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Bhagavad Gita
Jnana Yoga (4.36)
Even shouldst thou be the most sinful of all the sinful, thou shalt verily cross all sin by the bark of wisdom.
Cloud of Unknowing
Chapter 33: That in this work a soul is cleansed both of his special sins and of the pain of them, and yet how there is no perfect rest in this life (3)
For an it so be that thou mayest have grace to destroy the pain of thine foredone special deeds, in the manner before said—or better if thou better ma...
The Masnavi
The Visions seen by the Saint Daquqi (71-80)
Criminals and sinners, even in the course of sinning, Their sins are veiled among the heart's secrets, Yet the criminal himself exposes them to view,...
The Path of Light
Chapter 7: The Perfect Strength (2)
It is well for thee to think fearfully of thyself here as of a living fish, much more so for the sinner to dread the fierce anguish of hell. Thou art...
The Masnavi
Moses and the Shepherd (31-40)
Thy own prayers are accepted only through mercy, If her prayers are made impure by the flow of blood, Blood is impure, yet its stain is removed by wat...
Divine Comedy
Paradiso: Canto VII (4)
The more conformed thereto, the more it pleases; For the blest ardour that irradiates all things In that most like itself is most vivacious. With all...
Corpus Hermeticum
7. The Greatest Ill Among Men Is Ignorance of God (2)
Be ye then not carried off by the fierce flood, but using the shore-current , ye who can, make for Salvation's port, and, harboring there, seek ye...
The Masnavi
The Elephant in a Dark Room (22-31)
When you pluck up your foot you escape from the mire, When you obtain salvation at God's hands, O wanderer, You are free from the mire, and go your...
Cloud of Unknowing
Chapter 12: That by virtue of this work sin is not only destroyed, but also virtues begotten (1)
For this is only by itself that work that destroyeth the ground and the root of sin. Fast thou never so much, wake thou never so long, rise thou never...
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 25: The Suffering, Dying, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ the Son of God: Also of his Ascension into Heaven, and sitting at the Right-hand of God his Father. The Gate of our Misery; and also the strong Gate of the Divine Power in his Love. (63)
Nay, we should not in Eternity have ever been able to come out of this Evil and Wickedness, if the Mercy of God (without our Knowledge or Desert) had ...
The Masnavi
The Sufi and the Qazi (44-53)
How could He say, 'O temperate or O meek one!' Or, 'O courageous one, or O wise one?' How could there be temperate, gentle, or liberal men If there...
The Masnavi
The Merchant and his Clever Parrot (12-21)
Whereas the saint is well-pleasing to God, But the sinner's hand is the hand of Satan and demons, If folly meets him, he takes it for wisdom; Yea,...
The Alchemy of Happiness
Concerning Self-Examination and the Recollection of God (3)
The saints have said, "Even suppose God should forgive thee, after a wasted life, thou wilt not attain to the ranks of the righteous and must deplore...
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Book II: The First Method of Closing the Womb-Door (30.7)
Whatever thou desirest will come to pass. Think not upon evil actions which might turn the course [of thy mind]. Remember thy [spiritual]...
Dhammapada
Chapter XVIII: Impurity (238)
Make thyself an island, work hard, be wise! When thy impurities are blown away, and thou art free from guilt, thou wilt not enter again into birth...
The Masnavi
How Adam was created out of a handful of earth brought by an Angel (50-58)
Yea, a hundred times as wicked as Thou sayest. But in mercy Thou veilest my sins, But, independently of my own works and warfare, Independently of my...
The Masnavi
'Ali's Forbearance (71-80)
If Thou findest fault with Thy slaves, Verily it is right in Thee, O Blessed One! If Thou shouldst call sun and moon obscure, If Thou shouldst call...
Cloud of Unknowing
Chapter 40: That in the time of this work a soul hath no special beholding to any vice in itself nor to any virtue in itself (4)
With this general knowing, that an thou haddest God, then shouldest thou lack sin: and mightest thou lack sin, then shouldest thou have God.
Dhammapada
Chapter XVIII: Impurity (236)
Make thyself an island, work hard, be wise! When thy impurities are blown away, and thou art free from guilt, thou wilt enter into the heavenly world...
Dhammapada
Chapter XVIII: Impurity (243)
O mendicants! throw off that taint, and become taintless!
The Masnavi
The Man who boasted that God did not punish him for his sins, and Jethro's answer to him (1-10)
"God has seen many faults done by me; Yea, how many sins and faults of mine has He seen, Nevertheless of His mercy He punishes me not." God Almighty...
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