Religious Thought

[bindujain]

इंसान असफल तब नहीं होता जब वह हार जाता है। असफल तब होता है जब वो ये सोच ले कि अब वो जीत नहीं सकता।

[aspundir]

Finding freedom in this life, The seeker takes nothing to heart, Neither duty nor desire. He has nothing to do But to live out his life. The master lives beyond the boundaries of desire. Delusion or the world, Meditation on the truth, Liberation itself-- What are they to him?

- Ashtavakra Gita 18: 13-14

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[aspundir]

He knows his former lives. He sees heavens and states of woe, has attained the ending of birth, is a sage who has mastered full-knowing, his mastery totally mastered: he's what I call a brahmin.

- Dhammapada 423, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

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[aspundir]

The Merciful is kind to those who are merciful. If you show compassion to your fellow creatures in this world, then those in heaven shall be compassionate toward you.

- Hadith The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as narrated by Abd'Allah bin Amr

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[aspundir]

Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his span of life?

- Matthew 6:26-27

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[aspundir]

Man was created so that he might lift up the heavens.

- Mendel of Kotzk

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[aspundir]

All those who take refuge in me, whatever their birth, race, sex, or caste, will attain the supreme goal; this realization can be attained even by those whom society scorns. Kings and sages too seek this goal with devotion. Therefore, having been born in this transient and forlorn world, give all your love to me.

- Bhagavad Gita

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[aspundir]

Subhuti asked: "You say, Honored One, that a follower of the way does not need to build up goodness and happiness. Why is that?" The Buddha replied: "Subhuti, a true follower will express goodness and happiness but will not be caught up in the concepts of goodness and happiness. Thats why I say that he does not need to build up goodness and happiness, which would only be concept traps, for goodness and happiness will be there without any idea of them."

- Diamond Sutra

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[aspundir]

The bottom of the river is full of jewels. Take heed! Do not make the water turbid. The spirit of man is like the air: when dust surrounds it the sky is veiled. Notwithstanding such a state of darkness, God made visions to help you find the road to redemption.

- Rumi

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[aspundir]

I believe very confidently in the truth of Scripture, where it says that there is no authority, no power given to man except as given by God.

- Steven Curtis Chapman