"The role of the Guru is to show……" — Alan Watts
"The role of the Guru is to show the person that he already has what he is looking for."
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347 Quotes by Alan Watts
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The power of memories and expectations is such that for most human beings, the past and the future are not…
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Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment.
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So we down-to-earth, gutsy, tough, realistic, and practical types have just been squandering billions of dollars and unimaginable amounts of…
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If the earth is man's extended body, to be loved and respected as one's own body, those who do no…
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The sound of the rain needs no translation.
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You can't figure out the Universe, especially if you're using figures to figure it.
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Man is a little germ that lives on an unimportant rock ball that revolves about a small star at the…
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But when no risk is taken there is no freedom. It is thus that, in an industrial society, the plethora…
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If my happiness at this moment consists largely in reviewing happy memories and expectations, I am but dimly aware of…
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The meaning and purpose of dancing is the dance. Like music also, it is fulfilled in each moment of its…
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To be alive spiritually man must have union with God and must be conscious of it. Apart from this union…
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We usually don't look. We overlook.
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I don't like gurus. I don't like people who ask you to follow or believe. I like people who ask…
— A. S. Byatt
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The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.
— Chanakya
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You are always your own best guru, your own best teacher, the answers are always inside you.
— Sathya Sai Baba
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The guru is just trying to help you, to bring you to a point where you can at least surrender…
— Rajneesh
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In childhood our credulity serves us well. It helps us to pack, with extraordinary rapidity, our skulls full of the…
— Richard Dawkins
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It is dangerous for a spiritual master to accept almost any aspirant. Although it is an aspect of mercy, it…
— Bhakti Tirtha Swami
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Guru is not on the way to Krishna, Guru is 'the way' to Krishna.
— Satsvarupa dasa Goswami
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Holy name alone is sufficient to take you back home back to godhead. However to cultivate the mood of surrender…
— Bhakti Charu Swami
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Guru is heavy, because he carries Lord Krishna in his heart.
— Radhanath Swami
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A guru trains his disciples to become Krishna dasa, a menial servant of Krishna.
— Lokanatha Swami
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In spiritual life, one must conduct one's whole life under the guidance of the guru. Only one who executes his…
— A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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Whatever our destiny is, whatever our Karma is, if we simply accept the mercy of Guru, "Guru Kripa", it can…
— Radhanath Swami
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