Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
Swami Chinmayananda,
Kavitha Chinnaiyan • The Heart of Wellness: Transform Your Habits, Lifestyle, and Health
The Dzogchen Pönlop Rinpoche
Reginald A. Ray • In the Presence of Masters: Wisdom from 30 Contemporary Tibetan Buddhist Teachers
in mantra practice it is always in your heart, the most sacred place, because it is your beloved. And that’s why your mantra is to be kept sacred and secret. You don’t even reveal it to others, lest you lose the reverence for it.
Swami Satchidananda • The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali—Integral Yoga Pocket Edition: Translation and Commentary by Sri Swami Satchidananda
the guru is ultimately not an external figure, but the unconditioned, boundless wisdom aspect of our own inner nature that has presented itself in the form
Reginald A. Ray • In the Presence of Masters: Wisdom from 30 Contemporary Tibetan Buddhist Teachers
Vajrayana
Arthur Joyce • 1 card
Especially for beginners, choosing a guru who has taken a vow as a monk or a nun is often a safe option with fewer loopholes.
Jamyang Khyentse • The Guru Drinks Bourbon?
Admitting the mistaken perception of ordinary people, ‘I am this body; I have a separate existence’, as the base, the scriptures teach the four yōgas, namely karma yōga, bhakti yōga, rāja yōga and jñāna yōga: