Mind reigns Supreme

Religion does not mean just precepts, a temple, monastery, or other external signs, for these as well as hearing and thinking are subsidiary factors in taming the mind.
When the mind becomes the practices, one is a practitioner of religion, and when the mind does not become the practices one is not.

- Dalai Lama, Deity Yoga

The Beginnings

This is about the middle of the twentieth century. I am the beard of an old gentleman of seventy. He is a good master. He is a very religious minded man and looks after me properly. When I appeared on his chin for the first time, he was only eighteen years old...

- Elsa Kazi

Civilization through the ages

1956