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Eknath Easwaran (December 17, 1910 – October 26, 1999) was an Indian-born spiritual teacher, author, as well as a translator and interpreter of Indian religious texts such as the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads.

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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 curl up in here by myself; let the world burn. ' Not at all. We go deep into meditation so that we can reach out further and further to the world outside.

Thinking, Meditation, Curls, Blanket, Consciousness

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

Wisdom, May, Relevance, Lived, Perennial

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

Core, Perfect, Relationship, Rough Edges, Tool

A calm mind releases the most precious capacity a human being can have: the capacity to turn anger into compassion, fear into fearlessness, and hatred into love.

Calm Mind, Compassion, Fear, Grateful, Mind, Turn

There are three kinds of violence: one, through our deeds; two, through our words; and three, through our thoughts. …The root of all violence is in the world of thoughts, and that is why training the mind is so important.

Kinds, Roots, Training, Two, Words

Meditation may require a lifetime to master, but it will have been a lifetime well spent. . . . If you want to judge your progress, ask yourself these questions: Am I more loving? Is my judgment sounder? Do I have more energy? Can my mind remain calm under provocation? Am I free from the conditioning of anger, fear, and greed? Spiritual awareness reveals itself as eloquently in character development and selfless action as in mystical states.

Character, Development, Judging, Master, Spiritual

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

Meditation, Principles, Become, Meditate, Principle

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

Focus, Giving, Learn, Meditation, Yoga

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

Closer, Diversity, Life, Move, Moving, People

Love is so exquisitely elusive. It cannot be bought, cannot be badgered, cannot be hijacked. It is available only in one rare form: as the natural response of a healthy mind and healthy heart.

Love, Life, Heart, Healthy, Badgered, Available

Activity is not achievement. It is not enough to rush about beginning a lot of things and keeping busy. A well-spent life is one that rounds out what it has begun.

Achievement, Life Is, Busy, Enough, Begun

The spiritual life is a call to action. But it is a call to. . . action without any selfish attachment to the results.

Attachment, Call, Selfish, Spiritual

In the Confucian tradition is a simple formula that appeals to me deeply: 'If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character. If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world. ' I urge everyone to reflect deeply on these words, as simple as they are profound.

Character, Formula, Heart, Home, Nation, World

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

People, Trying, Needs, Way, Understand

To enjoy anything, we cannot be attached to it. What we usually try to do is capture any joy that comes our way before it can escape. We try to cling to pleasure, but all we succeed in doing is making ourselves frustrated because, whatever it promises, pleasure simply cannot last. But if I am willing to kiss the joy as it flies, I say, Yes, this moment is beautiful. I won't grab it. I'll let it go.

Acceptance, Attached, Beautiful, Enjoy, Kissing, Way

We become in part what our senses take in.

Senses, Take, Part, Become

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

Mind, Instruments, Stills, Become, Instrument

The Lord is a good psychologist: he knows the way our minds run. Turmoil can be the Lord's way of tapping us on the shoulder and saying, 'Don't forget me. '

Mind, Minds, Running, Tapping, Turmoil, Way

We look at the world through our likes and dislikes, hopes and fears, opinions and judgments. We want everyone to behave as we think they should; otherwise we get agitated. But we are here to accept the world as it is, even as we work to make it better.

Change, Everyone, Fear, Hope, Judgments, Opinions

When we are at home with ourselves, we are at home everywhere in the world. When we have found peace within ourselves, peace and love follow us wherever we go.

And Love, Follow, Found, Home, World

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