Top 36 Quotes About Spiritual Masters
#1. We the Jainists of India say every day in our prayer, I worship all perfected souls, I worship all spiritual masters, I worship all spiritual instructors, I worship all holy men and women in the world.
Virchand Gandhi
#2. Everyone is groping and grasping," he says. "People are turning to Buddhism, Christianity, self-help, and Taoism. CEOs and billionaires run around with their spiritual masters and visit meditation rooms.
Anonymous
#3. How can one know who his spiritual teacher is? ... His heart looks at the spiritual Masters and makes the choice. When the heart sees a spiritual Master, if it is overwhelmed with joy, then there is every probability that that spiritual Master is the right one for the seeker.
Sri Chinmoy
#4. Since ancient times, spiritual masters of all traditions have pointed to the Now as the key to the spiritual dimension. Despite this, it seems to have remained a secret.
Eckhart Tolle
#5. Out of many millions of wandering living entities, one who is very fortunate gets an opportunity to associate with a bonafide spiritual master by the grace of Krishna. By the mercy of both Krishna and the spiritual masters, such a person receives the seed of the creeper of devotional service.
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
#6. In temptations against chastity, the spiritual masters advise us, not so much to contend with the bad thought, as to turn the mind to some spiritual, or, at least, indifferent object. It is useful to combat other bad thoughts face to face, but not thoughts of impurity.
Alphonsus Liguori
#7. I always say, don't be a Christian, be Christ-like. Don't be a Muslim, be Mohammed-like. Be Buddha-like. Emulate these great spiritual Masters and what they were teaching.
Wayne Dyer
#8. Our aim here is not to prove that Jesus is superior to other spiritual masters and traditions. But he really is different, and we should acknowledge it.
Dallas Willard
#9. I grew up around a lot of various religions, so it's a part of my consciousness in a way. Everything from heavy Catholicism to followers of Indian spiritual masters to Unitarian universalists - all in one family. Though the family aspect was stronger than any particular dogma.
St. Vincent
#10. Buddha is the crown jewel of the Indian nation which accepts all ways of worship of all religions. This quality of Hinduism in India was a product of many great spiritual masters chief among them was Buddha. And this is what sustains the secular character of India.
Narendra Modi
#11. The warrior masters himself in order to help others. Only when you can feel your enemies inside and know them, can you conquer them.
Brian E. Miller
#12. Very few spiritual or religious masters know that the student is sometimes a teacher because they haven't acquired such level.
Daniel Marques
#13. We have suffered greatly because of this redefinition of science, not just because of the spiritual effect of nonbelief, but because of the resulting widespread attitude that because there is no design to the universe, we human beings are the masters of our universe.
Rex Russell
#14. Sincerity in sadhna and eagerness to serve is the basis of one's relationship with the spiritual master.
Radhanath Swami
#15. We can become the masters of our own destinies by practicing self-discipline and by setting worthy goals that will lead to higher ground so that we can become what our heavenly father wants us to become.
M. Russell Ballard
#16. I'm not a practicing kabbalist. I'm not a spiritual master. I'm not a rabbi. I don't - but it's part of who I am.
John Zorn
#17. But surely she could be excused just a tiny touch of nasty in the privacy of her own head?
Terry Pratchett
#18. Since one cannot visually experience the presence of the Supersoul, He appears before us as a liberated devotee. Such a spiritual master is none other than Krishna himself.
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
#20. Arya Maloney updates the basis and practice of transpersonal psychology by using the spiritual principles of India's masters and the transformational alchemy inherent in his clients' processes. His work is both enlightening and informative.
Arnold Mindell
#21. There are many who wish to be masters over others. Rare indeed is the man who wishes to be master of himself
Radhe Maa
#22. Even an expert has room to improve, grow and learn a little more. All the great masters teach this. For this reason, never allow an expert's 'opinion' to limit you in any way, whether it is with your intellect, accomplishments or illness and disease
Gary Hopkins
#23. Surely they had passed the worst. All the luck had been against them, but sooner or later even the worst luck changes.
Stephen King
#24. as masters of technical weapons we are fighting the environment as if we still believed ourselves to be strangers on the earth, sent down into this world from a purely abstract, ideational, and spiritual heaven.
Alan W. Watts
#25. If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
Bernard Of Clairvaux
#26. A starting point is an essential component of success. No success is realized without a starting point. Starting with the inappropriate starting point will consequently be catastrophic. Therefore, we are of the opinion that success is crucial, and so is a starting point
Khem Veasna
#27. Read myths. They teach you that you can turn inward, and you begin to get the message of the symbols. Read other people's myths, not those of your own religion, because you tend to interpret your own religion in terms of facts
but if you read the other ones, you begin to get the message.
Joseph Campbell
#28. Children, we must cultivate reverence towards all great masters, monks and gurus.
Mata Amritanandamayi
#29. When you choose a Guru you become a follower. When your Guru chooses you, you become a disciple
Guruji Naushir
#31. I grew up as a kid looking at artists like David Bowie and Prince; I really admired them.
Tessa Thompson
#32. You have to begin to develop a repertory of jokes, multi-plane spiritual jokes, the sort of things the Zen masters tell each other when they're asleep. These are the secret teachings.
Frederick Lenz
#33. You are all human but what makes, what makes you really really spiritual? What you are here for. What you are really here for? What you are really here for is to make a fundamental change upwards. It is simply crossing a border from one place in your mind to another. That's all.
Roy Masters
#34. The truth is that there are no "masters" in the spiritual life. Mature and wise teachers, yes. But fundamentally we are all beginners receiving and giving on our knees before God and with open hands before one another. In this business no one "lords it over" another. Pay
Richard J. Foster
#35. What do you know? Haven't you heard of suspension of disbelief?
Ed Wood
#36. When T falls in love, he does it with the whole world at once.
Steve Kluger