...the need to overawe people and demand obedience from them is powerful and seductive. It is a part of that world that the kingdom of heaven is not of.
This is criterion by which the Church is to be judged, not by the forms of its doctrine or ritual, but by the reality of the reality of the love whic… - Bede Griffiths
This is criterion by which the Church is to be judged, not by the forms of its doctrine or ritual, but by the reality of the reality of the love whic…
- Bede Griffiths
This was the very purpose of creation that each unique, individual being should participate in its own way in the divine Being, should realize its et… - Bede Griffiths
This was the very purpose of creation that each unique, individual being should participate in its own way in the divine Being, should realize its et…
Stillness within one individual can affect society beyond measure. - Bede Griffiths
Stillness within one individual can affect society beyond measure.
God has graced every tradition with insight into the divine mystery, from the most primitive to the most sophisticated-each has a gift to bring to th… - Bede Griffiths
God has graced every tradition with insight into the divine mystery, from the most primitive to the most sophisticated-each has a gift to bring to th…
Perseverance is the essential requirement in the practice of yoga. It has to be done day by day, week by week, year by year, until the mind is brough… - Bede Griffiths
Perseverance is the essential requirement in the practice of yoga. It has to be done day by day, week by week, year by year, until the mind is brough…
Above all we have to go beyond words and images and concepts. No imaginative vision or conceptual framework is adequate to the great reality. - Bede Griffiths
Above all we have to go beyond words and images and concepts. No imaginative vision or conceptual framework is adequate to the great reality.
The main theme of the Bible is the restoration of humanity and, through humanity, of the whole of creation to its original harmony. - Bede Griffiths
The main theme of the Bible is the restoration of humanity and, through humanity, of the whole of creation to its original harmony.
Atheism and agnosticism signify the rejection of certain images and concepts of God or of truth, which are historically conditioned and therefore ina… - Bede Griffiths
Atheism and agnosticism signify the rejection of certain images and concepts of God or of truth, which are historically conditioned and therefore ina…
I liked the solitude and the silence of the woods and the hills. I felt there the sense of a presence, something undefined and mysterious, which was … - Bede Griffiths
I liked the solitude and the silence of the woods and the hills. I felt there the sense of a presence, something undefined and mysterious, which was …
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