37 Quotes About Eastern-philosophy

As soon as we notice that certain types of event "like" to cluster together at certain times, we begin to understand the attitude of the Chinese, whose theories of medicine, philosophy, and even building are based on a "science" of meaningful coincidences. The classical Chinese texts did not ask what causes what, but rather what "likes" to occur with what.

V'è, in noi Orientali, un'inclinazione ad accettare i limiti, e le circostanze, della vita. Ci rassegniamo all'ombra così com'è, e senza repulsione. La luce è fievole? Lasciamo che le tenebre ci inghiottano, e scopriamo loro una beltà.

You can't pluck even my hairs until I am alive, once I am dead, gather them and keep it in your museum in the name of God

Once we got closer to the origins of these Eastern practices, we found that the monks and swamis were just as dogmatic and paternalistic, just as literal and conservative in their approach to spirituality as the Christian priests and ministers we were trying to get away from.

Do you have the patience to wait Till your mud settles and the water is clear?Can you remain unmovingTill the right action arises by itself?

Does a man who is acting on the stage in a female part forget that he is a man? Similarly, we too must play our parts on the stage of life, but we must not identify ourselves with those parts.

Western philosophy must be discussed; eastern philosophy must be experienced.

i get lost in my head sometimestangled in my thoughts.it took me years to lose touch with realityto realize there is no reality.our thoughts rule our lives.we have become addicted to our thoughts.we feel the need to occupy ourselvesand think of more thoughts to avoid the feeling of boredom;to avoid being alone with ourselves.

Timur membutuhkan semangat dan dinamisme Barat.Barat membutuhkan ketenangan dan kedamaian Timur.Melaju dengan kecepatan tinggi tanpa rem, kecelakaan menunggu Barat. Berdiri malas di tempat tanpa semangat, Timur akan mati konyol. Pertemuan antara Barat dan Timur bermanfaat bagi keduanya.