MEMORABLE SACRED
THOUGHTS
*The tragedy of life becomes
complete if a desire-ridden individual comes under the endless persecution of
steady anxiety to enjoy the fruits of his actions. Fruits-of-action belong to
the future and they are always ordered by the quality and quantity of the
action in the present moment, and also by the circumstances available in the
chosen field of activity. Naturally, without the abandonment of our clinging
attachment to the expected fruits of our actions, we will not discover the full
potentialities of our own personality. Without this, our activities will
naturally become ineffective, and ineffective activities can never provide for
us enjoyable fruits. ----- From a commentary by Swami Chinnamayananda on the
theme of “ Renunciation” in The Holy Geeta.
*Praise be
to God, the Lord of all creatures, the most merciful, the king of the day of
judgment. Thee do we worship, and of thee do we beg assistance. Direct us in the
right way of those to whom thou hast been gracious; not of those against whom
thou are incensed, nor of those who go astray.------A Prayer in The Holy Koran.
*Truth Is
Individual. It has nothing to do with the crows; truth has alwas been attain by
individuals. A Buddha attains it, a Jesus, a Mohammed, a Moses. A Zarathustra.
But they attain to truth when they are absolutely alone in their deep
meditative states, when they are utterly alone drowning in their own
consciousness and reaching the very bottom core of it. Then they what truth is.
The crowd keeps you away from yourself.
The crowd is an escape from your real being. The crowd makes it possible for
you to remain interested in others; it never allows you any self-encounter.
-------Indian mystic and philosopher Osho in Be Still and Know.
*Five
great enemies to peace inhabit with us: viz., avarice, ambition, envy, anger,
and pride. If those enemies were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy
perpetual peace. ----Italian poet Petrarch (1304-1374).
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G.R.Kanwal
17 August 2025
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