tara Brach