Showing posts with label philosophy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label philosophy. Show all posts
Sunday, December 6, 2015
Thursday, November 26, 2015
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Monday, November 2, 2015
two choices
Smiling Buddha, Angkor Wat
No matter where you are or what you're doing,
you have only two choices in life,
to be happy or not to be happy.
Which one do you choose?
There is no way to happiness,
happiness is the way.
No matter where you are or what you're doing,
you have only two choices in life,
to be happy or not to be happy.
Which one do you choose?
There is no way to happiness,
happiness is the way.
Labels:
choice,
happiness,
now,
perspective,
philosophy,
truth
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Monday, October 5, 2015
Vaishnav Jana to
Vaishnava (devotees of Lord Vishnu) people are those who,
Feel the pain of others,
Help those who are in misery,
But never let ego or conceit enter their mind.
Vaishnavas, respect the entire world,
Do not censure anyone,
Keep their words, actions and thoughts pure,
The mother of such a soul is blessed.
Vaishnavas see all equally, renounce greed and avarice,
Respect other woman as they respect their own mother,
Their tongue never utters false words,
Their hands would never touch the wealth of another.
Vaishnavas do not succumb to worldly attachments,
They are detached from worldly pleasures,
They are enticed by the name of God (Shri Ram),
All holy sites of pilgrimage are embodied within them.
Vaishnavas encompasses the absence of greed and deceit,
They have renounced all types of lust and anger,
The author of this poem would be grateful to meet such a soul,
Whose virtue liberates their entire lineage.
Feel the pain of others,
Help those who are in misery,
But never let ego or conceit enter their mind.
Vaishnavas, respect the entire world,
Do not censure anyone,
Keep their words, actions and thoughts pure,
The mother of such a soul is blessed.
Vaishnavas see all equally, renounce greed and avarice,
Respect other woman as they respect their own mother,
Their tongue never utters false words,
Their hands would never touch the wealth of another.
Vaishnavas do not succumb to worldly attachments,
They are detached from worldly pleasures,
They are enticed by the name of God (Shri Ram),
All holy sites of pilgrimage are embodied within them.
Vaishnavas encompasses the absence of greed and deceit,
They have renounced all types of lust and anger,
The author of this poem would be grateful to meet such a soul,
Whose virtue liberates their entire lineage.
Narsinh Mehta, song's lyricist 15th century
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Monday, September 14, 2015
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Monday, August 24, 2015
Sunday, August 16, 2015
Friday, August 14, 2015
Cry The Tears
I listen for Truth
For truth speaks softly
It is not boastful nor proud
Truth whispers low
Solemn quiet
It wraps around
Like Smoke
Subtle and free
Truth Knows no Boundaries
No limits Truth Speaks
From within
Not without
It floats In the spaces
Of dreams
It is not angry or vengeful
Truth simply is
It cannot Be hidden
Nor disguised Truth
Shines Like iridescent Dew
It rests Within Your heart
Of hearts Truth
Unchanged Living
The promise
As it was so
It shall Be
Cry The Tears
Dreamwalker
Lakota
Labels:
ancient wisdom,
earth,
history,
indigenous,
philosophy,
sustainable,
wisdom
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
The Razor's Edge
"Rise, wake up, seek the wise and realize.
The path is difficult to cross
like the sharpened edge of the razor,
so say the wise."
(verse 1.3.14 from the Katha Upanishads)
Labels:
altruism,
deviant,
experience,
human,
perception,
perspective,
philosophy,
truth
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
monkeys with guns
"We are buried beneath the weight of information,
which is being confused with knowledge,
quantity is being confused with abundance
and wealth with happiness.
We are monkeys with money and guns."
Monday, June 15, 2015
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
daring greatly
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly."
~ Theodore Roosevelt
Labels:
action,
choice,
commitment,
history,
human condition,
perspective,
philosophy
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