Eknath Easwaran Quotes
December 17, 1910 – October 26, 1999
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[P]atience can't be acquired overnight. It's just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it.
Eknath Easwaran— Eknath Easwaran, Your life is your message (1992).
By giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.
Eknath Easwaran— Easwaran, Eknath (2005). Words to live by: A daily guide to leading an exceptional life. Tomales, CA: Nilgiri. ISBN 978-1-58638-016-8. (page 12: comment for Jan. 3 on quote by Shelley) (work originally published 1990)
We all need joy, and we can all receive joy in only one way, by adding to the joy of others.
Eknath Easwaran— Easwaran, Eknath (1993). The end of sorrow [vol 1 of the Bhagavad Gita for daily living]. Tomales, CA: Nilgiri. ISBN 9780915132171. (p. 109). (work originally published 1975)
But patience can't be acquired overnight. It's just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it, to push its limits.
Eknath Easwaran— Easwaran, Eknath (1997). Your life is your message: Finding harmony with yourself, others , and the earth. New York: Hyperion. ISBN 0786882662. (p. 42) (work originally published 1992)
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.
Eknath Easwaran— Easwaran, Eknath (1996). Original goodness: On the beatitudes of the sermon on the mount. Tomales, CA: Nilgiri Press. ISBN 0915132923. (p. 155) (book originally published 1989: p. 131)
We all need joy, and we can all receive joy in only one way, by adding to the joy of others.
Eknath Easwaran— Eknath Easwaran, The End of Sorrow (1975).
In memorizing the prayer, it may be helpful to remind yourself that you are not addressing some extraterrestrial being outside you. The kingdom of heaven is within us, and the Lord is enshrined in the depths of our own consciousness. In this prayer we are calling deep into ourselves, appealing to the spark of the divine that is our real nature.
Eknath Easwaran— Eknath Easwaran, God Makes the Rivers Flow (1982), p. 184
