Hinduism Quotes - Page 9

• Dining and marriage restrictions stunt Hindu society.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Dining, Restriction

  Mahatma Gandhi (1973). “Collected Works”

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• The only way by which you and I can wean orthodox Hindus from their bigotry is by patient argument and correct conduct.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Way, Patient, Argument

  Mahatma Gandhi (1978). “Hindu Dharma”, p.106, Orient Paperbacks

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• The sacred thread and the tuft of hair without a pure heart and a spirit of toleration do not make a Hindu.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Heart, Hair, Sacred

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• Widowhood imposed by religion or custom is an unbearable yoke and defiles the home by secret vice and degrades religion.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Home, Secret, Vices

  Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.213, Rajpal & Sons

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• A Swaraj government means a government established by the free joint will of Hindus, Mussalmans and others.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Mean, Government, Joints

  Mahatma Gandhi, Rudrangshu Mukherjee (1993). “The Penguin Gandhi Reader”, p.267, Penguin Books India

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• Each religion has helped mankind. Paganism increased in man the light of beauty, the largeness and height of his life, his aim at a many-sided perfection; Christianity gave him some vision of divine love and charity; Buddhism has shown him a noble way to be wiser, gentler, purer, Judaism and Islam how to be religiously faithful in action and zealously devoted to God; Hinduism has opened to him the largest and profoundest spiritual possibilities.

  Sri Aurobindo

  Spiritual, Buddhism, Men

  Aurobindo Ghose, Sri Aurobindo (1989). “The Supramental Manifestation, and Other Writings”, Lotus Press (WI)

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• All the four stages in a man's life are devised by the seers in Hinduism for imposing discipline and self-restraint.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Men, Self, Discipline

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• Nonviolence which to me is the glory of Hinduism, has been sought to be explained away by our people as being meant for the sanyasis only.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  People, Being Me, Glory

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• Being dissatisfied and properly dissatisfied with the husk of Hinduism, you are in danger of losing even the kernel, life itself.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Losing, Danger, Kernel

  Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “My Varnashrama Dharma”

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• Buddha is the crown jewel of the Indian nation which accepts all ways of worship of all religions. This quality of Hinduism in India was a product of many great spiritual masters chief among them was Buddha. And this is what sustains the secular character of India.

  Narendra Modi

  Spiritual, Motivation, Character

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• The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity is of wonderful structure, more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin and more exquisitely refined than either.

  William Jones

  Latin, Perfect, Greek

  "The Third Anniversary Discourse, on the Hindus" (1786)

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• For Hindus to expect Islam, Christianity or Zoroastrianism to be driven out of India is as idle a dream as it would be for Mussalmans to have only Islam of their imagination rule the world.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Dream, Imagination, Islam

  Mahatma Gandhi (1957). “Christian Missions, Their Place in India”

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• So long as untouchability disfigures Hinduism, so long do I hold the attainment of Swaraj to be an utter impossibility.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Long, Untouchability, Attainment

  Mahatma Gandhi (1968). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• Touch-me-notism that disfigures the present day Hinduism is a morbid growth.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Growth, Morbid, Touch Me

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• It is impossible to wait and weigh, in golden scales, the sentiments of prejudice and superstition that have gathered round the priests who are considered to be the custodians of Hinduism.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Waiting, Custodians, Prejudice

  Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “None High: None Low”

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• We learn by doing, not just by thinking. So I feel like beyond Buddhism, or Hinduism, or Judaism, or Christianity we need today to think about a global spirituality. We need to make it very personal and transformative for one self, and each other, together for those who are interested.

  Surya Das

  Buddhism, Thinking, Self

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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• Trying to use the power of yoga to improve your life, this is a terrible mistake. Because all you are doing is binding yourself more. You're putting more of your attention into the transient world.

  Frederick Lenz

  Mistake, Yoga, Trying

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• Bahaism gives you a pluralistic view, and a lot of aspects of Hinduism give you a moral framework with no accountability other than the karmic system. There's no linear movement or point of accountability toward God.

  Ravi Zacharias

  Views, Giving, Accountability

  "Christian worldview". Interview with Julia Duin, www.washingtontimes.com. July 3, 2003.

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• Observe your actions but be so busy that you never contemplate their possible effects. It is only this consciousness that leads to liberation. Everything else is illusion.

  Frederick Lenz

  Action, Consciousness, Busy

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• Why can't we simply borrow what is useful to us from Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, especially Zen, as we borrow from Christianity, science, American Indian traditions and world literature in general, including philosophy, and let the rest go hang? Borrow what we need but rely principally upon our own senses, common sense and daily living experience.

  Edward Abbey

  Philosophy, Buddhism, Common Sense

  Edward Abbey (2006). “Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast”

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• The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.

  Morrie Schwartz

  Love, Life, Inspiring

  "Tuesdays with Morrie". Book by Mitch Albom, 1997.

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• My life has been full of external tragedies and if they have not left any visible effect on me, I owe it to the teaching of the Bhagavadgita.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Teaching, Tragedy, Gita

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.186, Courier Corporation

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• The multiplicity is only apparent. This is the doctrine of the Upanishads. And not of the Upanishads only. The mystical experience of the union with God regularly leads to this view, unless strong prejudices stand in the way.

  Erwin Schrodinger

  Strong, Views, Mystical Experiences

  "The Eye of Shiva: Eastern Mysticism and Science". Book by Amaury de Riencourt, 1981.

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• The smoke from the fire passes through the building and the soot affixes itself to the walls. The smoke passes through the air and keeps going - liberation.

  Frederick Lenz

  Wall, Fire, Air

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• In order to create heat, you have to have something to burn. So what we do in yoga is, we burn ourselves up to create light.

  Frederick Lenz

  Yoga, Light, Order

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