Quotable quotes

[sha 0]

Knowledge is one thing, understanding is another thing...

Knowledge by itself does not give understanding.

Nor is understanding increased by an increase of knowledge alone.

Understanding depends on the relation of knowledge to being.

Understanding is the resultant of knowledge and being.

And knowledge and being must not diverge too far,

otherwise understanding will prove to be far removed from either.

At the same time the relation of knowledge to being

does not change with a mere growth of knowledge.

It changes only when being grows simultaneously with knowledge.

In other words, understanding grows only with the growth of being.

 

 

~ Georgi Ivanovich Gurdjieff

 

 

[sha 0]

...magic has power to experience and fathom things

which are inaccessible to human reason.

For magic is a great secret wisdom,

just as reason is a great public folly.

 

~ Paracelsus

[sha 0]

Originally posted by theist:

So true.Fear seems ever present.

 

If one has simply renounced everything without being sustained by positive attachment to Krishna, could there be a lingering fear of reattachment to that which has been given up?One wonders.

What is needed, rather than running away

or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance is,

is understanding fear;

that means, watch it, learn about it,

come directly into contact with it.

we are to learn about fear,

not how to escape from it.

 

~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

[dasa 0]

A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.

 

 

 

We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many different languages. The child knows someone must have written those books . It does not know how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangement of the books but doesn't know what it is. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelligent human being toward God. We see a universe marvelously arranged and obeying certain laws, but only dimly understand these laws. Our limited minds cannot grasp the mysterious force that moves the constellations. Albert Einstein

 

[sha 0]

"One should have a conscience which is clean and candid, as the Apostle says:

'I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men (Acts 24:16);

 

for we are confident that we have a good conscience, in all

things desiring to live honorably (Heb. 13:18).'

 

For just as it is impossible for rain to fall without clouds, so too without a good conscience is it impossible to be well pleasing to the Lord.

What is made manifest is light, and what is not made manifest is dark; therefore let us reveal to our father not only what we say, but also what we think.

 

And there will come a time when we shall be judged not according to the book of knowledge and understanding, but according to the book of conscience."

 

~ Abbot Nazarius

[sha 0]

dhanAni bhUmau pazvazca goSThe

bhAryA gRha dvAre svajana zmazAne

dehazcitAyAm paraloka mArge

karmAnu go gacchati jIv ek

 

Our wealth will remain on earth;

our cattle will remain in the stables,

our spouse will come till the entrance door,

our relatives and friends will come till the cremation ground,

our body will accompany us till the funeral pyre,

but on the way beyond this life

only our Karmas (good as well as bad) will accompany us.

 

 

[sha 0]

Love will arise in your heart

when you have no barrier between yourself and another,

when you meet and observe people without judging them,

when you just see the sailboat on the river and enjoy the beauty of

it.

 

~ Krishnamurti

 

[sha 0]

<center>Subhashita - Wise Sayings

 

kAkaH Ahkwayate kAkAn yAcako natu yAcakAn

kAkaha yAcakore madhye varam kAko na yAcakAn

 

<font color="blue">When a crow finds food it calls for the other crows to join in.

But when a beggar gets food he will remain silent till he finishes off his food.

 

So if you want to choose between the life of a crow or a beggar,

you are better off being a crow than a beggar</font>

 

satyam mAtA pitA jnAnam

dharmo bhrAta dayA sakhA

zAnti patni kSamA putra

SaDaite mama bAndhavAH

 

<font color="red">Truth as one's mother,

knowledge as one's father,

righteousness as one's brother,

kindness as one's friend,

peace as one's wife,

forgiveness as one's son,

these six are considered as

one's closest relatives.</font>

 

paropakArArtham phalanti vRkSaH

paropakArArtham vahanti nadyaH

paropakArArtham dugdhanti gAvaH

paropakArArtham idam zarIram

 

<font color="blue">For others' benefit, the trees do bear fruits.

For the welfare of others, the rivers keep on flowing.

For the nourishment of others, cows pour out their milk.

So also, this human body is meant for the service of others.</font>

[Tarun 6]

Y Heaven's never to full, y Hell always is, y chanters may see both:

"The Repetition of Sensation does NOT constitute Experience."

ZrIla Bhaktiraxaka ZrIdhardev Mhrj

[sha 0]

<center>Subhashita - Wise Sayings

 

vidvatvaM ca nRpatvaM ca

naiva tulyaM kadAcana

swadeze pUjyate rAjA vidvAn

sarvatra pUjyate

 

<font color="red">Scholorship and Kingship can never be equivalent.

For a king is given recognition and respect only in his homeland whereas a learned scholor is recognized and honored everywhere.</font>

 

sva gRhe pUjyate mUrkhahA svagrAme pUjyate prabhuhu

sva deze pUjyate rAjA vidvAn sarvatra pUjyate

 

<font color="blue">A fool is respected well in his home, an adninistrator in his town,

a king in his own land, but the learned and knowledgeable is revered everywhere.</font>

 

na caurya hAryaM na rAja hAryaM na bhrAtR bhAjyaM na bhArakArI

vyaye kRt vardhata eva nityaM vidyAdhanaM sarva dhana pradhAnaM

 

<font color="red">The treasure of true knowledge and learning is the foremost among all kinds of wealth.

It cann't be stolen by thieves, cann't be taxed by the kings, cann't be divided among brothers, not even a burden at all to carry it around, grows and flourishes continuously as it is spent.</font>

 

ajnaha sukhaM ArAdhyate sukhataraM ArAdhyate vizeSajnaha

jnAna lava durvidagdham brahmah Api naraM na raJjayati

 

<font color="blue">The ignorant can be convinced and pleased a little easily,

the well learned one even more easily.

But the one infatuated with half-baked knowledge is impossible

to be appeased even by the creator, Lord Brahma.</font>

 

kAkaH kRSNaH pikaH kRSNaH ko bheda pikakAkayoH

vasanta samaye prApte kAkaH kAkaH pikaH pikaH

 

<font color="red">A crow is black, so is a cuckoo, what's the difference?

Come springtime, a crow is a crow, and a cuckoo is a cuckoo!</font></center>