Pure Land Teachings

Famous quotes containing the words pure, land and/or teachings:

    “We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry and lifeless science, or sink into that of sensation. Between these extremes is the equator of life, of thought, or spirit, or poetry,—a narrow belt.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.”
    —Bible: Hebrew Exodus 20:12, one of the Ten Commandments.

    “We denote this primary wisdom as Intuition, whilst all later teachings are tuitions.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)