Are you humbly grateful? Or grumbly hateful?
-Pastor Roland Smith
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Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope.
-Reinhold Niebuhr
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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
-Epictetus
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How very happily we live,
we who have nothing.
We will feed on rapture
like the Radiant gods.
-Dhammapada, 15, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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Faith is the foundation of all spiritual quest...the root of all teaching and practice...the channel for every benefit and blessing.
- Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
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Christian life consists of faith and charity.
-Martin Luther
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I say that if the sea were ink with which to write the words of my Lord, the sea would surely be consumed before his words were complete. Even if there were a second sea, it too would be consumed—and the task would still now be finished.
-Qur'an, Al-Kahf, Surah 18:109
From "366 Readings From Islam,"
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-Epictetus
***
How very happily we live,
we who have nothing.
We will feed on rapture
like the Radiant gods.
-Dhammapada, 15, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
***
Faith is the foundation of all spiritual quest...the root of all teaching and practice...the channel for every benefit and blessing.
- Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
***
Christian life consists of faith and charity.
-Martin Luther
***
I say that if the sea were ink with which to write the words of my Lord, the sea would surely be consumed before his words were complete. Even if there were a second sea, it too would be consumed—and the task would still now be finished.
-Qur'an, Al-Kahf, Surah 18:109
From "366 Readings From Islam,"
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In the ocean of being
There is only one.
There was and there will be
Only one.
You are already fulfilled.
How can you be bound or free?
Wherever you go,
Be happy.
-Ashtavakra Gita 15:18
From "The Heart of Awareness
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For those who are ready, the door
To the deathless state is open.
You that have ears, give up
The conditions that bind you, and enter in.
-Majjhima Nikaya
From "The Pocket Buddha Reader
***
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
-Matthew 5:3 (Revised Standard Version
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To show compassion to the wicked is to oppress the righteous; to pardon oppressors is to tyrannize the oppressed.
-Sadi, "Gulistan"
From "366 Readings From Islam,"
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There is only one.
There was and there will be
Only one.
You are already fulfilled.
How can you be bound or free?
Wherever you go,
Be happy.
-Ashtavakra Gita 15:18
From "The Heart of Awareness
***
For those who are ready, the door
To the deathless state is open.
You that have ears, give up
The conditions that bind you, and enter in.
-Majjhima Nikaya
From "The Pocket Buddha Reader
***
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
-Matthew 5:3 (Revised Standard Version
***
To show compassion to the wicked is to oppress the righteous; to pardon oppressors is to tyrannize the oppressed.
-Sadi, "Gulistan"
From "366 Readings From Islam,"
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Since you are not a prophet, follow the way taught by prophets. Since you are not a king, be a loyal subject to the king. Since you are not a captain, do not take the helm of the ship. Since you do not possess every skill, have partners in your business. Be as pliant as dough in the hands of others, that you may rise well.
-Rumi, "Masnavi"
From "366 Readings From Islam,"
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It is not in our power to explain either the prosperity of the wicked or the sufferings of the righteous.
- Pirkei Avot 4:15
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Those who live in accordance with these divine laws without complaining, firmly established in faith, are released from karma. Those who violate these laws, criticizing and complaining, are utterly deluded, and are the cause of their own suffering.
-Bhagavad Gita 3:31-32
Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita,
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By renouncing samsara, we renounce our habitual grasping, unhappy minds. And by renouncing samsara, we embrace our potential for enlightenment.
-Lama Zopa Rinpoche, "Transforming Problems Into Happiness"
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Heaven is a banquet, and life is a banquet too - even with a crust - where there is companionship.
-Dorothy Day
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The really happy man is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
-Anonymous
The Holy One hates him who says one thing in his mouth, and another in his heart.
- Babylonian Talmud, Pesachim 113b
-Rumi, "Masnavi"
From "366 Readings From Islam,"
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It is not in our power to explain either the prosperity of the wicked or the sufferings of the righteous.
- Pirkei Avot 4:15
***
Those who live in accordance with these divine laws without complaining, firmly established in faith, are released from karma. Those who violate these laws, criticizing and complaining, are utterly deluded, and are the cause of their own suffering.
-Bhagavad Gita 3:31-32
Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita,
***
By renouncing samsara, we renounce our habitual grasping, unhappy minds. And by renouncing samsara, we embrace our potential for enlightenment.
-Lama Zopa Rinpoche, "Transforming Problems Into Happiness"
***
Heaven is a banquet, and life is a banquet too - even with a crust - where there is companionship.
-Dorothy Day
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The really happy man is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
-Anonymous
The Holy One hates him who says one thing in his mouth, and another in his heart.
- Babylonian Talmud, Pesachim 113b
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There is a saying from Prophet Muhamamd which states that intention is more important than the action.sofiya wrote:"Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold -- but so does a hard-boiled egg."
Anonymous
MHI in his Farmans says: "What we create is best if it has the element of Faith, the element that Islam teaches you."
Anonymous wrote:There is a saying from Prophet Muhamamd which states that intention is more important than the action.sofiya wrote:"Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold -- but so does a hard-boiled egg."
Anonymous
MHI in his Farmans says: "What we create is best if it has the element of Faith, the element that Islam teaches you."
Read the quote again it says PEOPLE WILL JUDGE YOU .........
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Remember us for life, O King Who desires life, and inscribe us in the book of life, for Your sake, God of life.
- From the Amidah prayer for the High Holidays
***
Like a tortoise withdrawing five limbs into its shell, those who
Restrain the five senses in one life, will find safe shelter for seven.
-Tirukkural 13: 126
Excerpted from the Tirukkural
***
Faith in a prayer-hearing God will make a prayer-loving Christian.
-Andrew Murray
***
It's not good,
the doing of the deed
that, once it's done,
you regret,
whose result you reap crying,
your face in tears.
It's good,
the doing of the deed,
that, once it's done,
you don't regret,
whose result you reap gratified,
happy at heart.
-Dhammapada, 5, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
***
O you who believe! Fasting is ordained for you, as it was ordained for those before you, that you may attain piety. Fast a certain number of days, but those among you who are sick or traveling may fast the same number of days at a later time. But for those who are able to fast and do not, there is still redemption in the feeding of a needy person. However, for those who are given to increased virtue on their own accord, it is more valuable for them, though fasting is far better for you, if you only knew.
--Qur'an, Al-Baqara, Surah 2:183-84
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
- From the Amidah prayer for the High Holidays
***
Like a tortoise withdrawing five limbs into its shell, those who
Restrain the five senses in one life, will find safe shelter for seven.
-Tirukkural 13: 126
Excerpted from the Tirukkural
***
Faith in a prayer-hearing God will make a prayer-loving Christian.
-Andrew Murray
***
It's not good,
the doing of the deed
that, once it's done,
you regret,
whose result you reap crying,
your face in tears.
It's good,
the doing of the deed,
that, once it's done,
you don't regret,
whose result you reap gratified,
happy at heart.
-Dhammapada, 5, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
***
O you who believe! Fasting is ordained for you, as it was ordained for those before you, that you may attain piety. Fast a certain number of days, but those among you who are sick or traveling may fast the same number of days at a later time. But for those who are able to fast and do not, there is still redemption in the feeding of a needy person. However, for those who are given to increased virtue on their own accord, it is more valuable for them, though fasting is far better for you, if you only knew.
--Qur'an, Al-Baqara, Surah 2:183-84
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
The Buddha compared people to four kinds of clay vessels.
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One type of vessel has holes in the bottom. We can pour in as much water as we like and it runs right out. When this type of person hears the Dharma, it goes in one ear and out the other.
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The second type of vessel has cracks. Though we pour in the Dharma, it seeps out slowly until the vessel is empty again.
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The third vessel is full to the brim with stale water--views and opinions. One can't pour anything new in, everything is already known.
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The only useful vessel is the fourth, without holes or cracks and totally empty.
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One type of vessel has holes in the bottom. We can pour in as much water as we like and it runs right out. When this type of person hears the Dharma, it goes in one ear and out the other.
~~~
The second type of vessel has cracks. Though we pour in the Dharma, it seeps out slowly until the vessel is empty again.
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The third vessel is full to the brim with stale water--views and opinions. One can't pour anything new in, everything is already known.
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The only useful vessel is the fourth, without holes or cracks and totally empty.
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The month of Ramadan is the one in which the Quran was sent down, a guidance for mankind, clear proofs for the guidance, the Criterion; so whoever amongst you witnesses this month, let him fast it.
-Surah al-Baqarah 2:185
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Learn to look with an equal eye upon all things, seeing the one Self in all.
-Srimad Bhagavatam
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-Surah al-Baqarah 2:185
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Learn to look with an equal eye upon all things, seeing the one Self in all.
-Srimad Bhagavatam
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When my Beloved appears,
By Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi
(1165 - 1240)
English version by Reynold A. Nicholson
When my Beloved appears,
With what eye do I see Him?
With His eye, not with mine,
For none sees Him except Himself.
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Whoever finds love
By Jelaluddin Rumi
(1207 - 1273)
English version by Coleman Barks
Whoever finds love
beneath hurt and grief
disappears into emptiness
with a thousand new disguises
***
Too often we see the Bible through whatever lens we get from our culture.
-Brian McLaren
***
Humble yourself here, and you won't be humbled hereafter.
- Ben Zoma
***
A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world: everyone you meet is your mirror.
-Ken Keyes Jr.
***
One who wouldn't--
not for his own sake
nor that of another--
hanker for
wealth,
a son,
a kingdom,
his own fulfillment,
by unrighteous means:
he is righteous, rich
in virtue,
discernment.
-Dhammapada, 6, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
***
Pleasant words fall from the lips of virtuous men,
Full of tenderness and free from deceit.
Better than a gift given with a joyous heart
Are sweet words spoken with a cheerful smile.
-Tirukkural 10: 91-92
***
By Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi
(1165 - 1240)
English version by Reynold A. Nicholson
When my Beloved appears,
With what eye do I see Him?
With His eye, not with mine,
For none sees Him except Himself.
***
Whoever finds love
By Jelaluddin Rumi
(1207 - 1273)
English version by Coleman Barks
Whoever finds love
beneath hurt and grief
disappears into emptiness
with a thousand new disguises
***
Too often we see the Bible through whatever lens we get from our culture.
-Brian McLaren
***
Humble yourself here, and you won't be humbled hereafter.
- Ben Zoma
***
A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world: everyone you meet is your mirror.
-Ken Keyes Jr.
***
One who wouldn't--
not for his own sake
nor that of another--
hanker for
wealth,
a son,
a kingdom,
his own fulfillment,
by unrighteous means:
he is righteous, rich
in virtue,
discernment.
-Dhammapada, 6, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
***
Pleasant words fall from the lips of virtuous men,
Full of tenderness and free from deceit.
Better than a gift given with a joyous heart
Are sweet words spoken with a cheerful smile.
-Tirukkural 10: 91-92
***
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There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.
- Elie Wiesel
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Lord, have mercy on our souls and allow us to follow Your commandments. O Most Compassionate One, do not allow our hearts to err after being guided aright.
-From the prayer book "Al-Hizbul-A'zam"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
***
Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.
-Corrie ten Boom
***
Someone's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.
-Les Brown
***
One encounter with Jesus Christ is enough to change you, instantly, forever.
-Luis Palau
***
Dissolving the mind,
Or the highest meditation,
The world and all its works,
Life or death,
What are they to me?
I sit in my own radiance.
Why talk of wisdom,
The three ends of life,
Or oneness?
Why talk of these!
Now I live in my heart.
-Ashtavakra Gita 19:7-8
***
- Elie Wiesel
***
Lord, have mercy on our souls and allow us to follow Your commandments. O Most Compassionate One, do not allow our hearts to err after being guided aright.
-From the prayer book "Al-Hizbul-A'zam"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
***
Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.
-Corrie ten Boom
***
Someone's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.
-Les Brown
***
One encounter with Jesus Christ is enough to change you, instantly, forever.
-Luis Palau
***
Dissolving the mind,
Or the highest meditation,
The world and all its works,
Life or death,
What are they to me?
I sit in my own radiance.
Why talk of wisdom,
The three ends of life,
Or oneness?
Why talk of these!
Now I live in my heart.
-Ashtavakra Gita 19:7-8
***
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Your power comes from the power of God,
not from the veins or the beating heart.
The power of the saints comes from God,
not from feasts and trays of provisions.
They were created from the light
that transcends the angel and the Spirit alike.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
***
Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
- Benjamin Disraeli
***
Kindness makes a fellow feel good, whether it?s being done to him or by him.
-Frank A. Clark
***
Everything is as it is. It has no name other than the name we give it. It is we who call it something; we give it a value. We say this thing is good or it's bad, but in itself, the thing is only as it is. It's not absolute; it's just as it is. People are just as they are.
-Ajahn Sumedho, "The Mind and the Way"
Copyright Wisdom Publications 2001
***
Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still.
-E.M. Bounds
***
Selfish desire is found in the senses, mind, and intellect, misleading them and burying the understanding in delusion. Fight with all your strength, Arjuna! Controlling your senses, conquer your enemy, the destroyer of knowledge and realization.
-Bhagavad Gita 3:40-41
Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita
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not from the veins or the beating heart.
The power of the saints comes from God,
not from feasts and trays of provisions.
They were created from the light
that transcends the angel and the Spirit alike.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
***
Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
- Benjamin Disraeli
***
Kindness makes a fellow feel good, whether it?s being done to him or by him.
-Frank A. Clark
***
Everything is as it is. It has no name other than the name we give it. It is we who call it something; we give it a value. We say this thing is good or it's bad, but in itself, the thing is only as it is. It's not absolute; it's just as it is. People are just as they are.
-Ajahn Sumedho, "The Mind and the Way"
Copyright Wisdom Publications 2001
***
Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still.
-E.M. Bounds
***
Selfish desire is found in the senses, mind, and intellect, misleading them and burying the understanding in delusion. Fight with all your strength, Arjuna! Controlling your senses, conquer your enemy, the destroyer of knowledge and realization.
-Bhagavad Gita 3:40-41
Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita
***
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There [in Heaven] they shall hear no vain discourse, nor any prevarication. All this will be a splendid reward from your Lord, the Sovereign of the heavens and the earth and all that lies between, the Beneficent with whom no one shall have the power to converse. On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand according to their ranks, they shall not be able to utter a word, save those who receive consent of the Merciful and declare what is right.
-Qur'an, An-Nab, 78:35-38
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed.
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Repentance means that the sinner forsake his sins, cast them out of his mind, and resolve in his heart to sin no more.
- Maimonides, "Yad: Teshuba," 1180
***
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new landscapes but in having new eyes.
-Marcel Proust
***
Delightful wilds
where crowds don't delight,
those free from passion delight,
for they're not searching
for sensual pleasures.
-Dhammapada 7, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
***
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
-Helen Keller
***
-Qur'an, An-Nab, 78:35-38
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed.
***
Repentance means that the sinner forsake his sins, cast them out of his mind, and resolve in his heart to sin no more.
- Maimonides, "Yad: Teshuba," 1180
***
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new landscapes but in having new eyes.
-Marcel Proust
***
Delightful wilds
where crowds don't delight,
those free from passion delight,
for they're not searching
for sensual pleasures.
-Dhammapada 7, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
***
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
-Helen Keller
***
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I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.
-Mother Teresa
***
Do not disparage men who appear small, for there are those,
Seemingly insignificant, who are like the linchpin of a mighty chariot.
-Tirukkural 67:667
***
If your mind becomes firm like a rock
And no longer shakes
In a world where everything is shaking,
Your mind will be your greatest friend
And suffering will not come your way.
-Theragatha
From "The Pocket Buddha Reader
***
Know God and all fetters will fall away.
No longer identifying yourself
With the body, go beyond birth and death.
All your desires will be fulfilled in him
Who is One without a second.
Know him to be enshrined in your heart
always.
Truly there is nothing more in life to know.
Meditate and realize this world
Is filled with the presence of God.
-Shvetashvatara Upanishad
From The Upanishads
***
-Mother Teresa
***
Do not disparage men who appear small, for there are those,
Seemingly insignificant, who are like the linchpin of a mighty chariot.
-Tirukkural 67:667
***
If your mind becomes firm like a rock
And no longer shakes
In a world where everything is shaking,
Your mind will be your greatest friend
And suffering will not come your way.
-Theragatha
From "The Pocket Buddha Reader
***
Know God and all fetters will fall away.
No longer identifying yourself
With the body, go beyond birth and death.
All your desires will be fulfilled in him
Who is One without a second.
Know him to be enshrined in your heart
always.
Truly there is nothing more in life to know.
Meditate and realize this world
Is filled with the presence of God.
-Shvetashvatara Upanishad
From The Upanishads
***
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Imaam Ja`faru-s-Saadiq said, "Allah is very forgiving. Allah says, whatever trouble, problem, or crisis you confront with in your daily life, is always because of your deeds, or actions and Allah always intends to forgive your sins. If someone has even minor pain in head or mild sickness, Allah forgives some sin against such trouble's. So trouble, problem, or crisis are blessing in disguise for Mu'mineen."
Usul al-Kafi Vol. 4
Usul al-Kafi Vol. 4
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You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
-James D. Miles
***
No one can know what secret inner ripening can come from suffering and sorrow. All we know is that every individual?s life is priceless - that each is dear to God.
-Christoph Probst
***
To atone is to be at one with God, to sink self into the not-self, to achieve a mystic unity with the source of being, wiping out all error and finding peace in self-submergence.
- Isaac Goldberg, "The Wonder of Words"
***
When the ocean of Mercy begins to foam,
even stones drink the water of life.
The face of earth becomes lush green,
the dead wood springs to life,
the lamb and the wolf together play,
the despairing becomes valiant and strong.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
***
For one who is in the habit of constantly honoring and respecting the elders, four blessings increase?age, beauty, bliss, and strength.
-Dhammapada 109
From "365 Buddha: Daily Meditations,"
-James D. Miles
***
No one can know what secret inner ripening can come from suffering and sorrow. All we know is that every individual?s life is priceless - that each is dear to God.
-Christoph Probst
***
To atone is to be at one with God, to sink self into the not-self, to achieve a mystic unity with the source of being, wiping out all error and finding peace in self-submergence.
- Isaac Goldberg, "The Wonder of Words"
***
When the ocean of Mercy begins to foam,
even stones drink the water of life.
The face of earth becomes lush green,
the dead wood springs to life,
the lamb and the wolf together play,
the despairing becomes valiant and strong.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
***
For one who is in the habit of constantly honoring and respecting the elders, four blessings increase?age, beauty, bliss, and strength.
-Dhammapada 109
From "365 Buddha: Daily Meditations,"
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Prayer does not fit us for the greater work, prayer is the greater work.
-Oswald Chambers
***
I have learned through bitter experience the one supreme lesson: to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can move the world.
-Mahatma Gandhi
***
Both renunciation of action and the selfless performance of action lead to the supreme goal. But the path of action is better than renunciation.
-Bhagavad Gita 5:2
Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita,
***
My peace, my brothers, is in solitude,
because my beloved is with me.
His love is my test among the mortal beings....
Zeal for His union has healed my soul.
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
-Oswald Chambers
***
I have learned through bitter experience the one supreme lesson: to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can move the world.
-Mahatma Gandhi
***
Both renunciation of action and the selfless performance of action lead to the supreme goal. But the path of action is better than renunciation.
-Bhagavad Gita 5:2
Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita,
***
My peace, my brothers, is in solitude,
because my beloved is with me.
His love is my test among the mortal beings....
Zeal for His union has healed my soul.
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
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To the heavens be peace, to the sky and the earth,
to the waters be peace, to plants and all trees,
to the Gods be peace, to Brahman be peace,
to all men be peace, again and again
--peace be also to me!
-Atharva Veda
From "Teachings of the Hindu Mystics,
***
"Our Lord is He Who gave to each (created) thing its form and nature, and further, gave (it) guidance."
-Qur'an, Ta Ha, Surah 20:50
***
God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.
-John Piper
***
Prayer does half, repentance does all.
- Joshua b. Levi, Leviticus Rabbah
***
Believe those who seek the truth; doubt those who find it.
-Andre Gide
***
From striving comes wisdom;
from not, wisdom's end.
Knowing these two courses
--to development
decline--
conduct yourself
so that wisdom will grow.
-Dhammapada, 20, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
to the waters be peace, to plants and all trees,
to the Gods be peace, to Brahman be peace,
to all men be peace, again and again
--peace be also to me!
-Atharva Veda
From "Teachings of the Hindu Mystics,
***
"Our Lord is He Who gave to each (created) thing its form and nature, and further, gave (it) guidance."
-Qur'an, Ta Ha, Surah 20:50
***
God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.
-John Piper
***
Prayer does half, repentance does all.
- Joshua b. Levi, Leviticus Rabbah
***
Believe those who seek the truth; doubt those who find it.
-Andre Gide
***
From striving comes wisdom;
from not, wisdom's end.
Knowing these two courses
--to development
decline--
conduct yourself
so that wisdom will grow.
-Dhammapada, 20, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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- Posts: 75
- Joined: Mon Oct 10, 2005 2:54 pm
The intelligent man's way is the way of the heart, because the heart is not interested in words; it is interested only in the juice that comes in the containers of the words. It does not collect containers, it simply drinks the juice and throws away the container. The mind does just the opposite: it throws away the juice and collects the containers. Containers look beautiful, and a great collection of containers makes a man a great intellectual giant.
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However prosperous it may seem, all wealth gained
By loss of rightness must be relinquished that very day.
-Tirukkural 113
Excerpted from the Tirukkural
***
Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.
-Elizabeth Bibesco
***
By remembering the insecurity which his or her own people experienced, the Jew should adopt a more generous and understanding attitude towards other peoples whose lives and destinies are still as insecure as the sukkah.
- Rabbi Abraham Dubin
***
Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.
-Sam Ewing
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That people are unknowing does not mean that they are unknowing like cows or goats. Even ignorant people look for a pathway to reality. But, searching for it, they often misunderstand what they encounter. They pursue names and categories instead of going beyond that name to that which is real.
-Digha Nikaya
From "The Pocket Buddha Reader,"
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No man can use his Bible with power unless he has the character of Jesus in his heart.
-Alan Redpath
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Feeble with age,
Still he is filled with desire,
When without doubt he knows
That lust is the enemy of awareness.
Indeed how strange!
-Ashtavakra Gita 3:7
From "The Heart of Awareness:
By loss of rightness must be relinquished that very day.
-Tirukkural 113
Excerpted from the Tirukkural
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Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.
-Elizabeth Bibesco
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By remembering the insecurity which his or her own people experienced, the Jew should adopt a more generous and understanding attitude towards other peoples whose lives and destinies are still as insecure as the sukkah.
- Rabbi Abraham Dubin
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Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.
-Sam Ewing
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That people are unknowing does not mean that they are unknowing like cows or goats. Even ignorant people look for a pathway to reality. But, searching for it, they often misunderstand what they encounter. They pursue names and categories instead of going beyond that name to that which is real.
-Digha Nikaya
From "The Pocket Buddha Reader,"
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No man can use his Bible with power unless he has the character of Jesus in his heart.
-Alan Redpath
***
Feeble with age,
Still he is filled with desire,
When without doubt he knows
That lust is the enemy of awareness.
Indeed how strange!
-Ashtavakra Gita 3:7
From "The Heart of Awareness:
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With the divine solace "Be not afraid" all fear of oceans or waves or foam should be gone. Rejoice in Him and nothing else. He is the spring; everything else is desolate ice.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
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When the heart grieves over what it has lost, the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
-Sufi epigram
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If we divide into two camps--even into violent and the nonviolent--and stand in one camp while attacking the other, the world will never have peace. We will always blame and condemn those we feel are responsible for wars and social injustice, without recognizing the degree of violence within ourselves. We must work on ourselves and also with those we condemn if we want to have a real impact.
-Ayya Khema, "Be An Island"
Copyright Wisdom Publications 2001
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Giving simply because it is right to give, without thought of return, at a proper time, in proper circumstances, and to a worthy person, is sattvic giving. Giving with regrets or in the expectation of receiving some favor or of getting something in return is rajasic. Giving at an inappropriate time, in inappropriate circumstances, and to an unworthy person, without affection or respect, is tamasic.
-Bhagavad Gita 17:20-22
Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita
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The only way to pass any test is to take the test.
-Anonymous
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
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When the heart grieves over what it has lost, the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
-Sufi epigram
***
If we divide into two camps--even into violent and the nonviolent--and stand in one camp while attacking the other, the world will never have peace. We will always blame and condemn those we feel are responsible for wars and social injustice, without recognizing the degree of violence within ourselves. We must work on ourselves and also with those we condemn if we want to have a real impact.
-Ayya Khema, "Be An Island"
Copyright Wisdom Publications 2001
***
Giving simply because it is right to give, without thought of return, at a proper time, in proper circumstances, and to a worthy person, is sattvic giving. Giving with regrets or in the expectation of receiving some favor or of getting something in return is rajasic. Giving at an inappropriate time, in inappropriate circumstances, and to an unworthy person, without affection or respect, is tamasic.
-Bhagavad Gita 17:20-22
Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita
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The only way to pass any test is to take the test.
-Anonymous
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Blessings hemmed with praise will not unravel.
-Anonymous
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Don't ever--regardless--
be conjoined with what's dear
or undear.
It's painful
not to see what's dear
or to see what's not.
So don't make anything dear,
for it's dreadful to be far
from what's dear.
No bonds are found
for those for whom
there's neither dear
nor undear.
-Dhammapada, 16, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
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Dread hatred from within and defend yourself against it.
In calamitous times it will cut deeper than a potter's knife.
-Tirukkural 89: 883
Excerpted from the Tirukkural
-Anonymous
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Don't ever--regardless--
be conjoined with what's dear
or undear.
It's painful
not to see what's dear
or to see what's not.
So don't make anything dear,
for it's dreadful to be far
from what's dear.
No bonds are found
for those for whom
there's neither dear
nor undear.
-Dhammapada, 16, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
***
Dread hatred from within and defend yourself against it.
In calamitous times it will cut deeper than a potter's knife.
-Tirukkural 89: 883
Excerpted from the Tirukkural
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Give up what appears to be doubtful for what is certain. Truth brings peace of mind, and deception doubt.
-The Prophet Muhammad, as reported by Hasan bin 'Ali
Hadith translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
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The more you prepare, the luckier you appear.
-Terry Josephson
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When tranquility is developed, what purpose does it serve? The mind is developed. And when the mind is developed, what purpose does it serve? Passion is abandoned.
When insight is developed, what purpose does it serve? Discernment is developed. And when discernment is developed, what purpose does it serve? Ignorance is abandoned.
-Anguttara Nikaya
From "The Pocket Buddha Reader,
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May we harness body and mind to see
The Lord of Life, who dwells in everyone.
May we ever with one-pointed mind
Strive for blissful union with the Lord.
May we train our senses to serve the Lord
Through the practice of meditation.
Great is the glory of the Lord of Life,
Infinite, omnipresent, all-knowing.
He is known by the wise who meditate
And conserve their vital energy.
-Shvetashvatara Upanishad
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-The Prophet Muhammad, as reported by Hasan bin 'Ali
Hadith translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
***
The more you prepare, the luckier you appear.
-Terry Josephson
***
When tranquility is developed, what purpose does it serve? The mind is developed. And when the mind is developed, what purpose does it serve? Passion is abandoned.
When insight is developed, what purpose does it serve? Discernment is developed. And when discernment is developed, what purpose does it serve? Ignorance is abandoned.
-Anguttara Nikaya
From "The Pocket Buddha Reader,
***
May we harness body and mind to see
The Lord of Life, who dwells in everyone.
May we ever with one-pointed mind
Strive for blissful union with the Lord.
May we train our senses to serve the Lord
Through the practice of meditation.
Great is the glory of the Lord of Life,
Infinite, omnipresent, all-knowing.
He is known by the wise who meditate
And conserve their vital energy.
-Shvetashvatara Upanishad
***
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The rejoicing that a person experiences in performing a commandment and in loving G-d as He commanded is of great importance in worshipping the Lord, and whoever holds himself back from this rejoicing deserves retribution.
- Maimonides, Hilkhot Shofar Sukkah ve-Lulav 8.14-15
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I do not understand the mystery of grace--only that it meets us where we are, but does not leave us where it found us.
-Anne LaMott
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The falcon made the king's hand his joy, and because indifferent to the search for carrion. All animals from the gnat to the elephant are of the family of God and depend on Him for sustenance. What a sustainer is God!
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
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Greed, I say, is a great flood; it is a whirlpool sucking one down, a constant yearning, seeking a hold, continually in movement; difficult to cross is the morass of sensual desire. A sage does not deviate from truth, a brahmana stands on firm ground; renouncing all, he is truly called 'calmed.'
-Sutta Nipata
From "365 Buddha:
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I am easily attained by the person who always remembers me and is attached to nothing else. Such a person is a true yogi, Arjuna. Great souls make their lives perfect and discover me; they are freed from mortality and the suffering of this separate existence. Every creature in the universe is subject to rebirth, Arjuna, except the one who is united with me.
-Bhagavad Gita 8:14-16
Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita,
- Maimonides, Hilkhot Shofar Sukkah ve-Lulav 8.14-15
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I do not understand the mystery of grace--only that it meets us where we are, but does not leave us where it found us.
-Anne LaMott
***
The falcon made the king's hand his joy, and because indifferent to the search for carrion. All animals from the gnat to the elephant are of the family of God and depend on Him for sustenance. What a sustainer is God!
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
***
Greed, I say, is a great flood; it is a whirlpool sucking one down, a constant yearning, seeking a hold, continually in movement; difficult to cross is the morass of sensual desire. A sage does not deviate from truth, a brahmana stands on firm ground; renouncing all, he is truly called 'calmed.'
-Sutta Nipata
From "365 Buddha:
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I am easily attained by the person who always remembers me and is attached to nothing else. Such a person is a true yogi, Arjuna. Great souls make their lives perfect and discover me; they are freed from mortality and the suffering of this separate existence. Every creature in the universe is subject to rebirth, Arjuna, except the one who is united with me.
-Bhagavad Gita 8:14-16
Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita,
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God is the important fact, and Christ the moving force...I asked for strength and forgiveness and the air began to clear, and I could act again, but not in my own strength.
-Jane Tyson Clement
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The booth is designed to teach us not to put our trust in the size or strength or improvements of a house, nor in the help of any man, even the lord of hte land, but in the Creator, for He alone is mighty, His promises alone are sure.
- Isaac Aboab, Menorah HaMaor
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How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
-William Shakespeare
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You will not be able to give anyone happiness by means of your wealth, so do it by means of a cheerful countenance and good humor.
-The Prophet Muhammad in Qushayri: al-Risalat al-Qushayriyya
From "The Wisdom of Sufism,"
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By charity, goodness, restraint, and self-control men and woman alike can store up a well-hidden treasure -- a treasure which cannot be given to others and which robbers cannot steal. A wise person should do good -- that is the treasure which will not leave one.
-"Khuddhaka Patha"
From "Teachings of the Buddha,"
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Liberation cannot be achieved except through perceiving the identity of the individual spirit with the Universal Spirit. Atman and Brahman are identical. Their essence is pure Consciousness.
-Sankara
Reprinted with permission from "The Wisdom of the Hindu Gurus,"
-Jane Tyson Clement
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The booth is designed to teach us not to put our trust in the size or strength or improvements of a house, nor in the help of any man, even the lord of hte land, but in the Creator, for He alone is mighty, His promises alone are sure.
- Isaac Aboab, Menorah HaMaor
***
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
-William Shakespeare
***
You will not be able to give anyone happiness by means of your wealth, so do it by means of a cheerful countenance and good humor.
-The Prophet Muhammad in Qushayri: al-Risalat al-Qushayriyya
From "The Wisdom of Sufism,"
***
By charity, goodness, restraint, and self-control men and woman alike can store up a well-hidden treasure -- a treasure which cannot be given to others and which robbers cannot steal. A wise person should do good -- that is the treasure which will not leave one.
-"Khuddhaka Patha"
From "Teachings of the Buddha,"
***
Liberation cannot be achieved except through perceiving the identity of the individual spirit with the Universal Spirit. Atman and Brahman are identical. Their essence is pure Consciousness.
-Sankara
Reprinted with permission from "The Wisdom of the Hindu Gurus,"
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