Behold The Eternal

"All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love is therefore the only law of life. He who loves lives, he who is selfish is dying. Therefore love for love’s sake, because it is the only law of life, just as you breathe to live."

— Swami Vivekananda (Complete Works, Volume 6, "Epistles—Second Series")

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“Patient endurance of all sorrow and calm acceptance of all that befalls is the best spiritual practice.”

— Sri Ramana Maharshi

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"Silence is the silencing, or ceasing, of self-grasping. Illumination is the functioning of wisdom.
The realization of silent illumination does not refer to the cessation of time and space; it refers to the cessation of self-attachment."

— Master Sheng Yen

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"Who here has crossed over desires,
the world's bond, so hard to get past,
he does not grieve, she does not mourn.
His stream is cut, she's all unbound.

What went before — let go of that!
All that's to come — have none of it!
Don't hold on to what's in between,
And you'll wander fully at peace.

For whom there is no "I-making"
All throughout the body and mind,
And who grieves not for what is not
Is undefeated in the world.

For whom there is no "this is mine"
Nor anything like "that is theirs"
Not even finding "self-ness," he
Does not grieve at "I have nothing."

— Sakyamuni Buddha (SN 4.15: Attadanda Sutta)

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"Kites and vultures soar very high indeed, but their gaze is fixed only on the charnel-pit. The pundit has no doubt studied many books and scriptures; he may rattle off their texts, or he may have written books. But if he is attached to women, if he thinks of money and honour as the essential things, will you call him a pundit? How can a man be a pundit if his mind does not dwell on God?"

— Sri Ramakrishna

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"Worldly men remain bound to 'lust & greed. They think they can find happiness & security in the world—in 'lust & gold'—they don't know that they will only die there."

— Sri Ramakrishna

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"Those who praise and flatter us are not good teachers. On the contrary, those who criticize us, be it right or wrong, can truly help us in our practice. When reproaching us, the latter are providing us with chances to reflect on ourselves and strengthen our practice. So when we are reprimanded, not only should we feel ashamed and repent our karma, but we also should reaffirm our vows and practice even more dilligently. Only by so doing can we expect to make progress in our practice."

— Master Guang Qin (廣欽)

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"God may come at any time, but this need not frighten us. When the king wishes to visit one of his servants, he knows the servant will not have soft cushions and the proper things, with which to receive him, so the day before he comes, he sends other servants to cleanse everything and prepare for his reception. Similarly, God, before he comes to the heart, sends his servants to make it ready for His coming. And who are those servants? Purity, chastity, humility, loving kindness. Or again, as in the east the red glow in the sky tells us, that the sun is about to rise, so just by looking at a man, one can tell whether God will come soon to him."

— Sri Ramakrishna (Swami Chetanananda “Ramakrishna: As We Saw Him”, Swami Ramakrishnananda, Sri Ramakrishna and His Disciples)

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Poor Francis passed away last night at the age of 88, the day after Easter—the day Christ rose from the dead. Such is a poetic end and is not without meaning. May he rest in peace!

"All religions are a path to God. They are like different languages in order to arrive at God, but God is God for all. Since God is God for all, then we are all children of God. There is only one God, and each of us has a language to reach God. Some are Sikh, some Muslim, Hindu, Christian; and they are all paths to God." — Pope Francis (2024 Singapore Conference)

"Never hate but serve others, the most needy; pray and live in joy! This is the way of holiness!" — Pope Francis (2013 Angelus)

"Instead, happy are those with the capacity to be moved, the capacity to feel in their heart the sorrow that exists in their life and in the lives of others. They will be happy! Because the tender hand of God the Father will comfort them and will caress them." — Pope Francis

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