Ich war erstaunt, wie viele Menschen, mehr als wir denken, diesen Weg gehen müssen, um ihre Familien zu gründen. Genauso wie Noah sich wahrscheinlich über 150 Tage lang auf dem Meer treibend fühlte, fühlt man sich, als säße man in seiner eigenen Arche und beobachte, wie die Welt, die man kannte, um einen herum zerstört wird

na abhikrama naśo nāsti pratya-vayo 'pi dosha

Physically, it was one of the most painful experiences of my life. But on the level of consciousness, it was one of the most peaceful and even joyful experiences, as I felt the wisdom of the Gita lifting me above the agony of my body.

Each of us needs a Tevas Noach, a Tevah that Noach had, that Moshe had, a Tevah that preserves the Torah, a Tevah of words, a place that secures us, a place that protects us, to protect our spiritual life.

Perhaps faith is not knowing where every door leads. Perhaps faith is trusting the One who holds the keys.

Mary is all eye, all ear, and all heart for people. She gives the counsel: 'Do whatever he tells you!' She does not put herself at the center, she does not keep other people on a leash, and she does not want to make a name for herself either.

The person who receives the request for prayer is not like a doctor who asks: "What can I do?" Instead, they ask a rather different question: "What will the Holy Spirit do?"

Even in our crazy time and world, Jesus is still the best alternative. No matter what role in our life, but especially as our Saviour, as our friend.

a theology that is based on fear, based on anxiety, that really keeps us bound. It keeps us in line.

The difference between ordinary people and prophets is, however, that the concern of the prophets, in contrast to that of the general public, is never accompanied by despair. They feel no hopelessness. They harbour the unshakable certainty that God will never let them perish.

We have, of course, had plenty of climate-related catastrophes, probably starting with Katrina. But these will be different, because they are the first in a period in which an alternative to fossil fuels is now easily imaginable and cheaply available.

The Torah reading for Schemini Azeret, the feast without a symbol, teaches: the transition is the true content. A blank space has shown us that.

Whoever builds a mosque for Allah, even if it is no larger than the prints of a cat's claws, Allah will build for him a house in Paradise in return.

So all sentient beings, especially human beings, have Buddha nature. When this truth is not known, then wrong thinking, speech and actions are resorted to.

Life too is the life of the Myōhō, and death too is the death of the Myōhō.

Authoritarian forces exploit the distorted image of a “dark future” to cast themselves as figures of light. That they do so by drawing on the biblical “Apocalypse” (“Revelation of John”), as US billionaire Peter Thiel does, underscores the religious character of this strategy.

Even if the branches of a tree touch the sky, if you tear it out of the ground in which its roots are planted, the branches wither. That is why one must go there and draw sustenance from the place where one spent one's childhood.

And in Kali Yuga Patkaliya says that Guru Nanak is this incarnation of Ikhwankar and the virtues of Ikhwankar. And this is really quite clear and remarkable, since Kali Yuga, as I said, is an age defined by darkness and ignorance.

The essence of dharma practice is, for me, that it is not so much about what is happening out there, but about how my relationship is to what is happening out there.

The angel who was sent ahead of the Jewish people was simply the knowledge that we would survive. The message is for us. Today.

Ishvaro Guru Radh Meethi. That is to say, God is to be found, on the one hand as Ishwara, as God as Lord of the Universe. Ishwara also means the Lord. He is to be found as Atman, as the Self. And he is also to be found, this Divine is also to be found, as Guru, as the perceived Teacher.

The reality of Krishna's love must become greater in your consciousness than the possibility of a dark postmortal destination.

For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but My love shall not depart from you, nor shall My covenant of peace be removed.

I have always believed that to be true. But I thought it referred to the one who has passed on. I could not understand how it applied to the one who was left behind. Now I understand.