If your religion has no founder, you can quote a prominent religious figure...
2007-06-05 06:58:37 · 23 answers · asked by Shinkirou Hasukage 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
My tastes vary with time but at the moment I like this one;
"I have Three Treasures;
Guard them and keep them safe:
the first is Love.
The second is, Never too much.
The third is, Never be the first in the world.
Through Love, one has no fear;
Through not doing too much, one has amplitude
(of reserve power);
Through not presuming to be the first in the world,
One can develop ones talent and let it mature."
From the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tsu
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2007-06-06 11:20:21 · answer #1 · answered by Wood Uncut 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"each and every little thing is impermanent" "suffering comes from choose" those 2 costs, that are definitely the two portion of the 4 Noble Truths, can help a lot in having a sparkling & actual ideas. each and every little thing will at last substitute, there are no longer any exceptions. for the duration of the passage of time, all that now could be will at some point no longer be. in step with risk the "element" will nevertheless exist (say a development) even even though it fairly is merely no longer the comparable because it as quickly as replaced into. (paint diminished/got here off, partitions crack, ect.). This certainty facilitates in cases that are puzzling to journey, for the journey won't final continuously, the situation WILL substitute. As for the suffering comes from choose quote, if it hasn't already been found out, the certainty in it will be printed as quickly because it fairly is meditated upon. For all suffering comes from some form of choose, the want for some thing to take place or to quit happening. If the will weren't modern-day, the suffering does no longer be so "sufferable". this is merely a pair that are nicely prevalent to Buddhists, that i think of each and every physique might desire to comprehend. To all of us this is unaware, it fairly is available to be a Christian Buddhist, in case you disagree, then you incredibly of course don't have even a rudimentary awareness of what Buddhism includes. I merely had to place that for the duration of. thank you for making me think of & remember some issues that I hadn't meditated in awhile. i desire you have an incredible week!
2016-10-06 22:22:01 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not a founder , but a respected spirit guide
Silver Birch
If you knock on a door and it does not open, do not push. If you push the door gently and it opens, that is for you. You cannot go through a closed door. Too many people in your world waste time and effort banging at closed doors.
2007-06-05 07:03:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
As heathenry is an ethnic folk religion, there is no "founder" per se . . . but our most respected text, the Havamal, has a stanza I really like:
"77. Cattle die, kinsmen die,
And so one dies one's self;
But a noble name will never die,
If good reknown one gets.
78. Cattle die, kinsmen die,
And so one dies one's self;
One thing I know that never dies,
The fame of a dead man's deeds."
That's pretty much our whole folkway in a nutshell.
2007-06-05 07:49:13 · answer #4 · answered by Boar's Heart 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Qur'an, but the 112th surah is the 1 I really like:
“Al-Ikhlâs/At-Tauhîd – The Absoluteness” – (Makki – 112th Surah)
Total Verses: 4
بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allahi alrrahmani alrraheemi
(I) In the Name of Allâh WHO is Most Loving and Most Merciful
قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ
1. Qul huwa Allahu ahadun
Say, HE is Allâh Alone.
اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ
2. Allahu alssamadu
Allâh is Self-Sufficient (does not need anyone) and all are in need of HIM (Allâh-us-Samad).
لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ
3. Lam yalid walam yooladu
Neither HE has any children nor is HE child of anyone.
وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ
4. Walam yakun lahu kufuwan ahadun
And no one is equal to HIM.
2007-06-05 07:06:32 · answer #5 · answered by سيف الله بطل جهاد 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Buddhism sets great store by the inward journey.
This simple little Zen poem always stills my mind when it is restless.
Sitting quietly, doing nothing,
Spring comes,
And the grass grows by itself.
Jon C
2007-06-05 07:40:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
John 4
23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
2007-06-05 07:06:34 · answer #7 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
St. Matthew 22:37 Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. 38 This is the greatest and the first commandment. 39 And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 40 On these two commandments dependeth the whole law and the prophets.
2007-06-05 08:23:26 · answer #8 · answered by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
this isn't my favorite but one of them---i saw the first answer and it made me think of it---
Religion is the opium of the masses. - what Karl Marx said
...but OPIUM is the religion of the masses. - what Hamza Yusuf says in response to Karl Marx's quote
ppl use whatever it is to get them high and make them 'feel good' -- they are hedonistic - they don't want to face reality
I prefer Hamza Yusuf's idea.......I believe he was quoting somebody else...
2007-06-05 07:39:00 · answer #9 · answered by Sassafrass 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Aquire Knowledge. It enables its possesor to distinquish right from wrong. It lights the way to heaven. It is our friend in the desert, our society in solitude, our compassion when friendless. It guides us to happiness. It sustains us in misery. It is an ornament amoung friends and an armor against enemies". Mohammad (PBUH)
2007-06-05 07:51:09 · answer #10 · answered by Ming Merc 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋