The body is God,
the body is the temple,
the body is the worshiper,
the body is the sacred shrine.
The body is the incense,
the lamp, the sacred offerings;
it is the body I worship
with broken petals.
-Pipa
the body is the worshiper,
the body is the sacred shrine.
The body is the incense,
the lamp, the sacred offerings;
it is the body I worship
with broken petals.
-Pipa
May my body be a prayerstick for the world.
-Joan Halifax
-Joan Halifax
In this body, the mount Meru - i.e. the vertebral column
is surrounded by seven islands;
there are rives, seas, mountains, fields; and lords of the fields too.
There are in it seers and sages; all the stars and planets as well.
There are sacred pilgrimages, shrines; and presiding deities of the shrines.
The sun and moon, agents of creation and destruction, also move in it.
Ether, air, fire, water and earth are also there.
All the beings that exist in the three worlds are also to be found in the body;
surrounding the Meru they are engaged in their respective functions.
-Siva Samhita
is surrounded by seven islands;
there are rives, seas, mountains, fields; and lords of the fields too.
There are in it seers and sages; all the stars and planets as well.
There are sacred pilgrimages, shrines; and presiding deities of the shrines.
The sun and moon, agents of creation and destruction, also move in it.
Ether, air, fire, water and earth are also there.
All the beings that exist in the three worlds are also to be found in the body;
surrounding the Meru they are engaged in their respective functions.
-Siva Samhita
The sun came out of his eyes, the moon from his mind,
Indra and Agni (fire) from his mouth,
wind from his breath, air from his navel,
sky from this head, earth from his feet.
-Rig Veda
Indra and Agni (fire) from his mouth,
wind from his breath, air from his navel,
sky from this head, earth from his feet.
-Rig Veda
There's a moon in my body, but I can't see it!
a moon and a sun.
-Kabir
a moon and a sun.
-Kabir
Within the body abide all the continents,
world and the nether regions.
-Jagat Singh
world and the nether regions.
-Jagat Singh
The human body is the truest shrine,
Of gems of knowledge the greatest mine.
-Amar Das
The human body is the only true temple,
the only true mosque, the only true church,
where the Lord can be found.
-Charan Singh
Of gems of knowledge the greatest mine.
-Amar Das
The human body is the only true temple,
the only true mosque, the only true church,
where the Lord can be found.
-Charan Singh
Without a human form,
How can God speak to us?
He speaks through the screen
Of the body.
-Kabir
How can God speak to us?
He speaks through the screen
Of the body.
-Kabir
There is no member of my body
which is not the member of some god.
-Book of the Dead
which is not the member of some god.
-Book of the Dead
Within this body
breathes the secret essence.
-Tulsi Sahib
breathes the secret essence.
-Tulsi Sahib
What you cannot find in your body
you will never find anywhere else.
-Eastern Saying
you will never find anywhere else.
-Eastern Saying
Very beautiful is that body-bride.
-Amar Das
-Amar Das
The physical body is the body as examined by others;
the subtle body is the way you feel yourself.
-Alan Watts
the subtle body is the way you feel yourself.
-Alan Watts
I am not one of those who neglect the body
in order to make of it a sacrificial offering for the soul,
since my soul would thoroughly dislike being served in such a fashion.
-Rainer Maria Rilke
in order to make of it a sacrificial offering for the soul,
since my soul would thoroughly dislike being served in such a fashion.
-Rainer Maria Rilke
The body consciousness is a patient servant
and can be in its large reserve of possibilities
a potent instrument in the individual life.
-Aurobindo Ghose
and can be in its large reserve of possibilities
a potent instrument in the individual life.
-Aurobindo Ghose
This human body
With which the Lord has bless you
Is a symbol of divine grace;
use it for true worship of the Lord
So that your karmas will be burned
And your soul will be make pure.
-Dayal Singh
With which the Lord has bless you
Is a symbol of divine grace;
use it for true worship of the Lord
So that your karmas will be burned
And your soul will be make pure.
-Dayal Singh
This body is not a home but an inn,
and that only briefly.
-Lucius Annaeus Seneca
In the retreat hut that is my own body
I sweep away the dirt.
-Shabkar
I sweep away the dirt.
-Shabkar
Your Abode is where the physical body exists not -
why are you then tied down to this body?
-Dayal Singh
why are you then tied down to this body?
-Dayal Singh
Nothing is revealed while the person
is still under the spell of the body.
-Zohar
is still under the spell of the body.
-Zohar
Cease being a prisoner of your body.
-Lahiri Charan Mahasaya
The original sin is 'I am this body.'
That is the cause of all problems.
So when you have a vehicle,
the vehicle is to take you to the destination,
but not to identify with it.
-Vishnudevananda
That is the cause of all problems.
So when you have a vehicle,
the vehicle is to take you to the destination,
but not to identify with it.
-Vishnudevananda
Contemplate the constituents of the body -
Muscles and blood and marrow and bones -
As radiantly dancing emptiness.
Tender One,
Practice this and be born
Into the steady light of being.
-Lorin Roche
Forget all of your ideas about the body -
It's this way or it's that way.
Just be with any area of it,
This present body
As permeated with limitless space,
Drenched in freedom.
-Lorin Roche
At death the net of the body is at last torn apart
Taking down the boundaries of one's retreat.
-Shabkar
Taking down the boundaries of one's retreat.
-Shabkar
Your body stands on its own
when it's up with the clouds.
-Hsu Yun
when it's up with the clouds.
-Hsu Yun
