Religious Thought 070

I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life.

- Mahatma Gandhi

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A mantra is not like a prayer to a divine being. Rather, the mantra is the deity, is enlightenment, immediately manifest.

- Lorne Ladner, "Wheel of Great Compassion"

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All Muslims, pious or not, are bidden to listen to the recitation of the Qur'an. As God says, "When the Qur'an is recited, listen to it and be silent so that you might attain mercy."

- Al-Hujwiri, "The Kashf al-Mahjub"

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It's not about us...It's not about us being a part of a Christian bubble...It's about us being a part of the real world.

- Rob Bell

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Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is like expecting the bull not to charge you because you are a vegetarian.

- Rabbi Harold Kushner, "When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough," paraphrasing Rabbi Mordechai Kaplan

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होने तो चाहिए

*प्रेमी ने अपनी* प्रेमिका को एक चमकती हुई अंगूठी देते हुए पूछा- क्या तुम मुझसे शादी करोगी?

*प्रेमिका-* क्या इस अंगूठी में लगे हीरे असली हैं?

*प्रेमी-* होने तो चाहिए! फिर भी किसी को दिखा लेना, कहीं ऐसा न हो कि मेरा दस का नोट बेकार चला गया हो।

A self-taught painter, Jim Warren

 `A self-taught painter, Jim Warren `

  

You are about to experience a most unusual artist.  A self-taught painter, Jim Warren defies artistic category.  A Los Angeles newspaper described him as "somewhere between Dali and Rockwell".  Scroll down slowly and enjoy!!

BINACA GEET MALA...THE GOLDEN AGE OF MUSIC !

Award Winning Photos

P-p-penguin picks up a prize: Majestic birds swimming through icy waters in Antarctica wins coveted photography award

• Paul Nicklen's jaw-dropping picture of Emperor penguins darting through the Ross Sea winsVeolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year award
• Other magnificent images include an alligator with glowing orange eyes, an eagle hunting a fox and a polar bear stranded on an ice floe
• Shortlisted images on show at the Natural History Museum in London until March 2013

• The best wildlife photographers from around the world captured these incredible images of beasts and birds in their natural habitat - from Antarctica to Bedfordshire.

The astonishing selection of images of animals across the globe were shortlisted for the Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year award.

The winning shot was a beautiful snap of emperor penguins swimming through the icy waters of the Ross Sea in Antarctica. 

Emperors crowned: Paul Nicklen's incredible underwater photo of emperor penguins gliding beneath the icy sea won the Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year award

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