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.

14th Dalai Lama

from the book Deity Yoga: In Action and Performance Tantra

translated by Jeffrey Hopkins


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