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
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It is not proper to watch other people. This will not help your practice. If you are annoyed, watch the annoyance in your own mind. If others' discipline is bad or they are not good monks, this is not for you to judge. You will not discover widsom watching others. Monks' discipline is a tool to use for your own meditation. It is not a weapon to use to criticize or find fault. No one can do your practice for you, nor can you do practice for anyone else. Just be mindful of your own doings. This is the way to practice.
- Ajahn Chah, "Bodhinyana"
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Those who steadily seek absolution shall find that the Lord eases their way out of every difficulty, providing for them from unimaginable bounty.
- Hadith The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by AbdAllah ibn Abbas
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We cannot grasp the true meaning of the divine holiness by thinking of someone or something very pure and then raising the concept to the highest degree we are capable of. Gods holiness is not simply the best we know infinitely bettered. We know nothing like the divine holiness. It stands apart, unique, unapproachable, incomprehensible, and unattainable. The natural man is blind to it. He may fear Gods power and admire His wisdom, but His holiness he cannot even imagine.
- A. W. Tozer
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Man, a miniature world, in whom there is the completion of the cosmic order, and its beauty, glory, and perfection.
- Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda, Hovot HaLevavot
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