Namaste.
This will be a thread dedicated to Dharmic wisdom. Please post quotes or passages dealing with any subject from books, scriptures, sayings, words of wise men and women as you come across them. I will begin by posting the first one.
Namaste.
This will be a thread dedicated to Dharmic wisdom. Please post quotes or passages dealing with any subject from books, scriptures, sayings, words of wise men and women as you come across them. I will begin by posting the first one.
Hold not that the immature, the credulous, the foolish, the slow, the layman and the fallen to have nothing good in them. They all teach something. Learn from them. Surely we do not give up a game although we have mastered it? Think not lightly of thy Guru should he lack letters and learning. Take the truth he teaches and ignore the rest. Know well that a boat, painted and adorned, will carry you across the river; so also will one that is plain and simple.
Sage Dattātreya (Avadhūta Gītā II.1-2)
Thanks Agni, Great idea!
Here is one from a zen master...
"A great philosophical official, Riko, once asked the strange Zen Master Nansen, to explain to him the old koan of the goose in the bottle.
"If a man puts a gosling into a bottle," said Riko, "and feeds him until he is full-grown, how can the man get the goose out without killing it or breaking the bottle?"
Nansen gave a great clap with his hands and shouted: "Riko!"
"Yes, Master," said the official with a start.
"See," said Nansen, "the goose is out!""
http://www.osho.nl/New-Osho-NL/EnglBooks/GooseOut.htm
satay
Namaste.
I thought this would be appropriate to add under Dharmic Wisdom since it is something we’ve discussed here recently:
When meditation is completed, i.e. when identity with God is realized, only then it becomes possible to renounce the results of actions. Otherwise, how can one surrender the fruits of action to God, if God’s nature remains hidden from him? When one is able to renounce the fruits of action then one attains the utmost peace.
Āchārya Abhinavagupta’s commentary on Bhagavad-Gitā XII.12
Gitārtha Samgraha XII.12
OM, may my speech be rooted in my mind,
and my mind rooted in my speech.
O self-illumined Brahma, be manifest unto me.
Speech and mind form the basis of my knowledge,
so please do not undo my pursuit of knowledge.
Day and night I spend in this pursuit.
I shall speak the law;
I shall speak the truth.
May Brahma protect me; may he protect the speaker, protect the speaker.
OM, shanti, shanti, shanti.
satay
Unless the divine is your experience, the belief is futile!
satay
Sage sankriti once visited Adityaloka, the abode of the sun god, and bowing to him he worshipped him with what is known as 'chakshusmati' vidya.
OM, salutation to the sun god who illuminates the organ of vision!
Salutation to the sun who is a great warrior!
Salutation to teh sun who represents the three conditionings: tamas, rajas, sattva!
O Lord, from untruth lead me to truth,
from darkness lead me to light,
and from death lead me to the eternal.
Salutation to the sun, the son of Aditi, who is in light in our eyes.
And we dedicate all that we have to the sun who rules the universe.
OM
satay
yaireva patanaM dravyaiH siddhistaireva choditA .
shrI kauladarshane chApi bhairaveNa mahAtmanA .
It is revealed in the sacred doctrine of Kula and by the great Bhairava, that the perfection is achieved by that very means by which fall occurs.
AUM! May peace radiate there in the whole sky as well as in the vast ethereal space everywhere. May peace reign all over this Earth, in the water and in all herbs, trees and creepers. May peace flow over the whole universe. May peace be in the Supreme Being Brahman. And may there always exist in all peace and peace alone. AUM! Peace, peace, peace!
The Twenty-One “Commandments” of Hinduism
Having taught the Vedas, the guru imparts this post-instruction to the students:
1) Speak the truth.
2) Ever follow Dharma.
3) Be not heedless toward the continued study of the scriptures.
4) Be generous in giving gifts to the learned.
5) Swerve not from the path of truth.
6) Swerve not from the path of duty and righteousness.
7) Be not careless about what is proper and what is good.
8) Be ever gentle, kind and humane to all forms of life.
9) Be not indifferent to the continued dissemination of the scriptures.
10) Be mindful of your debt to the Devas and the ancestors.
11) May your mother be an expression of God to you.
12) May your father be an expression of God to you.
13) May your guru be an expression of God to you.
14) May your guest be an expression of God to you.
15) Perform only those acts that are irreproachable, and not otherwise.
16) Perform only actions that are virtuous, and not otherwise.
17) Breathe not a word to the more distinguished, before you offer them your seat.
18) Give (donate) willingly with respect, and never with disrespect.
19) Give (donate) plentifully, always modestly, with humility, and with sympathy.
20) Seek the advice of the learned and the objective in matters of doubt, and not others.
21) Be cautious with those (falsely) accused, and act in keeping with law and justice.
This is the injunction. This is the instruction. This is the secret of the Vedas. This is Divine behest. This is how it must be meditated on. This is how meditation is to be done.
Taittariya Upanishad (I.11.1-4) of the Krishna Yajurveda
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