. . . nobody will obtain salvation by means of teachings!
Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha.
“It may be important to great thinkers to examine the world, to explain and despise it. But I think it is only important to love the world, not to despise it, not for us to hate each other, but to b...”
“So she thoroughly taught him that one cannot take pleasure without giving pleasure, and that every gesture, every caress, every touch, every glance, every last bit of the body has its secret, which...”
“Thus Gotama [Buddha] walked toward the town to gather alms, and the two samanas recognized him solely by the perfection of his repose, by the calmness of his figure, in which there was no trace of ...”
“When someone is seeking, said Siddartha, It happens quite easily that he only sees the thing that he is seeking; that he is unable to find anything, unable to absorb anything, because he is only th...”
“I will no longer mutilate and destroy myself in order to find a secret behind the ruins.”
“Govinda was standing in front of him, dressed in the yellow robe of an ascetic. Sad was how Govinda looked like, sadly he asked: Why have you forsaken me? At this, he embraced Govinda, wrapped his ...”
“The great are strongest when they stand alone,A God-given might of being is their force.”
“What you gain another will lose, for What is there is all there is. What you share another will have, for What is there is enough for all.”
“We work very hard to have what Buddha gave up to become enlightened. Does that mean we are benighted?”