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Passages similar to: The Masnavi — The Sage and the Peacock
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Sufi
The Masnavi
The Sage and the Peacock (1-10)
"There is no monkery in Islam." Tear not thy plumage off it cannot be replaced; Disfigure not thy face in wantonness, O fair one! That face which is bright as the forenoon sun, 'Twere paganism to mar such a face as thine! The moon itself would weep to lose sight of it! Knowest thou not the beauty of thine own face? Quit this temper that leads thee to war with thyself! It is the claws of thine own foolish thoughts Know such thoughts to be claws fraught with poison,
Buddhist
Chapter 8: The Perfect Contemplation (8)
The desires beget harm in this world and beyond: here, by bondage, slaughter, and loss of limb; beyond, in hell. That for the sake of which thou hast...
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