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“The Buddha said:   Believe nothing because a wise person said it, Believe nothing because it is generally held. Believe nothing because it is written. Believe nothing because it is said to be Divine. Believe nothing because someone else believes it. But believe only what you yourself judge to be true.”
― Russill Paul, The Yoga of Sound: Tapping the Hidden Power of Music and Chant

“Mantra is, after all, a means to an end, and that end is wholeness.”
― Russill Paul, The Yoga of Sound: Tapping the Hidden Power of Music and Chant

“The concept of the “university,” a term coined in the Middle Ages by European monks, was of a center where people would learn to find their place in the universe, helping them discern their role in the grand scheme of things and play their part in a great symphony.”
― Russill Paul, The Yoga of Sound: Tapping the Hidden Power of Music and Chant