In order to think about God, you may compare him with other beings; but remember that he is incomparable. In this way you will live in the house of truth.
-Ibn Arabi, ?Fusus al-hikam?
From "366 Readings From Islam,"
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One of the most important responsibilities in the Christian life is to care about others, smile at them, and be a friend to the friendless.
-James Dobson
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Let all thoughts be thoughts of noble progress,
For then even failing cannot be called a failure.
-Tirukkural 596
Excerpted from the Tirukkural
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In the hour of a person's departure, neither silver nor gold nor precious stones nor pearls accompany them, but only Torah and good works.
- Pirkei Avot
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Enlightened by right views, we call forth the buddha within us.
When our nature is dominated by the poisonous elements
We are said to be possessed by Mara;
But when right views eliminate from our mind these poisonous elements
Mara will be transformed into a real buddha.
-The Sutra of Hui-Neng
From "Teachings of the Buddha,"
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What is impossible with men is possible with God.
-Luke 18:27 (Revised Standard Version)
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I am fulfilled.
The elements of nature,
The body and the senses,
What are they to me?
Or the mind?
What is emptiness or despair?
-Ashtavakra Gita 20:1
From "The Heart of Awareness
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Our religion has three elements: fear, love, and joy, by each of which one can draw near to God.
- Judah Halevi, Kuzari
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I am happy and content because I think I am.
-Alain-Rene Lesage
When our nature is dominated by the poisonous elements
We are said to be possessed by Mara;
But when right views eliminate from our mind these poisonous elements
Mara will be transformed into a real buddha.
-The Sutra of Hui-Neng
From "Teachings of the Buddha,"
***
What is impossible with men is possible with God.
-Luke 18:27 (Revised Standard Version)
***
I am fulfilled.
The elements of nature,
The body and the senses,
What are they to me?
Or the mind?
What is emptiness or despair?
-Ashtavakra Gita 20:1
From "The Heart of Awareness
***
Our religion has three elements: fear, love, and joy, by each of which one can draw near to God.
- Judah Halevi, Kuzari
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I am happy and content because I think I am.
-Alain-Rene Lesage
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Practice patience; it is the essence of praise.
Have patience, for that is true worship.
No other worship is worth as much.
Have patience; patience is the key to all relief.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
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Explaining many profound dharmas is easy; living them yourself is hard.
-Adept Godrakpa, "Hermit of Go Cliffs"
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There are ignorant people who speak flowery words and take delight in the letter of the law, saying there is nothing else. Their hearts are full of selfish desires, Arjuna. Their idea of heaven is their own enjoyment, and the aim of all their activities is pleasure and power. The fruit of their actions is continual rebirth. Those whose minds are swept away by the pursuit of pleasure and power are incapable of following the supreme goal and will not attain samadhi.
-Bhagavad Gita 2:42-44
Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita,
Have patience, for that is true worship.
No other worship is worth as much.
Have patience; patience is the key to all relief.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
***
Explaining many profound dharmas is easy; living them yourself is hard.
-Adept Godrakpa, "Hermit of Go Cliffs"
***
There are ignorant people who speak flowery words and take delight in the letter of the law, saying there is nothing else. Their hearts are full of selfish desires, Arjuna. Their idea of heaven is their own enjoyment, and the aim of all their activities is pleasure and power. The fruit of their actions is continual rebirth. Those whose minds are swept away by the pursuit of pleasure and power are incapable of following the supreme goal and will not attain samadhi.
-Bhagavad Gita 2:42-44
Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita,
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It is not a virtue to refrain from hurting others, but it is a virtue to bear a hurt patiently.
- Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Mibhar HaPeninim
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The days are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?
-Margaret Gatty
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It is good to control your words and thoughts. The seeker who is in control feels free and joyful. Listen to that seeker who guards his tongue and speaks wisely. Such a one is humble and does not exalt himself.
-Dhammapada
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God is the only one who can make the valley of trouble a door of hope.
-Catherine Marshall
***
Not allowing a day to pass without doing some good
is a boulder that will block your passage on the path to rebirth.
Only virtuous deeds abound in true joy.
All other deeds are empty and devoid of distinction.
-Tirukkural 4: 38-39
Excerpted from the Tirukkural
***
- Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Mibhar HaPeninim
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The days are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?
-Margaret Gatty
***
It is good to control your words and thoughts. The seeker who is in control feels free and joyful. Listen to that seeker who guards his tongue and speaks wisely. Such a one is humble and does not exalt himself.
-Dhammapada
***
God is the only one who can make the valley of trouble a door of hope.
-Catherine Marshall
***
Not allowing a day to pass without doing some good
is a boulder that will block your passage on the path to rebirth.
Only virtuous deeds abound in true joy.
All other deeds are empty and devoid of distinction.
-Tirukkural 4: 38-39
Excerpted from the Tirukkural
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Fear not tomorrow, for God is already there.
-Unknown
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As a great fish swims between the banks of a river as it likes, so does the shining Self move between the states of dreaming and waking.
-Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Excerpted from The Upanishads
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To work on oneself, to make clear that which confuses and depresses us, even if it entails the greatest pain--that is what is meant by being good.
- Rahel Levin Varnhagen, "Briefe," 1877
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-Unknown
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As a great fish swims between the banks of a river as it likes, so does the shining Self move between the states of dreaming and waking.
-Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Excerpted from The Upanishads
***
To work on oneself, to make clear that which confuses and depresses us, even if it entails the greatest pain--that is what is meant by being good.
- Rahel Levin Varnhagen, "Briefe," 1877
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I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.
-Anne Frank (submitted by Jillin2001)
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In the beginning mindfulness takes away worries and fears about past and future and keeps us anchored in the present. In the end it points to the right view of the self.
-Ayya Khema, "Be an Island"
Copyright Wisdom Publications 2001
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You know the value of prayer: it is precious beyond all price. Never, never neglect it.
-Sir Thomas Buxton
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Without inwardness there can be no external world, and without imagination there can be no reality.
- Franz Werfel, "Realism and Inwardness," 1930
-Anne Frank (submitted by Jillin2001)
***
In the beginning mindfulness takes away worries and fears about past and future and keeps us anchored in the present. In the end it points to the right view of the self.
-Ayya Khema, "Be an Island"
Copyright Wisdom Publications 2001
***
You know the value of prayer: it is precious beyond all price. Never, never neglect it.
-Sir Thomas Buxton
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Without inwardness there can be no external world, and without imagination there can be no reality.
- Franz Werfel, "Realism and Inwardness," 1930
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Those who truly know God worship Him with all their resolve; they concede to His ubiquitous bounty and obey all His commandments with the utmost fervor. As their adoration grows so does their obedience, since they are aware that this world is a madhouse and its inhabitants madmen wearing shackles of lust and chains of sin.
-Al-Hujwiri, "The Kashf al-Mahjub"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
***
If you wish to move in the One Way
do not dislike even the world of senses and ideas.
Indeed, to accept them fully
is identical with true Enlightenment.
The wise man strives to no goals
but the foolish man fetters himself.
There is one Dharma, not many;
distinctions arise
from the clinging needs of the ignorant.
To seek Mind with the [discriminating] mind
is the greatest of all mistakes.
-Seng-tsan, "Verses on the Faith Mind"
From "Teachings of the Buddha,"
***
God doesn't always smooth the path, but sometimes he puts springs in the wagon.
-Marshall Lucas
***
Every thought of God is prayer. Holy, true and honest purposes are prayer. Earnest thought, search without vanity is prayer.
- Rahel Levin Varnhagen, letter to Count Custine, 1817
Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc.
-Al-Hujwiri, "The Kashf al-Mahjub"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
***
If you wish to move in the One Way
do not dislike even the world of senses and ideas.
Indeed, to accept them fully
is identical with true Enlightenment.
The wise man strives to no goals
but the foolish man fetters himself.
There is one Dharma, not many;
distinctions arise
from the clinging needs of the ignorant.
To seek Mind with the [discriminating] mind
is the greatest of all mistakes.
-Seng-tsan, "Verses on the Faith Mind"
From "Teachings of the Buddha,"
***
God doesn't always smooth the path, but sometimes he puts springs in the wagon.
-Marshall Lucas
***
Every thought of God is prayer. Holy, true and honest purposes are prayer. Earnest thought, search without vanity is prayer.
- Rahel Levin Varnhagen, letter to Count Custine, 1817
Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc.
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A man cannot serve God and Mammon, nor be temperate and furious at the same time.
-Mohandas Gandhi
From "The Wisdom of Gandhi,"
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In separation from God you have become arrogant; pay heed before His scourge strikes you down. Do not exult because of your good fortune. Over and again God admonishes you with the examples of the transgressors before you. If you really want to enjoy the limitless bounty of Allah, surrender yourselves before His will and endure all afflictions with fortitude.
-Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani, "Fayuz E Yazdani"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
***
Not up in the air,
nor in the middle of the sea,
nor going into a cleft in the mountains
?nowhere on earth?
is a spot to be found
where you could stay & escape
your evil deed.
-Dhammapada, 9, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
***
Life is a lighthouse guiding those who are lost, true hope shines on, and even in blackest darkness cannot overcome the power of its light.
-Kim Miller
***
Virtuous conduct leads a man to eminent greatness,
Therefore, it should be guarded as more precious than life itself.
In your striving, be mindful to preserve good conduct.
In your deliberations, discover it is your staunchest ally.
-Tirukkural 14: 131-132
Excerpted from the Tirukkural
***
-Mohandas Gandhi
From "The Wisdom of Gandhi,"
***
In separation from God you have become arrogant; pay heed before His scourge strikes you down. Do not exult because of your good fortune. Over and again God admonishes you with the examples of the transgressors before you. If you really want to enjoy the limitless bounty of Allah, surrender yourselves before His will and endure all afflictions with fortitude.
-Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani, "Fayuz E Yazdani"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
***
Not up in the air,
nor in the middle of the sea,
nor going into a cleft in the mountains
?nowhere on earth?
is a spot to be found
where you could stay & escape
your evil deed.
-Dhammapada, 9, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
***
Life is a lighthouse guiding those who are lost, true hope shines on, and even in blackest darkness cannot overcome the power of its light.
-Kim Miller
***
Virtuous conduct leads a man to eminent greatness,
Therefore, it should be guarded as more precious than life itself.
In your striving, be mindful to preserve good conduct.
In your deliberations, discover it is your staunchest ally.
-Tirukkural 14: 131-132
Excerpted from the Tirukkural
***
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Every good deed will be repaid tenfold; but evil deeds will be repaid with evil. No one will be treated unjustly.
-Qur'an, Al-An'am, Surah 6:160
From "366 Readings From Islam
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Just as in the autumn a farmer, ploughing with a large plough cuts through all the spreading rootlets as he ploughs; in the same way, bhikkhus, the perceiving of impermanence, developed and frequently practiced, removes all sensual passion?removes and abolishes all conceit of ?I am?.
-Samyutta Nikaya
From "365 Buddha: Daily Meditations,"
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Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee; remove this cup from me; yet not what I will, but what thou wilt.
-Mark 14:36 (Revised Standard Version)
***
The body is confined
By its natural properties.
It comes,
It lingers awhile,
It goes.
But the Self neither comes nor goes.
So why grieve for the body?
-Ashtavakra Gita 15:9
From "The Heart of Awareness
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Sugar in the mouth won't help if you're bitter at heart.
- Yiddish proverb
-Qur'an, Al-An'am, Surah 6:160
From "366 Readings From Islam
***
Just as in the autumn a farmer, ploughing with a large plough cuts through all the spreading rootlets as he ploughs; in the same way, bhikkhus, the perceiving of impermanence, developed and frequently practiced, removes all sensual passion?removes and abolishes all conceit of ?I am?.
-Samyutta Nikaya
From "365 Buddha: Daily Meditations,"
***
Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee; remove this cup from me; yet not what I will, but what thou wilt.
-Mark 14:36 (Revised Standard Version)
***
The body is confined
By its natural properties.
It comes,
It lingers awhile,
It goes.
But the Self neither comes nor goes.
So why grieve for the body?
-Ashtavakra Gita 15:9
From "The Heart of Awareness
***
Sugar in the mouth won't help if you're bitter at heart.
- Yiddish proverb
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A man was rowing his boat upstream on a very misty morning. Suddenly, he saw another boat coming downstream, not trying to avoid him. It was coming straight at him. He shouted, 'Be careful! Be careful!' but the boat came right into him, and his boat was almost sunk. The man became very angry, and began to shout at the other person, to give him a piece of his mind. But when he looked closely, he saw that there was no one in the other boat. It turned out that the boat just got loose and went downstream. All his anger vanished, and he laughed and he laughed.
-Thich Nhat Nanh, "Being Peace"
-Thich Nhat Nanh, "Being Peace"
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Knowledge has two wings. Conjecture is one wing. Conjecture alone is lacking and cuts short the flight. The one-winged bird continues to struggle, hoping to reach the nest somehow with one wing. And then wisdom shows his shining face. Delivered from conjecture, the bird now spreads both wings (and soars once again).
-Rumi, "The Life and Thought of Rumi"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed. Copyright 1999
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Faith will become vision, hope will become possession, but the love of Jesus Christ that is stronger than death endures forever. In the end, it is the one thing you can hang onto.
-Brennan Manning, ?The Ragamuffin Gospel?
***
Just as material things are made of dust, so too are our perceptions and thoughts mere dust. Just as it takes only a moment to wipe the dust from the surface of a mirror, so it takes only a moment to become enlightened, the moment all defiled intentions are cleared from our consciousness, we will see ourselves in the mirror of perfect truth.
-Master Hsing Yun, "Describing the Indescribable"
Copyright Wisdom Publications 2001
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Use all your power to free the senses from attachment and aversion alike, and live in the full wisdom of the Self. Such a sage awakes to light in the night of all creatures. That which the world calls day is the night of ignorance to the wise.
-Bhagavad Gita 2:68-69
Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita
***
If one says, I'll sin again and repent again, he'll have no opportunity to repent.
- Mishna: Yoma
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Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid.
-Basil King
-Rumi, "The Life and Thought of Rumi"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed. Copyright 1999
***
Faith will become vision, hope will become possession, but the love of Jesus Christ that is stronger than death endures forever. In the end, it is the one thing you can hang onto.
-Brennan Manning, ?The Ragamuffin Gospel?
***
Just as material things are made of dust, so too are our perceptions and thoughts mere dust. Just as it takes only a moment to wipe the dust from the surface of a mirror, so it takes only a moment to become enlightened, the moment all defiled intentions are cleared from our consciousness, we will see ourselves in the mirror of perfect truth.
-Master Hsing Yun, "Describing the Indescribable"
Copyright Wisdom Publications 2001
***
Use all your power to free the senses from attachment and aversion alike, and live in the full wisdom of the Self. Such a sage awakes to light in the night of all creatures. That which the world calls day is the night of ignorance to the wise.
-Bhagavad Gita 2:68-69
Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita
***
If one says, I'll sin again and repent again, he'll have no opportunity to repent.
- Mishna: Yoma
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Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid.
-Basil King
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By the declining day, humankind is at a great disadvantage, save those who do good works, admonish one another to be forthright, and inspire each other to endure hardship.
-Qur'an, Al-'Asr, Surah 103:1-3
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
***
See it as a bubble,
See it as a mirage;
One who regards the world this way
the King of Death doesn't see.
Come, look at this world
all decked out
like a royal chariot,
where fools plunge in,
while those who know
don't cling.
-Dhammapada 13, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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When family life possesses love and virtue,
That is both its essence and fruition.
Among those who strive for liberation, the foremost are they
Who live the blessed state of family life as it should be lived.
-Tirukkural 5: 45, 47
Excerpted from the Tirukkural
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Who accepts affliction cheerfully brings salvation to the world.
- Joshua ben Levi, Talmud: Taanit, 8a
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-Qur'an, Al-'Asr, Surah 103:1-3
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
***
See it as a bubble,
See it as a mirage;
One who regards the world this way
the King of Death doesn't see.
Come, look at this world
all decked out
like a royal chariot,
where fools plunge in,
while those who know
don't cling.
-Dhammapada 13, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
***
When family life possesses love and virtue,
That is both its essence and fruition.
Among those who strive for liberation, the foremost are they
Who live the blessed state of family life as it should be lived.
-Tirukkural 5: 45, 47
Excerpted from the Tirukkural
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Who accepts affliction cheerfully brings salvation to the world.
- Joshua ben Levi, Talmud: Taanit, 8a
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Get up! Wake up! Seek the guidance of an
Illuminated teacher and realize the Self.
Sharp like a razor's edge, the sages say,
Is the path, difficult to traverse.
-Katha Upanishad
Excerpted from The Upanishads
***
It is vital that people "count their blessings":
to appreciate what they possess
without having to undergo
its actual loss.
- Abraham Maslow
***
The one who beholds that which has become as become
Passes beyond that becoming
And is released from craving for sensation.
In that which really is, he understands becoming.
Free from longing for birth or death,
He finds the true meaning of the end of becoming.
-Itivuttaka Sutta
From "The Pocket Buddha Reader
Illuminated teacher and realize the Self.
Sharp like a razor's edge, the sages say,
Is the path, difficult to traverse.
-Katha Upanishad
Excerpted from The Upanishads
***
It is vital that people "count their blessings":
to appreciate what they possess
without having to undergo
its actual loss.
- Abraham Maslow
***
The one who beholds that which has become as become
Passes beyond that becoming
And is released from craving for sensation.
In that which really is, he understands becoming.
Free from longing for birth or death,
He finds the true meaning of the end of becoming.
-Itivuttaka Sutta
From "The Pocket Buddha Reader
A good motivation is what is needed: compassion without dogmatism, without complicated philosophy; just understanding that others are human brothers and sisters and respecting their human rights and dignities. That we humans can help each other is one of our unique human capacities.
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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Gratitude for the abundance you have received is the best insurance that the abundance will continue.
-Prophet Muhammad
From 'Words of Gratitude
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Cultivate a thankful spirit! It will be to thee a perpetual feast.
-J.R. MacDuff
***
Let us rise up and be thankful,
for if we didn?t learn a lot today,
at least we learned a little,
and if we didn?t learn a little,
at least we didn?t get sick,
and if we got sick,
at least we didn?t die;
so, let us be thankful.
-The Buddha
From 'Words of Gratitude: For Mind, Body, and Soul'
***
You are the father of the universe, of the animate and the inanimate; you are the object of all worship, the greatest guru. There is none to equal you in the three worlds. Who can match your power? O gracious Lord, I prostrate myself before you and ask for your blessing. As a father forgives his son, or a friend a friend, or a lover his beloved, so should you forgive me.
-Bhagavad Gita 11:43-44
Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita
***
Forever on Thanksgiving Day
The heart will find the pathway home.
-Wilbur D. Nesbit
-Prophet Muhammad
From 'Words of Gratitude
***
Cultivate a thankful spirit! It will be to thee a perpetual feast.
-J.R. MacDuff
***
Let us rise up and be thankful,
for if we didn?t learn a lot today,
at least we learned a little,
and if we didn?t learn a little,
at least we didn?t get sick,
and if we got sick,
at least we didn?t die;
so, let us be thankful.
-The Buddha
From 'Words of Gratitude: For Mind, Body, and Soul'
***
You are the father of the universe, of the animate and the inanimate; you are the object of all worship, the greatest guru. There is none to equal you in the three worlds. Who can match your power? O gracious Lord, I prostrate myself before you and ask for your blessing. As a father forgives his son, or a friend a friend, or a lover his beloved, so should you forgive me.
-Bhagavad Gita 11:43-44
Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita
***
Forever on Thanksgiving Day
The heart will find the pathway home.
-Wilbur D. Nesbit
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We may make the plans, but it's God who has the last word.
-from a church sign
***
Now, there are many, many people in the world, but relatively few with whom we interact, and even fewer who cause us problems. So, when you come across such a chance for practicing patience and tolerance, you should treat it with gratitude. It is rare. Just as having unexpectedly found a treasure in your own house, you should be happy and grateful to your enemy for providing that precious opportunity.
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama
From "The Pocket Dalai Lama,"
***
It is better to see God in everything than to try and figure it out.
-Neem Karoli Baba
Reprinted with permission from "The Wisdom of the Hindu Gurus,"
***
Despise no man: many pearls are found in a poor man's tunic.
- Eliezer b. Isaac, Orhot Hayyim
-from a church sign
***
Now, there are many, many people in the world, but relatively few with whom we interact, and even fewer who cause us problems. So, when you come across such a chance for practicing patience and tolerance, you should treat it with gratitude. It is rare. Just as having unexpectedly found a treasure in your own house, you should be happy and grateful to your enemy for providing that precious opportunity.
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama
From "The Pocket Dalai Lama,"
***
It is better to see God in everything than to try and figure it out.
-Neem Karoli Baba
Reprinted with permission from "The Wisdom of the Hindu Gurus,"
***
Despise no man: many pearls are found in a poor man's tunic.
- Eliezer b. Isaac, Orhot Hayyim
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Whenever you are tempted by this world, picture a derelict covered with filth whose noxious odor is intolerable. Reviled you will shut your senses to the offensive sight. In the like manner, stay away from abomination of sin that may deface your purity. The Lord shall bless you with much bounty; therefore let not the cares of this world drive your peace away.
-Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani, "Fathul Ghaib"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed. Copyright 1999
***
Peace does not dwell in outward things, but in the heart prepared to wait trustfully and quietly on Him who has all things safely in His hands.
-Elisabeth Elliot
***
The good die young that they may not degenerate; the wicked live on that they may have a chance to repent, or to produce a virtuous progeny.
-Zohar, Genesis, 56b
***
Why would anyone speak cruel words,
Having observed the happiness that kind words confer?
To utter harsh words when sweet ones would serve
Is like eating unripe fruits when ripe ones are at hand.
-Tirukkural 10: 99-100
Excerpted from the Tirukkural
***
-Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani, "Fathul Ghaib"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed. Copyright 1999
***
Peace does not dwell in outward things, but in the heart prepared to wait trustfully and quietly on Him who has all things safely in His hands.
-Elisabeth Elliot
***
The good die young that they may not degenerate; the wicked live on that they may have a chance to repent, or to produce a virtuous progeny.
-Zohar, Genesis, 56b
***
Why would anyone speak cruel words,
Having observed the happiness that kind words confer?
To utter harsh words when sweet ones would serve
Is like eating unripe fruits when ripe ones are at hand.
-Tirukkural 10: 99-100
Excerpted from the Tirukkural
***
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Henri Nouwen:
Your body needs to be held and to hold, to be touched and to touch. None of these needs is to be despised, denied, or repressed. But you have to keep searching for your body's deeper need, the need for genuine love. Every time you are able to go beyond the body's superficial desires for love, you are bringing your body home and moving toward integration and unity.
Your body needs to be held and to hold, to be touched and to touch. None of these needs is to be despised, denied, or repressed. But you have to keep searching for your body's deeper need, the need for genuine love. Every time you are able to go beyond the body's superficial desires for love, you are bringing your body home and moving toward integration and unity.
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Follow thou the inspiration sent unto thee, and be patient and constant, till Allah do decide: for He is the best to decide.
-Qur'an, Yunus, Surah 10:109
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If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.
-Mark 8:34-35 (Revised Standard Version)
***
The teaching about the way things are is not a way to enlightenment for someone who is still filled with desires or who still longs to be this or that. But those who do understand it will become beings of distinction, dispersing all the forces of confusion.
-Sutta Nipata
From "The Pocket Buddha Reader,"
***
The body trembles,
The tongue falters,
The mind is weary.
Forsaking them all,
I pursue my purpose happily.
Knowing I do nothing,
I do whatever comes my way,
And I am happy.
-Ashtavakra Gita 13:2-3
From "The Heart of Awareness
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Words which come from the heart enter the heart.
- Moses Ibn Ezra, "Shirat Yisrael"
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If there is not joy in religion, you have got a leak in your religion.
-Billy Sunday
-Qur'an, Yunus, Surah 10:109
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If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.
-Mark 8:34-35 (Revised Standard Version)
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The teaching about the way things are is not a way to enlightenment for someone who is still filled with desires or who still longs to be this or that. But those who do understand it will become beings of distinction, dispersing all the forces of confusion.
-Sutta Nipata
From "The Pocket Buddha Reader,"
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The body trembles,
The tongue falters,
The mind is weary.
Forsaking them all,
I pursue my purpose happily.
Knowing I do nothing,
I do whatever comes my way,
And I am happy.
-Ashtavakra Gita 13:2-3
From "The Heart of Awareness
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Words which come from the heart enter the heart.
- Moses Ibn Ezra, "Shirat Yisrael"
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If there is not joy in religion, you have got a leak in your religion.
-Billy Sunday
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Guest
The stories of the prophets in the Qur'an sadden the soul within its prison. The captive soul seeks freedom from ignorance. Look to the prophets, those souls freed from bonds. Their voices call from within their religions, "This is the way! Escape! Escape! This is the way we escaped. There is no other way but our way."
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
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There simply is nothing to which we can attach ourselves, no matter how hard we try. In time, things will change and the conditions that produced our current desires will be gone. Why then cling to them now?
-Master Hsing Yun, "The Indescribable"
Copyright Wisdom Publications 2001
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What is action and what is inaction? This question has confused the greatest sages. I will give you the secret of the action, with which you can free yourself from bondage. The true nature of action is difficult to grasp. You must understand what is action and what is inaction, and what kind of action should be avoided.
The wise see that there is action in the midst of inaction and inaction in the midst of action. Their consciousness is unified, and every act is done with complete awareness.
-Bhagavad Gita 4:16-17
Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita
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Be not like those who honor their gods in prosperity and curse them in adverstiy. In pleasure or pain, give thanks!
- Mekhilta on Exodus 20.20
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Tell me, I'll forget. Show me, I may remember. But involve me, and I'll understand.
-Chinese Proverb
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
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There simply is nothing to which we can attach ourselves, no matter how hard we try. In time, things will change and the conditions that produced our current desires will be gone. Why then cling to them now?
-Master Hsing Yun, "The Indescribable"
Copyright Wisdom Publications 2001
***
What is action and what is inaction? This question has confused the greatest sages. I will give you the secret of the action, with which you can free yourself from bondage. The true nature of action is difficult to grasp. You must understand what is action and what is inaction, and what kind of action should be avoided.
The wise see that there is action in the midst of inaction and inaction in the midst of action. Their consciousness is unified, and every act is done with complete awareness.
-Bhagavad Gita 4:16-17
Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita
***
Be not like those who honor their gods in prosperity and curse them in adverstiy. In pleasure or pain, give thanks!
- Mekhilta on Exodus 20.20
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Tell me, I'll forget. Show me, I may remember. But involve me, and I'll understand.
-Chinese Proverb
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Guest
If you follow the greater majority on earth they would lead you astray. They follow nothing but the conjectures of others and mislead those who follow them. Your Lord knows best who stray from the path of Truth; He knows best who are rightly guided.
-Qur'an, Al-An'am, Surah 6:117-18
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
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How very happily we live,
free from busyness
among those who are busy.
Among busy people,
free from busyness we dwell.
-Dhammapada, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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God's mystery is the rich spectrum of color that is gathered together in the purity of the sun's white light.
-Eberhard Arnold
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Justice may be called good when it acts impartially
toward enemies, strangers and friends.
The wealth of those who possess justice will not perish;
rather it will be their posterity's soothing security.
-Tirukkural 12: 111-112
Excerpted from the Tirukkural
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Wealth is affliction disguised as a good.
- Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda
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It's easy to make a buck, but hard to make a difference.
-Tom Brokaw
-Qur'an, Al-An'am, Surah 6:117-18
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
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How very happily we live,
free from busyness
among those who are busy.
Among busy people,
free from busyness we dwell.
-Dhammapada, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
***
God's mystery is the rich spectrum of color that is gathered together in the purity of the sun's white light.
-Eberhard Arnold
***
Justice may be called good when it acts impartially
toward enemies, strangers and friends.
The wealth of those who possess justice will not perish;
rather it will be their posterity's soothing security.
-Tirukkural 12: 111-112
Excerpted from the Tirukkural
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Wealth is affliction disguised as a good.
- Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda
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It's easy to make a buck, but hard to make a difference.
-Tom Brokaw
A good motivation is what is needed: compassion without dogmatism, without complicated philosophy; just understanding that others are human brothers and sisters and respecting their human rights and dignities. That we humans can help each other is one of our unique human capacities.
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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Guest
Like the corn fields that yield before the ferocious winds, the believers endure trials with fortitude. The hypocrites like cypress trees stand arrogantly until they are knocked down.
-The Prophet Muhammad, as reported by Abu Hurairah
Hadith translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
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When all the myriad streams that flow in different places, each with its own color and taste, enter the great ocean, they blend and become just one taste, with one name. In the same way, stupidity and wisdom both become one in the awakened mind. When one first starts along the path, there seems to be a distinction that this is stupidity and that is wisdom. But later, when one penetrates more deeply, one finds there is no difference between stupidity and wisdom.
-Visuddhi Magga
From "The Pocket Buddha Reader,"
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In the depths of meditation, sages
Saw within themselves the Lord of Love,
Who dwells in the heart of every creature.
Deep in the hearts of all he dwells, hidden
Behind the gunas of law, energy,
And inertia. He is One. He it is
Who rules over time, space, and causality.
-Shvetashvatara Upanishad
Excerpted from The Upanishads
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-The Prophet Muhammad, as reported by Abu Hurairah
Hadith translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed
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When all the myriad streams that flow in different places, each with its own color and taste, enter the great ocean, they blend and become just one taste, with one name. In the same way, stupidity and wisdom both become one in the awakened mind. When one first starts along the path, there seems to be a distinction that this is stupidity and that is wisdom. But later, when one penetrates more deeply, one finds there is no difference between stupidity and wisdom.
-Visuddhi Magga
From "The Pocket Buddha Reader,"
***
In the depths of meditation, sages
Saw within themselves the Lord of Love,
Who dwells in the heart of every creature.
Deep in the hearts of all he dwells, hidden
Behind the gunas of law, energy,
And inertia. He is One. He it is
Who rules over time, space, and causality.
-Shvetashvatara Upanishad
Excerpted from The Upanishads
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Guest
When the heart is narrow, the tongue is wide.
- Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Mibhar HaPeninim
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When clutches of the "self" break away,
they clap their hands and break into dance
as their imperfections fade away.
The musicians within strike the tambourine,
and the seas burst into foam at their ecstasy.
-Rumi, "The Life and Thought of Rumi"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed.
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The impermanent has no reality; reality lies in the eternal. Those who have seen the boundary between these two have attained the end of all knowledge. Realize that which pervades the universe and is indestructible; no power can affect this unchanging, imperishable reality. The body is mortal, but he who dwells in the body is immortal and immeasurable.
-Bhagavad Gita 2: 16-18
Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita
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In prayer we open the gates...of our larger self...God comes in to us and claims his own.
- Rabbi Jacob J. Weinstein, "Gentle Rain Upon the Tender Grass," 1953
- Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Mibhar HaPeninim
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When clutches of the "self" break away,
they clap their hands and break into dance
as their imperfections fade away.
The musicians within strike the tambourine,
and the seas burst into foam at their ecstasy.
-Rumi, "The Life and Thought of Rumi"
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed.
***
The impermanent has no reality; reality lies in the eternal. Those who have seen the boundary between these two have attained the end of all knowledge. Realize that which pervades the universe and is indestructible; no power can affect this unchanging, imperishable reality. The body is mortal, but he who dwells in the body is immortal and immeasurable.
-Bhagavad Gita 2: 16-18
Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita
***
In prayer we open the gates...of our larger self...God comes in to us and claims his own.
- Rabbi Jacob J. Weinstein, "Gentle Rain Upon the Tender Grass," 1953
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Guest
Your own practice can show you the truth. Your own experience is all that counts.
-Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, "Mindfulness in Plain English"
Copyright Wisdom Publications 2001
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Finally Gabriel gave Muhammad these instructions: ?Do not become proud of your position. Do not become harsh towards those weaker than yourself. And always speak of God?s kindness to you.? And Muhammad obeyed these instructions diligently throughout his life.
-Ibn Isaq, "The Life of Muhammad"
From "366 Readings From Islam,"
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No worldly delight is comparable to the delight that will fill your heart when you completely abandon all hopes and desires.
-Maharamayana
Reprinted with permission from "The Wisdom of the Hindu Gurus,"
-Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, "Mindfulness in Plain English"
Copyright Wisdom Publications 2001
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Finally Gabriel gave Muhammad these instructions: ?Do not become proud of your position. Do not become harsh towards those weaker than yourself. And always speak of God?s kindness to you.? And Muhammad obeyed these instructions diligently throughout his life.
-Ibn Isaq, "The Life of Muhammad"
From "366 Readings From Islam,"
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No worldly delight is comparable to the delight that will fill your heart when you completely abandon all hopes and desires.
-Maharamayana
Reprinted with permission from "The Wisdom of the Hindu Gurus,"