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Dhammapada
Chapter XX: The Way (286)
'Here I shall dwell in the rain, here in winter and summer,' thus the fool meditates, and does not think of his death.
Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (13)
And he crowns himself with ignorance, and takes his seat upon a throne of nescience. For while he is without reason, he leads only himself astray, for...
The Masnavi
The Three Fishes (11-19)
He wanders into the boundless desert, Sometimes halting and despairing, sometimes running. He has no lamp wherewith to light himself on his way, He...
The Path of Light
Chapter 8: The Perfect Contemplation (4)
The mortal who thinks of his gains or his honours or the favour of many men will be afraid of death when it falls upon him. Whatsoever it be in which...
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 Path of Light
Chapter 8: The Perfect Contemplation (2)
If he share in the life of the foolish, a man assuredly goes to hell; if he share it not, he wins hatred; what profits it to have commerce with the...
The Path of Light
Chapter 8: The Perfect Contemplation (7)
It is well for a man to depart to the forest ere the four bearers carry him away amidst the laments of his folk. Free from commerce and hindrance,...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka II, Khanda 4 (2)
He does not die in water , nay, he is rich in water who knowing this meditates on the fivefold Sâman as all waters.
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka II, Khanda 5 (2)
The seasons belong to him, nay, he is always in season (successful) who knowing this meditates on the fivefold Sâman as the seasons.
Bhagavad Gita
Daivāsura Sampad Vibhāga Yoga (16.13)
This wealth is mine, and that also shall be mine in future; “That enemy I have slain, and others, too, I will slay. I am the lord of all; I enjoy; I a...
The Path of Light
Chapter 8: The Perfect Contemplation (6)
Trees are not disdainful, and ask for no toilsome wooing; fain would I consort with those sweet companions! Fain would I dwell in some deserted...
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...
The Path of Light
Chapter 6: The Perfect Long-Suffering (7)
In no place and by naught can the mind be destroyed, for it is unembodied; but from imaginations clinging to the body it suffers with the body's...
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
Bayazid and the Saint (41-50)
Consort with grief and put up with sadness, Seek long life in your own death! Since 'tis bad, whatever lust says on this matter Heed it not, its busin...
The Path of Light
Chapter 6: The Perfect Long-Suffering (16)
Praise, glory, and honours make not for righteousness or long life, or for strength, or health, or pleasure of the body. But such will be the end...
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...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter III (23)
Again he puts the same idea in these words: "No mortal is content and happy Nor is any born free from sorrow." And then again: " Alas, alas, how many...
The Masnavi
Moses and Pharaoh. 1 (1-10)
Destroy your house, and with the treasure hidden in it The treasure lies under it; there is no help for it; Hesitate not to pull it down; do not tarry...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka II, Khanda 5 (1)
Let a man meditate on the fivefold Sâman as the seasons. The hiṅkâra is spring, the prastâva summer (harvest of yava, &c.), the udgîtha the rainy...
The Alchemy of Happiness
Concerning Self-Examination and the Recollection of God (15)
Thy state is like that of a man who in mid-winter should say, 'I will wear no warm clothing, but trust to God's mercy to shield me from the cold.' He ...
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