À Santa Madre Teresa
“Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a…
deus
One should first establish oneself
“One should first establish oneself in what is proper and only then try to instruct others. Doing this, the wise one will not be…
Are You Free?
Are you free to change? are you bound to daily cycles of enslavement are you tied to a cause or a position? are you…
Tao Te Ching, verso 64
“That which is at rest is easy to grasp. That which has not yet come about is easy to plan for. That which is…
By self alone (Dhammapada)
“By self alone is evil done, by self alone does one suffer. By self alone is evil left undone, by self alone does one…
Self-realization, by Maharamayana
“Don’t wave lights and incense, or offer flowers and food. He is found effortlessly when worshipped through self-realization alone.” ~ Maharamayana
Buddha: 4 type of people
“The Buddha compared people to four kinds of clay vessels. One type of vessel has holes in the bottom. We can pour in as…
Everywhere is the treasure
“Everywhere is the treasury of endless capacities of followers of the way. Everywhere is not everywhere; it is called everywhere.” ~ Hui-k’ung
Yajur Veda, senses and Atman
“Having understood that the senses have their separate origin and that they are distinct from Atman and also that their rising and setting belong…
“Today is a miracle”
“The Zen master Lin-Chi said that the miracle is not to walk on burning charcoal or in the thin air or on the water;…
The atman is known by wisdom
“This atman is not attained by instruction or by intelligence or by learning. By him whom he chooses is the atman attained. To him…
The smiling heart of friendship
“A smiling face is no sure sign of friendship. Friendship is found deep within a smiling heart.” ~ Tirukural Installment 786, Chapter 79 –…
Veda & the resplandecent Self
“The resplendent Self, through the ecstacy of spiritual joy, inspires all virtuous thoughts among men of divine nature.” ~ Rig Veda 8.32.28. rs v….
He who control his anger
“He who can control his rising anger as a coachman controls his carriage at full speed, this man I call a good driver; others…
It is compassion
“It is compassion that sustains the world’s existence. The existence of those bereft of it is a burden to the Earth.” ~ Tirukural 572,…
Kural: the Duty to Give
“He who understands the duty of giving truly lives. All others shall be counted among the dead.” ~ Tirukural 214, Chapter 22, Understanding One’s…
Nossa presença, by Madre Teresa
“Não devemos permitir que alguém saia de nossa presença sem se sentir melhor e mais feliz.” ~ Madre Tereza de Calcutá
Knowledge is hidden
“Knowledge is hidden by selfish desire–hidden by this unquenchable fire for self-satisfaction.” ~ Bhagavad Gita 3:38-39
Henry David Thoreau sobre suas leituras dos Vedas: “uma luz não-terrena me iluminava”
“Sempre que eu lia qualquer parte dos Vedas, eu sentia que alguma luz desconhecida e não-terrena me iluminava. Nos grandes ensinamentos dos Vedas, não…
O cortejo para Rinpoche
Três lamas budistas que vivem nos Estados Unidos desembarcam hoje no Rio Grande do Sul para coordenar as cerimônias de oração pela morte do…