"Religion is another name for the realization of Truth. It consists in becoming and being one with the Supreme Being. Doctrines and dogmas are only details of a secondary nature."

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Source : "A Practical Guide to Samadhi". Book by Swami Narayanananda, p. 143, 1957.

Narayanananda Swami.

#Names Quotes #Realization Quotes #Becoming Quotes

“Oh captain, my captain, bon voyage.”
“A great leader needs to love and respect people, and he needs to be comfortable with himself and with the world. He also needs to be able to forgive himself and others. In other words, a leader needs grace.”
“I was very happy in both my marriages. I was unfaithful and so were they, just like any other normal couple.”
“Our enemy is Al Qaeda and its allies, people who have publicly said they wish to attack the United States again, people who have publicly called on nuclear physicists and engineers to help them gain access to nuclear weapons, which, as the whole world knows, Pakistan has.”
“Sometimes I don't know what to say; the pain never stops. The cloud never goes away, the rain never drops”
“No matter what calamities befall him in everyday life, the true hacker still needs the pressure and inconvenience of four hours of trudging in wind or rain or sleet or sun (or all of them at once), hacking at a white pellet that seems to have a mind of its own and a lousy sense of direction.”
“You just have to decide if you're a Tigger or an Eeyore.”
“A world where one tenth of the population gets to be extremely wealthy, and six tenths very poor, is not, in the long run, a stable place”

Source : "An End to Sweet Illusions" by Bill McKibben, www.motherjones.com. January/February 2002.

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