“That the divinities can do little for men, that man is fundamentally the artificer of his own destiny, even of his development beyond this world—this characteristic view held by original Buddhism demonstrates its difference from some later forms, especially the Mahayana schools, into which infiltrated the idea of a power on high busying itself with mankind in order to lead each individual to salvation.”
― The Doctrine of Awakening: The Attainment of Self-Mastery According to the Earliest Buddhist Texts
― The Doctrine of Awakening: The Attainment of Self-Mastery According to the Earliest Buddhist Texts
“In the absence of The King the Warrior becomes a mercenary, the Magician becomes a sophist (able to argue any position and believing in none), and the Lover becomes an addict.”
― King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine
― King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine
“So called “historians” whose research amasses detailed facts have their proper place in serving the genuine historian who is a masterful artist capable of crafting such a narrative of the past with a view to inspiring vigorous action in the present, action that is above all directed towards a certain vision of the future.”
― Prometheus and Atlas
― Prometheus and Atlas
“When an ascesis is understood as a technique for the conscious creation of a force that can be applied, in the first place, at any level, then the disciplines taught by the doctrine of awakening can be recognized as those that incorporate the highest degree of crystallinity and independence.”
― The Doctrine of Awakening: The Attainment of Self-Mastery According to the Earliest Buddhist Texts
― The Doctrine of Awakening: The Attainment of Self-Mastery According to the Earliest Buddhist Texts
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