The Holy Scriptures do not know any distinctions. They enjoin that all lead the life of monks. — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
“it became one of the characteristics of Zen monks that they would never approach rulers and statesmen for the sake of worldly… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
My mother is an immigrant from China, and she filled my head with stories about ghosts and fighting monks in China, so… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“Normally I would have been the first to go in search of cannibal monks, particularly as I had heard of a similar… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
Monks will have three begging bowls for their food: one for water, one for liquid food, one for dry food. — Satish Kumar Copy Share Image
The civilization of cities is breeding a new race of monks who have none of the original religious drive towards chastity, but… — Kylie Tennant Copy Share Image
Because monks come from the midst of purity, they consider as good and pure what does not arouse desire among other people. — Dogen Copy Share Image
“[...] The monks sped up the process up for us laowai who have less time, less patience for basics, and a greater… — Matthew Polly Copy Share Image
“One of the monks was doing something incomprehensible at the altar, and the others would occasionally chant a few phrases of mumbo… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
“Being a monk was the strangest and most perverted way of life imaginable. Monks spent half their lives putting themselves through pain… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
The Monks of Cool, whose tiny and exclusive monastery is hidden in a really cool and laid-back valley in the lower Ramtops,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Indian monks were the first to choose the garden as the proper setting for their lives, which were devoted to the contemplation… — Marie-Luise Gothein Copy Share Image
“The monks' response was to climb into their curraghs and row off toward Greenland. They were drawn across the storm-racked ocean, drawn… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
Kung fu was made so the monks could train their bodies and move their bodies with strength, so they could be physical… — RZA Copy Share Image
The Buddha also counseled the monks and nuns to avoid wasting any precious time by engaging in idle conversation, oversleeping, pursuing fame… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
I hope that Beyond the Robe helps you to feel closer to the monks and nuns and to better understand their immense… — Bobby Sager Copy Share Image
“O cowardly amd tyrannous race of monks, persecutors of the bard, and the gleemen, haters of life and joy! O race that… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
“Monks, even if bandits were to savagely sever you, limb by limb, with a double-handled saw, even then, whoever of you harbors… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“She was made after the time of ribs and mud. By papal decree there were to be no more people born of… — Salvador Plascencia Copy Share Image
“There’s a story about a couple of Zen Buddhist monks. One day they leave the monastery and walk into town to buy… — Sean Chercover Copy Share Image
“The most devoted complete a 25-mile run every day for a thousand consecutive days. They wear straw sandals and carry a knife… — Scott Jurek Copy Share Image
“By the early fifth century, the Church that had begun as a tiny group of fishermen and other poor people meeting in… — Norman F. Cantor Copy Share Image
“There was Asuka, birthplace of Yamato Japan, with its long-vacant burial mounds, surfaces carved with supernatural images of beasts and semi-humans, their… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“The detail over which these monks went mad with joy was the universe itself; the only thing really worthy of enjoyment. The… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
(Speaking of the Cistercian monks) A grim fraternity, passing grim lives in that sweet spot, that God had made so bright! Strange… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
Two monks sit facing, playing chess on the mountain, The bamboo shadow on the board is dark and clear. Not a person… — Bai Juyi Copy Share Image
Most of the great books on prayer are written by 'experts' - monks, missionaries, mystics, saints. I've read scores of them, and… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“The monks used to say that he was more drawn to those who were more sinful, and the greater the sinner the… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“No. It is impossible to maintain a smile in my brother's presence. Monks haven't the sort of patience required.” — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
There is a basic problem that a lot of Western monks and nuns become ordained without really understanding or appreciating what the… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
...'I thought the rule was that all monks were shaved.' 'Oh, Soto says he is bald under the hair,'said Lu Tze. 'He… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Movable type seemed magical to the monks who were illuminating manuscripts and copying texts. Certainly e-books seem magical to me. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
“The night! When the outside world is hiding in darkness, you have to turn on the light within in order to see… — Irina Serban Copy Share Image
“Cut yourself some slack. Remember, one hundred years from now, all new people. —Message tacked to a tree by monks at Wat… — Jenny Blake Copy Share Image
“...maybe I am just your priest - or a churl - perhaps you mistrust me the way the medievals mistrusted monks...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
The thing with darts players is they have always appeared available. They don't have to live like monks. I've only ever met… — Sid Waddell Copy Share Image
If you understand why a monkey in a family is always mocked and harassed, you understand why monks are rejected by all--both… — Francois Rabelais Copy Share Image
It's an oversimplication to say that more monks and nuns are the answer to the Joel Osteen-ification of Christianity... but it wouldn't… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
These are the roots of trees, O monks, these are empty huts. Meditate, monks, do not be negligent, or else you will… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
My house was a guest house of many Jaina saints, Hindu monks, Sufi mystics, because my grandfather was interested in all of… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
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