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Religion takes place in the congregation, but sometimes God can only be found alone.
David Kasher • ParshaNut: 54 Journeys into the World of Torah Commentary
Contributions to Philosophy: (Of the Event) (Studies in Continental Thought)
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Dharani of the Great Compassionate One all the way down New York’s Second Avenue in a Volkswagen bus.
Alan Watts • In My Own Way: An Autobiography
To connect oneself to that charge requires a certain emptying of self: letting go of one’s preoccupations, agendas, and complexes. This rarely happens on one’s own. A spiritual community, a group of people who recognize a higher Source and who honor their own interdependence can become a vehicle for this higher energy and help. Through the rituals
... See moreKabir Helminski • The Mysterion: Rumi and the Secret of Becoming Fully Human
For centuries, people believed that saying Kaddish would shorten the amount of time the deceased spent in Gehenna (hell) before ascending to Gan Eden (heaven).
Anita Diamant • Saying Kaddish: How to Comfort the Dying, Bury the Dead, and Mourn as a Jew
Bankei (1622–1693) was a contemporary of Hakuin and for some time roshi at the Myoshinji monastery in Kyoto. Translations of his informal talks on Zen, directed especially to lay people, may be found in D. T. Suzuki’s Living by Zen (Pasadena, Calif.: P. D. and Ione Perkins, 1949), and in Lucien Stryk, ed., World of the Buddha (New York: Doubleday &
... See moreAlan Watts • In My Own Way: An Autobiography
