Sunday, June 29, 2014

Sunday


May generosity triumph over stinginess, may love triumph over hatred, and may truth triumph over falsehood.

Yasna 60:5 Adapted
Zoroastrianism

The Great Being saith: O well-beloved ones! The tabernacle of unity hath been raised; regard ye not one another as strangers. Ye are the fruits of one tree, and leaves of one branch. We cherish the hope that the light of justice may shine upon the world and sanctify it from tyranny.

Gleanings from the writings of Bahá'u'lláh 112
Bahá'í 

Lo! Those who believe, and those who are Jews and Sabaeans and Christians -- Whosoever believeth in Allah and the Last Day and doeth right - there shall be no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve
.


The Meaning of the Glorious Qu'ran 5:69
Islam

I call him Brahman who is tolerant with the intolerant, mild with the fault-finders, and free from anger among the angry.


Dhammapada 26:406 Adapted
Buddhism

I think of prayer as communing with the holy, that which is transcendental, the power of life, the consciousness of the divine, the Ground of Being or perhaps the source of love. I do not commune with God in order to seek divine favor or to engage in religious flattery that people call praise. I commune to discover God within me and to be more open to that presence. I do not separate prayer from life. I do not think prayer is something I do, so much as it is something I am.



– John Shelby Spong

I look upon all creatures equally: none are less dear to me and none more dear. But those who worship me with love live in me and I come to life in them.

Bragavad Gita 9:29
Hinduism

Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other. By myself I have sworn, from my mouth has gone forth in righteousness a word that shall not return: To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

Isaiah 45:22-23
Judaism & Christianity

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God.


Matthew 5:9
Christianity

The man who is not hostile amongst the hostile, who is peaceful amongst the violent, not seizing upon anything amongst those that seize upon everything, him I call wise.

Sutta Nipata 630 Adapted
Buddhism

1 comment:

Fearsome Beard said...

Beautiful words. True meaning. Thank you.