The Eastern religious philosophies are concerned with timeless mystical knowledge, which lies beyond reasoning and cannot be adequately expressed in words. The relation of this knowledge to modern physics is but one of its many aspects and, like all the others, it cannot be demonstrated conclusively but has to be experienced in a direct intuitive way.Fritjof Capra
Quote #5
Who is a friend, foe ?
अप्पा मित्तममित्तं य, सुप्पट्ठियदुप्पट्ठियो
Virtue-inclined soul is a friend, vice-inclined foe
Continuation of Lord Rishabhdev’s life as a Sadhu
Kaccha, Mahakaccha, and the other royal ascetics, dwelling in the forest on the right bank of the Gangas like deer; wearing barkgarments like living trees; not touching householders’ food like something that had been vomited; their bodies very thin like empty skins, the elements dried up by fasts of two, three, or more days; even on the day for breaking fast eating dried leaves, dried fruit, etc., continued to think in their hearts only of the Blessed One, and did not go to another. The Blessed One, after wandering in silence among the Aryas and non-Aryas for a year without food, reflected as follows: “Just as lamps exist on oil, as trees on water, so on food alone the bodies of living creatures exist. Continue reading “Continuation of Lord Rishabhdev’s life as a Sadhu” »
Quote #4
Speak not what is not liked
तुमं तुमं ति अमणुं, सव्वसो तं न वत्तए
Speak not that, which conveys disregard
Sense gratification
कामेसु गिद्धा निचयं करेन्ति
Man of sense gratification hinds karma
Do not get stuck in the mire
महयं पलिगोव जाणिया, जा वि य वंदणपूयणा इहं
Respect and regard in the world must be considered as great mire
Tērī huṁ tērī huṁ kahuṁ rī
Tērī huṁ tērī huṁ kahuṁ rī,
Ina bātamēṁ dagō tuṁ jānē
tō karavata kāśī jāya grahuṁ rī.
…Tērī.1
