Nancy Freeman Patchen > Quotes

“The rituals done with single-pointed attention served to concentrate the mind to make it capable of meditation.”
― Nancy Freeman Patchen, Journey of a Master: Swami Chinmayananda

“Faith springs from understanding. It is a conviction that grows from understanding.”
― Nancy Freeman Patchen, Wisdom of Hindu Philosophy: Conversations with Swami Chinmayananda

“Be a mirror! Reflect everything; keep nothing. No matter what passes in front of the mirror, no image remains. KEEP NOTHING!”
― Nancy Freeman Patchen, Wisdom of Hindu Philosophy: Conversations with Swami Chinmayananda

“A true religion has two important limbs: the ritualistic injunctions and the philosophical support. Most of us generally accept the former as religion. But the rituals and formalities are mere superstitions without philosophy; philosophy reinforces the external practices of the formalities and blesses them with a purpose and an aim. Even so, philosophy without any actual practice is madness. Ritual and reason must go hand and hand.”
― Nancy Freeman Patchen, Wisdom of Hindu Philosophy: Conversations with Swami Chinmayananda

“Live for One day instead to die every day.
Work is worship
Do or die.”
― Nancy Patchen, The Journey of the Master: Swami Chinmayananda; the Man, the Path, the Teaching

“the ritualistic injunctions and the philosophical support. Most of us generally accept the former as religion. But the rituals and formalities are mere superstitions without philosophy; philosophy reinforces the external practices of the formalities and blesses them with a purpose and an aim. Even so, philosophy without any actual practice is madness. Ritual and reason must go hand and hand.”
― Nancy Freeman Patchen, Wisdom of Hindu Philosophy: Conversations with Swami Chinmayananda