“Still others commit all sorts of evil deeds, claiming karma doesn't exist. They erroneously maintain that since everything is empty, committing evil isn't wrong. Such persons fall into a hell of endless darkness with no hope of release. Those who are wise hold no such conception.” PersonsStillsWisdomFallEvilDarknessHellWiseEmptyDeedsKarmaEndlessCommitReleaseEmptinessSinnerConceptionNo HopeBad Karma Book:The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
“The story of the Fall always fascinates me as a play ground, but I cannot find any profound meaning in it, because of my 'liberal' view of human nature: I cannot believe in a state of original innocence, still less in a profound meaning in it, and I am always minimising the conception and the extent of Sin and the sinfulness of sex.” BelieveHumansStillsStatesPlayStoriesFallSexSinViewsHuman NatureOriginalsProfoundInnocenceConceptionSinfulness Author:E. M. Forster
“There's a small still center into which conception can arrive. And when it arrives, you make it welcome with your experience.” StillsExperienceWelcomeConception Book:Daybook: The Journal of an Artist Source: Daybook: The Journal of an Artist
“My main professional interest during the 1970s has been in the dramatic change of concepts and ideas that has occurred in physics during the first three decades of the century, and that is still being elaborated in our current theories of matter. The new concepts in physics have brought about a profound change in our world view; from the mechanistic conception of Descartes and Newton to a holistic and ecological view, a view which I have found to be similar to the views of mystics of all ages and traditions.” WorldFirstsHas BeensStillsIdeasMatterAgeThreeFoundInterestViewsCenturyTheoryConceptsTraditionProfoundCurrentsDecadesPhysicsDramaticOur WorldConceptionNewtonEcologicalHolisticWorld ViewDramatic Change Author:Fritjof Capra