Compassion
Translated from the book Au Bord du Gange, (On the banks of the Ganges River) by Martine Quentric-Séguy Râmânuja, one of the three great masters of Védânta, was generous. He viewed all human beings in the same manner, gave to all the same attention, men and women...Excerpt about compassion from Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko – 1967 Yevtushenko’s Reader
I believe it is impossible to live a happy life if one nourishes resentment for some harm done to oneself, or guilt or repressed anger for an error of omission or commission we caused. On the other hand, we become incapable of resentment when we have understood that...Excerpt from The Soul of the Indian Eastman, Charles Alexander, 1858-1939
Each soul must meet the morning sun, the new sweet earth, and the Great Silence alone! What is Silence? It is the Great Mystery! The Holy Silence is His voice! The original attitude of the American Indian toward the Eternal, the “Great Mystery” that...Excerpts from The ‘Eye of the I’
Chapter Ten (The Nature of God), by David R. Hawkins, MD, Ph.D., 2001 Veritas Publishing, www.veritaspublishing.com -God is everywhere present, including the here and now. God is not elsewhere, such as only in a distant heaven, nor in the future so as to be available...Living a Life of Integrity ~ Rabbi Rami Shapiro
Rami M. Shapiro spells out how we can interpret the Ten Commandments as vows or daily affirmations of spiritual intent. In a chapter on watching our speech, he writes the following: “There is a Hasidic story about a town gossip. This fellow thoughtlessly told...Thoughts to ponder
