Rudolf Otto Quotes

Every year we go to Shirali, which is between Murudeshwar and Bhatkal. We have our roots there. The most special part of the trip is visiting the Shri Chitrapur Math.

The centuries-old history and culture of India, majestic architectural monuments and museums of Delhi, Agra and Mumbai have a unique attractive force.

We all came to see that site. We all walked around it. It is already sacred.

In the middle ages people were tourists because of their religion, whereas now they are tourists because tourism is their religion.

In the spring of 1968, The Beatles and I were invited by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to travel to Riskikesh, India. Riskikesh has been an important spiritual place to many millions of people over the years. It is situated where the Ganges River flows out of the Himalayas, and to be in that atmosphere was something incredibly special.

We also shot at a location that was an Aboriginal sacred ground for the shots coming up the cliff.

For me, going to Minneapolis is like going to Mecca.

My temples are only in India. When I am in India, I go to the religious ceremonies.

People have crossed the Himalayas in flip-flops seeking a blessing from the Dalai Lama.

In every religion I can think of, there exists some variation on the theme of abandoning the settled life and walking one's way to godliness. The Hindu sadhu, the pilgrims of Compostela walking past their sins, the circumambulators of the Buddhist kora, the haj.

In my own spiritual journey, I became a swami on the Hindu path of Bhakti. In the Hindu tradition, a swami is a monk who forgoes regular family life for the purpose of making the whole world his family and channels his full energy into spiritual practice, devotion to God and service to humanity.

I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos.

I might be an actor professionally, but as a person I should know what our rituals, religion or our history is. Kumbh Mela really helps you in this.

For me, India symbolises a big fire and a big river.

When I was young, we didn't celebrate February 14. For us, Valentine's Day meant Saraswati Puja. And just a single day in a year can't be Valentine's Day.

For centuries, Tamil Nadu is a holy land of many religious scholars and saints who preached good things.

Mathura station must be developed in such a way that it reflects birthplace of Lord Krishna.

Kumbh Mela is the best way to get an insight of our culture.

The Holy Land... What an experience. I will never forget this day.

Jerusalem is a port city on the shore of eternity.

If you go to Florence, it has all surface beauty, but like Venice, it's simply a museum of Renaissance times. Los Angeles is raw, uncouth and bizarre, but it's a place of substance. It has more new horizons than any other place.

What a country chooses to save is what a country chooses to say about itself.

I remember in my very first fitting, costume designer Patricia Norris gave me a garment with these intricate stitches - stitches over stitches, because it had been repaired so many times. Once I put it on, she told me that it belonged to an actual slave woman. My heart just stopped. Each one of the stitches had a story, you know. Just recognizing this period I was going to be dancing with was a "come to Jesus" moment.

If history is really relevant in today's world, the proposition doesn't command much respect. Perhaps the past is a different country, but if so no one much wants to travel there.

Paris is the fountain-head of European civilisation, as Gomukhi is of the Ganga.