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2 years ago  ::  Oct 28, 2011 - 1:42PM #1
Lilwabbit
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Dear All,

Welcome to your favorite verses thread! This thread is for anyone of any faith to share their personally most gripping verses from their respective holy scriptures (or from each other's). The verses can be short, or they can be long. They can deal with sublime spiritual themes or more practical and moral matters. Please share whatever has greatly touched you of late, or in the past. The only rule is: one passage or verse per post. The only exception to this rule is this opening post (self-indulgent, I know!) where I shall share a few personal favorites from several different faiths. Just to offer an example.

With kind regards,

LilWabbit

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Hinduism:

"He who sees the same Lord everywhere does not harm himself and others." (Krishna, Bhagavad Gita 13:28)


Judaism:


"Love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." (Moses, Deuteronomy 6:5)


Buddhism:


"Not by hate is hate defeated; hate is quenched by love. This is the eternal law." (Buddha, Dhammapada 5)


Christianity:


"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." (Jesus, Matt. 5:8)


Islam:


"Wherever you turn, the face of God is before you." (Muhammad, Qur'án 2:115)


The Bahá'í Faith:


"All things have I willed for thee, and thee too, for thine own sake." (Bahá'u'lláh, Lawh-i-Maqsúd, vse 2)

"All things have I willed for you, and you too, for your own sake."
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2 years ago  ::  Oct 28, 2011 - 1:54PM #2
allthegoodnamesweretaken
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Hovamol



53. A little sand | has a little sea,
And small are the minds of men;
Though all men are not | equal in wisdom,
Yet half-wise only are all.

Yesterday, in America, 100 million gun owners did nothing.
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2 years ago  ::  Oct 28, 2011 - 2:59PM #3
wohali
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"Don't let yesterday use-up too much of today"


Cherokee adage
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2 years ago  ::  Oct 28, 2011 - 6:10PM #4
G.flower
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Look to this day!
For it is life, the very life of life.
In its brief course lie all the verities
and realities of your existence:
The bliss of growth
The glory of action
The splendor of achievement,
For yesterday is but a dream
And tomorrow is only a vision,
But today well lived makes every yesterday
a dream of happiness
And tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this day!
Such is the salutation to the dawn.

Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones. Marcus Aurelius
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2 years ago  ::  Oct 28, 2011 - 11:58PM #5
williejhonlo
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For one who sees me everywhere and sees everything in me, I am never lost, nor is he ever lost to me.


Bhagavid-gita, 6:29
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2 years ago  ::  Oct 29, 2011 - 12:59PM #6
Lilwabbit
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Sikhism:


ਜੇ ਕੋ ਆਖੈ ਬੋਲੁਵਿਗਾੜੁ ॥ 


If anyone presumes to describe God,


ਤਾ ਲਿਖੀਐ ਸਿਰਿ ਗਾਵਾਰਾ ਗਾਵਾਰੁ ॥੨੬॥ 


he shall be known as the greatest fool of fools!


(Guru Nanak, Guru Granth Sahib, 26)


 

"All things have I willed for you, and you too, for your own sake."
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2 years ago  ::  Oct 29, 2011 - 6:58PM #7
G.flower
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
Marcus Aurelius


Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones. Marcus Aurelius
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2 years ago  ::  Oct 30, 2011 - 8:36AM #8
Jm8
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yo vA etad akSaram gArgy aviditvA 'smAl lokAt praiti sa kRpano
'tha etad akSaram gArgi viditvA 'smAl lokAt praiti sa brAhmaNaH

O Gargi, he who leaves this world without learning about akSara (the infallible Supreme Lord) is a krpana (miser). Brahmana is one who learns about the Supreme. (Brhad-aranyaka Upanisad 3.8.10)

Hare Krsna
Your servant, bh. Jan

www.vrindavan-dham.com
www.veda.harekrsna.cz

jIve dayA nAme ruci vaiSNava sevana
IhA chArA dharma nAhi zuna sanAtana

"Hear, Sanatana! Kindness to all living beings, taste for the holy name, and service to Vaisnavas - apart from these there is no other dharma." (attributed to Lord Caitanya, often quoted or alluded to by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, e.g. in Caitanya Bhagavata Adi Khanda 1.1 purport)
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2 years ago  ::  Oct 31, 2011 - 3:04PM #9
wohali
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"Don't believe evrything you believe"


Anon
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2 years ago  ::  Oct 31, 2011 - 3:50PM #10
allthegoodnamesweretaken
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"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana"



--Groucho Marx

Yesterday, in America, 100 million gun owners did nothing.
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