Quotes About Mara

What happens if you need a diplomat who can also practice philosophy fight with a lightsaber and levitate small objects Who else are you going to call but us Mara

I have a Jedi Council to put together. I thought you might help me. We get to spend the day gossiping about our colleagues and calling it work I'm willing. Luke Mara

Mara and his daughters are familiar to anyone who practises meditation; the revelation of dark repressed fears, barely remembered fragments of memory, doubts, erotic fantasy and foremost, the desire to get back to familiar ground.

Beaches and romantic comedies are not my thing. I'm a workaholic.

With her first Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,' Rooney Mara gave fashion fans a new Gothic-chic muse.

Where did you learn that smile? Have you been practicing in front of a holo of Han Solo? Mara to Luke

Classy.' Mara shines the flashlight on my chest as she climbs into the beached boat and sits across from me. 'It was either this ["Bass Man" sweatshirt] or "Master Baiter". Or freezing to death.

I went camping in the Maasai Mara and we moved site every night. I had no idea how spectacular it would be, how removed from ordinary life, or how many animals we would see.

WÅ'aÅ›nie nasi najbli?si najchÄ™tniej kwestionujÄ… nasze zalety. Jest to reguÅ'a powszechna, nie uniknÄ…Å' jej nawet Budda. Najzacieklej wystÄ™powaÅ' przeciwko niemu jeden z jego kuzynów, dopiero zaÅ› pó?niej Mara, diabeÅ'.

Deathless" (amata) is another word for abundant life. If we think of M?ra as death (the words amata and m?ra are both rooted in the Vedic m = death), then to no longer be constrained by his armies is to be freed to live fully. Gotama does not think of the deathless as immortality—as the term is understood in Brahmanism—but as the positive absence of reactivity.

Treat your anger with the utmost respect and tenderness, for it is no other than yourself. Do not suppress it—simply be aware of it. Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed. When you are aware that you are angry, your anger is transformed. If you destroy anger, you destroy the Buddha, for Buddha and Mara are of the same essence. Mindfully dealing with anger is like taking the hand of a little brother.

Mara personifies the inner hindrances to the practice, the opposite of the Buddha nature in each person.

He risked a glance at the aft-vision display. The other fighter was coming up fast, with no more than a minute or two separating the two ships. Obviously, the pilot had far more experience with the craft than Luke had. That, or else such a fierce determination to recapture Luke that it completely overrode normal commonsense caution. Either way, it meant Mara Jade.

This was the New Jedi Order, and he and Mara were walking together in as perfect a harmony with each other and with the Force as he could ever expect. The Force will be with you always Mara, he murmured in her ear. And so will I.

It's sort of like coming home … only it isn't. I've never really stood here and just looked at the city like this. The Emperor... I don't think he ever saw the Imperial City as people and lights. - Mara Jade

Jorge was an up-and-comer in the cartel's newest ally, Mara Salvatrucha, the brutal Hispanic gang otherwise known as MS-13.

They stood in reverential quiet, as they did most visits, but Mara heard Lillian whisper a fragment of an Emily Dickinson poem: From Cocoon forth a Butterfly As Lady from her Door Mara

Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups.

Evil is personified in Mara, the Buddhist Devil, who represents temptation, sin, and death.

There is a deep truth in this conception of Mara as Varsavarti. It means that the selfishness of man is Satan and the actual satisfaction of selfishness is Hell.

Klesha mara is characterized by strong emotions. Instead of letting feelings be, we weave them into a story line, which gives rise to even bigger emotions.

On Dantooine, when Mara made me stop using the Force like a crutch, I had a lot of time to think about things. I realized I was using the force too much. Uncle Luke uses it like an advisor, or sometimes a power source. Others use it like a vibroblade, some like an opinion poll, and others yet like a whole variety of tools. I thought all about that, and I guess I chose to follow in Uncle Luke's footsteps." -Anakin

It's okay, Mara," said Dr. Cross, leaning in close. "Corporations want a society where people have access to the best services. That's how we provide customer service and remain profitable so we can continue to expand and develop. You won't need your braces anymore.