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Religious Thought 290
“Oh my heart! The Supreme Spirit, the Great Master, is near you. Wake up! Wake up! Run to the feet of your Beloved, for your Lord is here. You have slept for untold ages, this morning will you not awake?”
- Kabir
- Kabir
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“A monk with a manifold joy, with faith in the Awakened One's teaching, would attain the good state, the peaceful state: stilling-of-fabrications ease. A young monk who strives in the Awakened One's teaching, brightens the world like the moon set free from a cloud.”
- Dhammapada, 25, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
- Dhammapada, 25, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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Religious Thought 289
“The head which cannot bow before the Feet of the Possessor Of eight infinite powers is like the senses lacking the power to perceive. The boundless ocean of births can be crossed, But not without intimate union with Infinity's Holy Feet.”
- Tirukkural 1:9-10
- Tirukkural 1:9-10
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“For whom, in name & form in every way, there's no sense of mine, & who doesn't grieve for what's not: he's deservedly called a monk.”
- Dhammapada, 25, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
- Dhammapada, 25, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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Religious Thought 288
“Without love in the heart, Life is like a sapless tree in a barren desert. What good is a body perfect in outer ways, If inwardly it is impaired by lack of love? With love enshrined in the heart, one lives. Without it, the body is but bone encased in skin.”
- Tirukkural 8:78-80
- Tirukkural 8:78-80
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“If you cling to an idea as the inalterable truth, then when the truth does come in person and knock at your door, you will not be able to open the door and accept it.”
- Udana Sutta
- Udana Sutta
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