![The Ṛṣis are …. above all those who are ever involved in movement: firstly, the inner movement of self-transformation through tapas, and secondly, the external movement of causing change, growth and increase in creation. The Ṛṣi traditions revolve around the complementary cycles of asceticism and creation; when one such cycle ends, the next begins, and the Ṛṣis are thus constantly building up and discharging their inner creative energy which is itself the energy and nature of Brahman.
(Mitchiner, Traditions of the Seven Ṛṣis [Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1982], 313)](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyd5z6fEyi1r4indvo1_1280.jpg)
The Ṛṣis are …. above all those who are ever involved in movement: firstly, the inner movement of self-transformation through tapas, and secondly, the external movement of causing change, growth and increase in creation. The Ṛṣi traditions revolve around the complementary cycles of asceticism and creation; when one such cycle ends, the next begins, and the Ṛṣis are thus constantly building up and discharging their inner creative energy which is itself the energy and nature of Brahman.
(Mitchiner, Traditions of the Seven Ṛṣis [Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1982], 313)
