Eknath Easwaran

Wisdom may be perennial, but to see its relevance we must see it lived out.

— Eknath Easwaran

This is the central principle of meditation: we become what we meditate on.

— Eknath Easwaran

Everything beautiful has to be worked for.

— Eknath Easwaran

When we truly are putting others first, we cannot but feel at peace with ourselves.

— Eknath Easwaran

When the mind is still, we can become an instrument of peace.

— Eknath Easwaran

We become in part what our senses take in.

— Eknath Easwaran

Like Gandhi, like the Buddha, like all great spiritual teachers, Easwaran had no use for beliefs unless they generated actions. Doing, not…

— Eknath Easwaran

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

The capacity to be patient, to bear with others through thick and thin, is within the reach of anyone.

— Eknath Easwaran

As we get deeper, we move closer and closer to other people; we feel closer to life as a whole.

— Eknath Easwaran

Lasting change happens when people see for themselves that a different way of life is more fulfilling than their present one.

— Eknath Easwaran

When we try to get ourselves out of the way, we can understand much better the needs of the people closest to…

— Eknath Easwaran

Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.

— Eknath Easwaran

By removing that which is petty and self-seeking, we bring forth all that is glorious and mindful of the whole.

— Eknath Easwaran

“Attention can be trained very naturally, with affection, just as you train a puppy. When something distracts your attention, you say “Come…

— Eknath Easwaran

Don't think the purpose of meditation is to go deep into consciousness, wrap a blanket around yourself, and say, 'How cozy! I'm…

— Eknath Easwaran

To be secure everywhere is the mark of sophistication, to be unshakable is the mark of courage, to be permanently in love…

— Eknath Easwaran

It may sound paradoxical, but however tight our schedule, however many things clamor to be done, we don't need to hurry. If…

— Eknath Easwaran

Today, everything I do from morning meditation on - eating breakfast, going for a walk, writing, reading, even recreation - is governed…

— Eknath Easwaran

Eventually, meditation will make our mind calm, clear, and as concentrated as a laser which we can focus at will. This capacity…

— Eknath Easwaran

As meditation deepens, compulsions, cravings and fits of emotion begin to lose their power to dictate our behavior. We see clearly that…

— Eknath Easwaran

“Why do you want a new truth when you do not practice what you already know? Far better to read a few…

— Eknath Easwaran

My grandmother lived in a universe filled with life. It was impossible for her to conceive of any creature - even the…

— Eknath Easwaran

Beneath the surface level of conditioned thinking in every one of us there is a single living spirit. The still small voice…

— Eknath Easwaran

“Meditation is the basis of a life of splendid health, untiring energy, unfailing love, and abiding wisdom. It is the very foundation…

— Eknath Easwaran

“Very few of us see life as it really is. Most of us see things only as we are, looking at others…

— Eknath Easwaran

To enjoy anything, we cannot be attached to it. What we usually try to do is capture any joy that comes our…

— Eknath Easwaran

When mystics use the word love, they use it very carefully - in the deeply spiritual sense, where to love is to…

— Eknath Easwaran

“All negative thoughts – anger, fear, passion, compulsive craving -- tend to be fast. If we could see the mind when it…

— Eknath Easwaran

Meditation may require a lifetime to master, but it will have been a lifetime well spent. ... If you want to judge…

— Eknath Easwaran

Human relationships are the perfect tool for sanding away our rough edges and getting at the core of divinity within us.

— Eknath Easwaran

Activity is not achievement. It is not enough to rush about beginning a lot of things and keeping busy. A well-spent life…

— Eknath Easwaran

Mastery does not come from dabbling. We have to be prepared to pay the price. We need to have the sustained enthusiasm…

— Eknath Easwaran

When we meditate every morning we are putting on armor for the day's battle against our own impatience, inadequacy, resentment, and hostility.

— Eknath Easwaran

A calm mind releases the most precious capacity a human being can have: the capacity to turn anger into compassion, fear into…

— Eknath Easwaran

Meditation is warm-up exercise for the mind, so that you can jog through the rest of the day without getting agitated or…

— Eknath Easwaran

Instead of looking at difficulties as deprivations, we can learn to recognize them as opportunities for deepening and widening our love.

— Eknath Easwaran

The real essentials of life - compassion, kindness, good will, forgiveness - are what is fundamental to living as a true human…

— Eknath Easwaran

Our deepest need is for the joy that comes with knowing we are of genuine use to others.

— Eknath Easwaran

When we are at home with ourselves, we are at home everywhere in the world. When we have found peace within ourselves,…

— Eknath Easwaran