It is not action or effort that we must surrender; it is self-will, and this is terribly difficult. You must do your… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
When mystics use the word love, they use it very carefully - in the deeply spiritual sense, where to love is to… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
The things we think about, brood on, dwell on, and exult over influence our life in a thousand ways. When we can… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
Lasting change happens when people see for themselves that a different way of life is more fulfilling than their present one. — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
The Lord is a good psychologist: he knows the way our minds run. Turmoil can be the Lord's way of tapping us… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
To enjoy anything, we cannot be attached to it. What we usually try to do is capture any joy that comes our… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
When we try to get ourselves out of the way, we can understand much better the needs of the people closest to… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
When we truly are putting others first, we cannot but feel at peace with ourselves. — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
The real essentials of life - compassion, kindness, good will, forgiveness - are what is fundamental to living as a true human being. — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
At the beginning of every winter people are careful to install storm windows. These extra panes of glass protect their houses against the bitter… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
A calm mind releases the most precious capacity a human being can have: the capacity to turn anger into compassion, fear into fearlessness, and… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
Don't think the purpose of meditation is to go deep into consciousness, wrap a blanket around yourself, and say, 'How cozy! I'm going to… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
Meditation may require a lifetime to master, but it will have been a lifetime well spent. ... If you want to judge your progress,… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
“Meditation is the basis of a life of splendid health, untiring energy, unfailing love, and abiding wisdom. It is the very foundation of that… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
Love is so exquisitely elusive. It cannot be bought, cannot be badgered, cannot be hijacked. It is available only in one rare form: as… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
Meditation is warm-up exercise for the mind, so that you can jog through the rest of the day without getting agitated or spraining your… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
By removing that which is petty and self-seeking, we bring forth all that is glorious and mindful of the whole. — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
As we get deeper, we move closer and closer to other people; we feel closer to life as a whole. — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
To be secure everywhere is the mark of sophistication, to be unshakable is the mark of courage, to be permanently in love with every… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
