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Inspirational quotes from other religions/philosophies

Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 9:05 am
by Ceisiwr
I thought it would be good to share bits of buddhadhamma we have found in other religious teachings/philosophies

Christianity
James 1:27
New International Version (NIV)
27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

http://mobile.biblegateway.com/passage/ ... ersion=NIV

Stoicism


Epictetus:
"Man is disturbed not by things, but by the views he takes of them." (Ench. 5)
"Freedom is secured not by the fulfilling of men's desires, but by the removal of desire." (iv.1.175)

Marcus Aurelius:
"Get rid of the judgment, get rid of the 'I am hurt,' you are rid of the hurt itself." (viii.40)

Islam
“If anyone slays a person, it would be as if he slew the whole people: and if any one saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the whole people.”

Re: Inspirational quotes from other religions/philosophies

Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 1:58 am
by Thanavuddho
The authorities teach that next to the first emanation, which is the Son coming out of the Father, the angels are most like God. And it may well be true, for the soul at its highest is formed like God, but an angel gives a closer idea of Him. That is all an angel is: an idea of God

- Meister Eckhart

Re: Inspirational quotes from other religions/philosophies

Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 5:03 pm
by binocular
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

Matthew 15:14

Re: Inspirational quotes from other religions/philosophies

Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 5:39 pm
by Coyote
"Our life depends on the kind of thoughts we nurture. If our thoughts are peaceful, calm, meek, and kind, then that is what our life is like. If our attention is turned to the circumstances in which we live, we are drawn into a whirlpool of thoughts and can have neither peace nor tranquility.”
― Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica

Remember, never to fear the power of evil more than your trust in the power and love of God.
—Hermas