“Children, we are told to make an offering at the temple or at the feet of the guru, not because the Lord or guru is in need of wealth or anything else. Real offering is the act of surrendering the mind and the intellect. How can it be done? We cannot offer our minds as they are, but only the things to which our minds are attached. Today our minds are greatly attached to money and other worldly things. By placing such thoughts at the feet of the Lord, we are offering Him our heart. This is the principle behind giving charities.” NeedsGivingMindHeartChildrenRealDoneTodaySpiritualWealthBehindsLordPrinciplesFeetOffersCharityIntellectTemplesSpiritual LifeOfferingWorldlyGuruGiving To CharityWorldly Things Author:Mata Amritanandamayi
“Children, when we go to the temple, do not hurry to have darshan, then make some offering and return home in a hurry. We should stand there patiently in silence for some time and try to visualize the beloved deity in our hearts. If possible, we should sit down and meditate. At each step, remember to do japa. Amma doesn't say that the offerings and worship are not necessary, but of all the offerings we make, what the Lord wants most is our hearts!” IfsWantShouldTryingHeartChildrenHomeRememberSpiritualSilenceLordStepsReturnWorshipDown AndBelovedTemplesSpiritual LifeOfferingDeitiesAmma Author:Mata Amritanandamayi
“Children, we may go to the temple, reverently circumambulate the sanctum sanctorum and put our offering in the charity box, but on our way out if we kick the beggar at the door, where is our devotion? Compassion towards the poor is our duty to God. Mother is not saying that we should give money to every beggar that sits in front of a temple, but do not despise them. Pray for them as well. When we hate others, it is our own mind that becomes impure. Equality of vision is God.” IfsWayGivingShouldMindWellsMayChildrenSpiritualMotherHatePoorCompassionVisionDoorsFrontsDutyPrayingCharityBoxesDevotionKicksTemplesDespiseSpiritual LifeOfferingBeggarDuty To God Author:Mata Amritanandamayi
“Many priests and employees at temples work for pay. No one should judge religion on the basis of the shortcomings of such workers. We should frame suitable rules and regulations for preventing them from falling prey to material temptations. The true guiding spirits of religion are those who engage in selfless service while dedicating their entire lives to attaining the vision of God.” ShouldSpiritualSpiritFallPayVisionJudgingMaterialsBasesWorkersTemptationEmployeeTemplesPriestsSpiritual LifeSelflessRegulationPreyShortcomingsSuitablePreventingSelfless ServiceRules And Regulations Author:Mata Amritanandamayi
“Isn't it human beings who impart vitality to the image in the temple? If no one sculpts the stone, it doesn't become an image. If no one installs it in the temple, it does not acquire any sanctity. If no worship is done, it does not acquire any power. Without human effort there cannot be any temples. What is wrong then in saying that we should view great masters as equal to God? Temples installed by such spiritual masters have a special energy of their own.” IfsShouldHumansDoeDoneSpiritualEnergyHuman BeingsViewsEffortSpecialMastersEqualWorshipStonesAcquireTemplesSpiritual LifeVitalitySanctityImpartSpiritual Masters Author:Mata Amritanandamayi
“Renovating temples does not mean building great gate towers or receptacles for offerings. What we should focus on is the regular conduct of worship according to tradition, regular satsang, devotional singing, and so forth. Our devotion and faith give life to temples, not rituals and ceremonies. Children, we should remember this when we are involved in temple matters.” GivingShouldMeanChildrenDoeMatterRememberSpiritualFocusBuildingInvolvedWorshipSingingTraditionDevotionTemplesGatesRitualSpiritual LifeOfferingTowersCeremonyDevotionalSatsang Author:Mata Amritanandamayi
“At the end of the archana, prostrate, then get up and, remaining on the same spot, turn around clockwise 3 times just as if circling a temple, then bow to the Lord.” IfsEndsTurnsLordMeditationGet UpSpotsTemplesBows Author:Mata Amritanandamayi
“In acute diseases the physician must conduct his inquiries in the following way. First he must examine the face of the patient, and see whether it is like the faces of healthy people, and especially whether it is like its usual self. Such likeness will be the best sign, and the greatest unlikeness will be the most dangerous sign. The latter will be as follows. Nose sharp, eyes hollow, temples sunken, ears cold and contracted with their lobes turned outwards, the skin about the face hard and tense and parched, the colour of the face as a whole being yellow or black.” PeopleWayFirstsSelfHardWholeEyeFacesBlackDangerousColdHealthyDiseaseSkinsEarsPatientFollowingNosesColourBeing The BestLatterTemplesYellowUsualPhysiciansInquiryHollowTenseSharp Eyes Author:Hippocrates
“When you're on TV, you come into people's homes. In theater and film, they go to you - to the temple of the cinema or theater. And it's very different.” PeopleDifferentHomeFilmTvsTheaterCinemaTemples Author:Alan Cumming
“Nothing gives us greater pride than the importance of India's scientific and engineering colleges, or the army of Indian scientists at organizations such as Microsoft and NASA. Our temples are not the god-encrusted shrines of Varanasi, but Western scientific institutions like Caltech and MIT, and magazines like 'Nature' and 'Scientific American.” GivingGreaterCollegePrideOrganizationScientistIndiaImportanceArmyInstitutionsWesternMagazinesIndianTemplesEngineeringMicrosoftNasaShrinesMitVaranasi Author:Aravind Adiga
“Now Heaven and Earth are older than the temples, and older than the Scriptures.” EarthHeavenScriptureTemplesHeaven And Earth Author:Eden Ahbez
“No longer is the body a temple to be worshipped as the house of God; it has become a commodified and regulated object that must be strictly monitored by its owner to prevent lapses into health-threatening behaviors as identified by risk discourse. For those with the socioeconomic resources to indulge in risk modification, this discourse may supply the advantages of a new religion; for others, this discourse has the potential to create anxiety and guilt, to promote hopelessness and fear of the future.” MayBodyHouseRiskObjectsBehaviorAnxietyResourcesAdvantageGuiltTemplesOwnersDiscourseThreateningHopelessnessIndulgeIndulge InLapsesModificationFear Of The FutureHouse Of God Author:Deborah Lupton
“God is the life behind your life, the sight behind your eyes, the taste behind your tongue, and the love behind your love. To realize this to the fullest extent is Self-realization. Without God's power you can do nothing. If you always hold this thought, you cannot go wrong, because you will have purified the temple of your mind and your soul with the vibrations of God.” IfsMindSoulSelfEyeCan DoRealizingLove IsBehindsTasteSightTongueSelf RealizationRealizationYour SoulTemplesVibrationsWithout God Author:Paramahansa Yogananda
“I don't build no heathen temples, where the Lord has done laid a hand. There's a well on the hill, let it be.” WellsDoneHandsReligionReligiousLordHillsTemplesHeathen Author:James Taylor
“Too many temples where we could worship the beast.” ReligionReligiousWorshipBeastTemples Author:Jethro Tull
“There's been periods of broadcasts in the past where you could see all ages of entertainers, ranging from George Burns to Shirley Temple. That's not the condition now.” AgePastConditionsPeriodsTemplesEntertainers Author:Merle Haggard