Anagarika Govinda Quotes

United States, Founder
May 17, 1898 – January, 14, 1985.

Anagarika Govinda (born Ernst Lothar Hoffmann) was the founder of the order of the Arya Maitreya Mandala and an expositor of Tibetan Buddhism, Abhidharma, and Buddhist meditation as well as other aspects of Buddhism. He was also a painter and poet.

Also known as Buddhist

The feeling of awe and sense of wonder arises from the recognition of the deep mystery that surrounds us everywhere, and this feeling deepens as our knowledge grows.

Anagarika Govinda
The greatest artist is one who expresses what is felt by everybody.

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- Artist
- Felt
- Expresses

To see the greatness of a mountain, one must keep one's distance.

Anagarika Govinda
Every individual has the potentiality to become enlightened in the course of this life or later existences.

Anagarika Govinda
Do not keep what you have selfishly bottled up; pour it out, share it with the world.

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- Share
- Keep
- Bottled
The forces which move the cosmos are not different from those which move the human soul.

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- Soul
- Move
- Forces
The faculty of continual transformation... is a profound expression of the dynamic character of the mind.

Anagarika Govinda
Religion without art is a dead system of dogmas which have no effect on life.

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- Art
- Religion
- Dogmas

Our real nature is not our imaginary, limited ego. Our true nature is vast, all-comprehensive, and intangible as empty space.

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- Nature
- Space
- Ego
Surely it is the right wish that draws us to the right place. Nothing of importance happens accidentally in our life.

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