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What, in the form of poerty, is your favorite piece of Scripture? I would have say, for me, it would be a toss up between the Tao Te Ching and Thunder, the Perfect Mind...
Quote:
Tao is always Nameless
Small as it is in it's Primal Simplicity.
It is inferior to nothing in the world.
If only a ruler could clint to it,
Everything will render homage to him.
Heaven and Earth Will be harmonized
and send down a sweet dew.
Peace and order will reign among the people
Without any command from Above
When once the Primal Simplicity diversified,
Different names appeared.
Are there not enough names now?
Is this not time to stop?
To know when to stop is to preserve ourselves from danger
The Tao is to the world what a great river or an ocean is to the streams and brooks
(not the John C.H. Wu translation of Tao Te Ching, which I prefer, but whatever)
Quote:
I am the knowledge of my inquiry, and the finding of those who seek after me, and the command of those who ask of me, and the power of the powers in my knowledge of the angels, who have been sent at my word, and of gods in their seasons by my counsel, and of spirits of every man who exists with me, and of women who dwell within me. I am the one who is honored, and who is praised, and who is despised scornfully. I am peace, and war has come because of me. And I am an alien and a citizen. I am the substance and the one who has no substance.
I sleep, but my heart waketh:
it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying:
Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled;
for my head is filled with dew,
and my locks with the drops of the night.
Song of Songs 5:2
______________________
Those
who realize
true wisdom
rapt within
this clear awareness
see Me as
the universe's origin:
Imperishable.
All their words and all their actions
issue from the depths of worship,
held in my embrace they know Me
as a woman knows her lover.
Creatures rise and creatures vanish;
I alone Am Real, Arjuna,
looking out, amused, from deep
within the eyes of every creature.
I Am the object of all knowledge,
Father of the world, its Mother,
Source of all things, of impure and
pure, of holiness and horror.
I Am the goal, the root, the witness,
home and refuge, dearest friend,
creation and annihilation,
everlasting seed and treasure.
I Am the radiance of the sun,
I open or withhold the rainclouds,
I Am immortality and
death, Am being and non-being.
I Am the Self, Arjuna, seated
in the heart of every creature.
I Am the Origin, the Middle,
And the End that all must come to.
Those who worship Me sincerely
with their minds and bodies, giving
up their whole lives in devotion,
find in Me their heart’s fulfillment.
Even those who do no know Me,
if their actions are straightforward,
just, and loving, venerate Me
with the truest kind of worship.
All your thoughts, all your actions,
all your fears and disappointments,
offer them to Me, clear-hearted;
know them all as passing visions.
Thus you free yourself from bondage,
from both good and evil karma;
through your non attachment, you
embody Me, in utter freedom.
I Am justice: clear, impartial,
favoring no one, hating no one.
but in those who have cured themselves
of selfishness, I shine with brilliance.
Even murderers and rapists,
tyrants, the most cruel fanatics,
ultimately know redemption
through My love, if they surrender
to My harsh but healing graces.
passing through excruciating
transformations, they find freedom
and their hearts find peace within them.
I Am always with all beings;
I abandon no one. And
however great your inner darkness,
you are never separate from Me.
Let your thoughts flow past you, calmly;
keep Me near, at every moment;
trust Me with your life, because:
I am you, more than you yourself are.
The Valley spirit never dies;
It is the woman, primal mother.
Her gateway is the root of heaven and earth.
It is like the veil barely seen.
Use it; it will never fail.
I sleep, but my heart waketh:
it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying:
Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled;
for my head is filled with dew,
and my locks with the drops of the night.
Song of Songs 5:2
______________________
Those
who realize
true wisdom
rapt within
this clear awareness
see Me as
the universe's origin:
Imperishable.
All their words and all their actions
issue from the depths of worship,
held in my embrace they know Me
as a woman knows her lover.
Creatures rise and creatures vanish;
I alone Am Real, Arjuna,
looking out, amused, from deep
within the eyes of every creature.
I Am the object of all knowledge,
Father of the world, its Mother,
Source of all things, of impure and
pure, of holiness and horror.
I Am the goal, the root, the witness,
home and refuge, dearest friend,
creation and annihilation,
everlasting seed and treasure.
I Am the radiance of the sun,
I open or withhold the rainclouds,
I Am immortality and
death, Am being and non-being.
I Am the Self, Arjuna, seated
in the heart of every creature.
I Am the Origin, the Middle,
And the End that all must come to.
Those who worship Me sincerely
with their minds and bodies, giving
up their whole lives in devotion,
find in Me their heart’s fulfillment.
Even those who do no know Me,
if their actions are straightforward,
just, and loving, venerate Me
with the truest kind of worship.
All your thoughts, all your actions,
all your fears and disappointments,
offer them to Me, clear-hearted;
know them all as passing visions.
Thus you free yourself from bondage,
from both good and evil karma;
through your non attachment, you
embody Me, in utter freedom.
I Am justice: clear, impartial,
favoring no one, hating no one.
but in those who have cured themselves
of selfishness, I shine with brilliance.
Even murderers and rapists,
tyrants, the most cruel fanatics,
ultimately know redemption
through My love, if they surrender
to My harsh but healing graces.
passing through excruciating
transformations, they find freedom
and their hearts find peace within them.
I Am always with all beings;
I abandon no one. And
however great your inner darkness,
you are never separate from Me.
Let your thoughts flow past you, calmly;
keep Me near, at every moment;
trust Me with your life, because:
I am you, more than you yourself are.
- The Bhagavat Gita - The Song Celestial
Bhagavat Gita is one of the few scriptures I still have got to get around to reading, because, from what I have read of it, it does sound beautiful.
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