24,457
edits
Nicholas Roerich: Difference between revisions
no edit summary
PeterDuffy (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
PeterDuffy (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| Line 96: | Line 96: | ||
<!--T:33--> | <!--T:33--> | ||
<blockquote>He was a great patriot and he loved his Motherland, yet he belonged to the entire world and the whole world was his field of activity. Every race of men was to him a brotherly race, every country a place of special interest and of special significance. Every religion was a path to the Ultimate and to him life meant the great gates leading into the Future.... Every effort of his was directed towards the realisation of the Beautiful and his thoughts found a masterful embodiment in his paintings, writings and public life.... | <blockquote> | ||
He was a great patriot and he loved his Motherland, yet he belonged to the entire world and the whole world was his field of activity. Every race of men was to him a brotherly race, every country a place of special interest and of special significance. Every religion was a path to the Ultimate and to him life meant the great gates leading into the Future.... Every effort of his was directed towards the realisation of the Beautiful and his thoughts found a masterful embodiment in his paintings, writings and public life.... | |||
<!--T:34--> | <!--T:34--> | ||
Through all his paintings and writings runs the continuous thread of a great message—the message of the Teacher calling to the disciples to awaken and strive towards a new life, a better life, a life of beauty and fulfillment.<ref>Svetoslav Roerich, “My Father,” in ''Nicholas Roerich'' (New York: Nicholas Roerich Museum, 1974), p. 15.</ref></blockquote> | Through all his paintings and writings runs the continuous thread of a great message—the message of the Teacher calling to the disciples to awaken and strive towards a new life, a better life, a life of beauty and fulfillment.<ref>Svetoslav Roerich, “My Father,” in ''Nicholas Roerich'' (New York: Nicholas Roerich Museum, 1974), p. 15.</ref> | ||
</blockquote> | |||
== His service as an ascended master == <!--T:35--> | == His service as an ascended master == <!--T:35--> | ||