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Dhammapada
Chapter XIII: The World (171)
Come, look at this glittering world, like unto a royal chariot; the foolish are immersed in it, but the wise do not touch it.
The Alchemy of Happiness
The Knowledge of This World (11)
The world is like a table spread for successive relays of guests who come and go. There are gold and silver dishes, abundance of food and perfumes....
Katha Upanishad
Fourth Vallī (2)
Wise men only, knowing the nature of what is immortal, do not look for anything stable here among things unstable.'...
The Masnavi
The Building of the "Most Remote Temple" at Jerusalem (22-31)
Report to Bilqis what marvels ye have seen, And what plains of gold belong to Solomon; How ye beheld forty mansions faced with gold, And how ye were...
The Alchemy of Happiness
Concerning Self-Examination and the Recollection of God (16)
If thou dost not believe in heaven or hell, at any rate thou believest in death, which will snatch from thee all worldly delights and cause thee to fe...
Katha Upanishad
Second Vallī (6)
"This is the world," he thinks, "there is no other;"--thus he falls again and again under my sway.'...
The Masnavi
The Building of the "Most Remote Temple" at Jerusalem (112-121)
Arise! O Bilqis, at least behold The kingdom of the royal kings of the faith! In reality they are seated in the garden of the spirit, That spiritual...
Corpus Hermeticum
7. The Greatest Ill Among Men Is Ignorance of God (1)
Whither stumble ye, sots, who have sopped up the wine of ignorance and can so far not carry it that ye already even spew it forth? Stay ye, be sober,...
The Alchemy of Happiness
The Knowledge of This World (6)
The deceitful character of the world comes out in the following ways. In the first place, it pretends that it will always remain with you, while, as...
The Masnavi
Mahmud and Ayaz (continued) (104-113)
O prince, suppose your dominion extend from east to west, Yet, as it endures not, esteem it transitory as lightning Yea, O sleeping heart, know the...
Chapter 12: Of the Nativity and Proceeding forth or Descent of the Holy Angels, as also of their Government, Order, and Heavenly joyous Life. (160)
Therefore, O Child of Man! have a care, trust not too much upon worldly Wisdom, it is blind, and is born blind; but when the Flash of Life is generate...
The Masnavi
The Pauper and the Prisoners (45-54)
How can constancy fail while form abides? But the truth is, the sun's beams strike the wall, Why give your heart to mere stones, O simpleton? Go!...
Secret Teachings of All Ages
Rosicrucian Doctrines and Tenets (24)
Chapter XIV. Again we warn those who are dazzled by the glitter of gold or those who, now upright, might be turned by great riches to a life of...
Chaldean Oracles
Magical and Philosophical Precepts (147)
Stay not on the Precipice with the dross of Matter, for there is a place for thy Image in a realm ever splendid.
Chapter 10: Of the Sixth qualifying or fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. (121)
O Beauty, Pleasure, and Voluptuousness of this World! O Riches, and proud Statelyness! O Might and Power! Thy unrighteous Judgment and great Pomp,...
The Masnavi
The Building of the "Most Remote Temple" at Jerusalem (242-251)
Cleverness is as a wind raising storms of pride; Be foolish, so that your heart may be at peace; Not with the folly that doubles itself by vain...
Katha Upanishad
Second Vallī (5)
'Fools dwelling in darkness, wise in their own conceit, and puffed up with vain knowledge, go round and round, staggering to and fro, like blind men...
Katha Upanishad
Second Vallī (3)
Thou hast not gone into the road that leadeth to wealth, in which many men perish.'...
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 24: Of True Repentance: How the poor Sinner may come to God again in his Covenant, and how he may be released of his Sins. The Gate of the Justification of a poor Sinner before God. A clear Looking-Glass. (25)
And though in this World thou hast not great Honour, Power, and Riches, that is nothing; thou knowest not, whether Tomorrow will be the Day it will co...
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Book I: The First Day (4.8-4.9)
Be not fond of the dull white light of the devas. Be not attached [to it]; be not weak. If thou be attached to it, thou wilt wander into the abodes...
Mundaka Upanishad
First Mundaka, Second Khanda (8)
Fools dwelling in darkness, wise in their own conceit, and puffed up with vain knowledge, go round and round staggering to and fro, like blind men...
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